Lebanon’s judges battle over their probe of Beirut’s port blast

“Judge notMP, lest ye be judged.” Lebanon’s top prosecutor seems to have taken the biblical commandment to heart. For years he has stalled probes into the country’s financial crisis, among the worst in modern history. Now he wants to sabotage the investigation of the at Beirut’s port, setting off a judicial feud some fear could turn violent.Tarek Bitar, the judge overseeing the port probe, had been for more than a year. Officials and s he wanted to interrogate filed dozens of lawsuits arguing that he had no authority to do so. Some of their arguments were frivolous—but the court that should have heard their claims lacked a quorum to convene.