Asa Hutchinson: “I have made mention of the fact I am a former Federal prosecutor, and that is true. I was a prosecutor in the mid-80's…”

“I have made mention of the fact I am a former Federal prosecutor, and that is true. I was a prosecutor in the mid-80's, but after I left that, I became a defense attorney. So I have sat in that courtroom and I have heard a jury come back with an acquittal, and I realized an acquittal does not remedy everything because an individual defendant who has been through an enormous Federal criminal trial still suffers consequences. But I believe that we took a big step in this Congress in remedying and curtailing and striking a better balance, and that was when we passed and it was signed into law the provision that said that if there is a frivolous prosecution, then the acquitted defendant can recover attorney's fees from the government. I think we need to have time for that to work. I think it strikes a better balance. I think that prosecutors were concerned about that, that is a chilling effect. Well, I hope it is a remedial effect. I hope that it strikes a better balance.”