Posted on 09/02/2007 11:30:37 AM PDT by doug from upland
They will be subpoeaned to testify after the appellate hearing and discovery is allowed to proceed.
For those who might not know, a trial date had already been set for March 27, 2007. Peter delayed that because he wanted to appeal and bring Hillary back into the case. The timing might end up to be very bad for Hillary.
Peter Paul? Maybe the media would be more interested if it could be called the "Almond Joy" case.
>>>“I can’t recall”???? Isn’t that how they got Libby?
Yes. Obstruction Justice, which is the other consolation prize that a prosecutor goes for when he doesn’t get someone for the big one.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873827/posts?page=17#17
Duncan Hunter: First I would not pardon or commune the sentenced without reading the transcript. Having said that, I think there are a couple of things the American people have to know and reflect on. Most of the citizens think that Mr. Libby was sentenced for the disclosing the identity of a CIA agent. That is not true. Ultimately the prosecutor understood that Libby was not the person that disclosed the identity of the CIA agent’s identity. He did not prosecute him for that. You may notice that. That is not what the conviction is for. The conviction was for inconsistent statements and lying to the prosecutor.
Now I think there is something that folks have to look at here and that is this. When prosecutors get into a high profile class, in which he was going to persue people for disclosing the identity of a CIA agent under the Foreign Agents Identity Disclosure Act. That is a law we put into place to keep people from being disclosed. This is a very serious thing so he starts off on this prosecution where he is going to, by gosh, bring people to justice for that. He ends up not doing that because he didn’t find a case where a person had their identity illegally disclosed, so he takes the consolation prize. The consolation prize is always perjury. It is lying to the grand jury. The point that I made the last time I was interviewed on this is this point. Tell me what you did 30 days ago. Tell me all the meetings you had 30 days ago. You probably can’t tell me. So if I ask you questions for 3 or 4 hours as a cross examining attorney, I could probably bring up places where you have not given all the information about things in fact happened on particular days because you can’t remember. Now Libby claims he couldn’t remember these things and after they asked him many questions, they got him for inconsistent statements or lying.
I think you always have to be careful about that. But I think in terms of Obstruction Justice, which is the other consolation prize that a prosecutor goes for when he doesn’t get someone for the big one. Which is what he pursued in the first place. They left Mr. Libby with $250,000 in fines and on probation. His law career is ruined he will be disbarred. He will never be able to practice law again. I think that is probably reasonable. But now my recommendation is this. I would not pardon Mr. Libby without reviewing the transcript. And I haven’t reviewed the transcript.
There is a simple solution so that it can proceed. If Kendall loses and plans to appeal and appeal —— Peter can simply drop her as a defendant and go to discovery. Bill is still a defendant, and she will be a witness. What we really want is her under oath.
If the DA doesn’t press them, can someone, anyone else?
The case is not being dismissed. It had already been set for trial, but it was delayed because of Peter. Hillary is really going to finally be under oath.
The Hsu case has opened it up and changed everything.
No idea, I’m an environmental engineer not a lawyer. Oh how I would love to see both of those two in stainless steel bracelets though. Can you imagine the hildabeest’s or bubba’s mug shot? Would the Secret Service have to be there in the jail as they are being booked, searched, fingerprinted and photographed?
God Bless You, Doug!!!
Justice?, instead of justus would be great for a change.
Thanks doug from upland. You've gotta be upland's favorite son. You're putting them on the map!
(Let's see, where the heck is upland?...off to check)
ping
I assume this is the DA that will be prosecuting the case.
Governmental integrity and prosecutorial tenacity were the hallmarks of veteran prosecutor Steve Cooley’s first term in office as Los Angeles County District Attorney. He was re-elected to that office in the March 2004 primary election, garnering almost 60 percent of the vote against five opponents. He was sworn in for his second term on Monday, December 6, 2004.
A former reserve Los Angeles Police officer, Cooley has reshaped and revitalized the District Attorney’s Office with the most sweeping reorganization that has occurred in the last 40 years.
Among the achievements of Steve Cooley’s first four years in office were his crackdown on corrupt politicians, his enforcement of the open meeting law – the Brown Act, and his protocols for referring allegations of law enforcement criminality directly to the D.A.’s new Justice System Integrity Division.
The Justice System Integrity Division, which Cooley created, has also filed an unprecedented 24 cases against corrupt attorneys and achieved a 100 percent conviction rate.
Cooley’s emphasis on the prosecution of unsolved “cold cases” has resulted in head-line making courtroom victories, most notably the conviction of a man for the killing of two El Segundo police officers 47 years ago.
The 2001 conviction of Symbionese Liberation Army “soldier” Kathleen Soliah (Sara Jane Olson) for the attempted bombings in 1975 of LAPD police cars is another example of Cooley’s tenacity. The L.A. conviction led to the conviction of Soliah and other SLA members in Sacramento for a murder that took place during a bank robbery, also in 1975.
Too bad Hillary. Stand up and take your medicine like the man we know you are.
Man, you put the YO! in Yoeman!
He sounds good on paper, at least.
freekitty ::slap::
BUMP!
Where does Stan Lee come in? On his his show “Who Wants to Be a Superhero” there was a girl running around calling herself “Basura” (Spanish for Trash). Was Hillary her inspiration?
St. Pete: “You’re not scheduled on my docket, Aurelio...”
Munoz: “A funny thing happened on the way to the courthouse, your Honor...”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.