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Judge orders investigation of Stevens prosecutors
AP - Yahoo News ^
| April 7, 2009
| AP
Posted on 04/07/2009 9:02:13 AM PDT by VRWCTexan
WASHINGTON A judge has dismissed charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens because of prosecutorial misconduct and has ordered a criminal contempt investigation of the prosecutors.
"In nearly 25 years on the bench, I've never seen anything approaching the mishandling and misconduct that I've seen in this case," U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said in the opening moments of a hearing.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: abuseofpower; alaska; corruption; criminalconspiracy; criminalcontempt; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; howtostealanelection; misconduct; nifongism; partisanwitchhunt; stevens; stevensgate; tedstevens
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To: rbg81
They were Clinton appointees. You will recall that when Clinton was elected in 1992 he FIRED ALL THE prosecutors and had his own choices to replace them. When Bush was elected he left them all in place and only when he dismissed the 8 late in his second term was there a stink raised by the left.
To: ex91B10
Tired of hearing people clap and defend corrupt officials. ...he says while clapping and defending corrupt officials like Johnny Sutton.
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:22:27 AM PDT
by
Perchant
To: ex91B10
here here.....they got what they deserved, and got out early....
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:25:24 AM PDT
by
joe fonebone
(When you ask God for help, sometimes he sends the Marines.)
To: bill1952
"From the whispers that I hear floating around from some connected clients, there are going to be criminal charges bought up and people are going to be prosecuted. That's interesting. I wonder how that will effect the contempt hearing that this judge will hold. I'm assuming that the prosecutors still have their 5th Amendment right in a contempt hearing. But, how would a 5th Amendment pleading impact their Judges ruling for a contempt hearing?
To: joe fonebone
It was reported on 97.1 in St. Louis that one of the ring leaders was on the obama election team - a woman whose name I can’t recall.
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:28:24 AM PDT
by
Cyclone59
(You know why thereÂ’s a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.)
To: bill1952
Realistically, what do you suppose is the most that will happen to these rogue prosecutors? Do you think they will be disbarred?
I have my doubts that a D.C. jury would convict them of jaywalking, let alone anything related to the unfair treatment of a Republican.
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:29:03 AM PDT
by
freespirited
(Is this a nation of laws or a nation of Democrats? -- Charles Krauthammer)
To: 101voodoo
"They were Clinton appointees. That not necessarily true. Clinton (like most Presidents) fired the prosecutors that ran the district offices as they are political appointees and they serve at the pleasure of the president. The career prosecutors are civil servants and do not serve at the pleasure of the president. Clinton couldn't fire them just like he couldn't arbitrarily fire a National Park Ranger.
These attorney's weren't appointed. They were hired. That's the difference.
To: Big_Monkey
***Evidence was withheld from the defense team in the former Alaska senators corruption trial.*** And the really sad part is that more Republicans were prosecuted during the Bush years than Democrats. And it was George W Bushs own Department of Justice who violated their own rules to interfere in primaries and general elections to prevent Republicans from winning office. Democrats would not have been so brazen but Bush....hey, he was trying to be bi-partisan by letting career democrats in the DOJ pick off GOP members. Curt Weldon lost his election to a Dem newcomer/rubber stamp because of a trumped up allegation of wrongdoing and a leaked FBI investigation. No charges were ever filed.
In 2005 a grand jury indicted TomDeLay on criminal charges that he had conspired to violate campaign finance laws during that period. DeLay denied the charges and pled not guilty, saying they were politically motivated. Despite the charges, and DeLay's Constitutional right to a speedy trial, the prosecutor has still not brought the case before a jury
And William Jefferson (D-LA) is still not in jail yet. STILL. Three elections later the guy is still walking the streets while Ted Stevens was getting framed by a US Attorney, Scooter Libby was being railroaded and Ramos & Compean were being throw in prison to keep La Raza and MALDEF from marching in the streets.
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:30:22 AM PDT
by
navysealdad
(http://drdavehouseoffun.com/)
To: Perchant; ex91B10; joe fonebone
Their punishment did not fit the “crime” while the illegal alien drug smuggler got off scot-free.
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:30:23 AM PDT
by
DTogo
(Time to bring back the Sons of Liberty.)
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To: freespirited
Disbarment is not conditional on prosecution - Ask Clinton.
I do believe that it could be hard to find a jury willing to cut any prosecutor any slack - they know firsthand the results of that.
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:34:12 AM PDT
by
bill1952
(Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:34:57 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
To: antonico
Started under Bush's watch though.
Yet another case of incompetence by GWB. In addition to his failure to clean out the State Dept., he had a CIA and a DOJ that were allowed to fester.
Oh, and Gonzales?
HA HA HA HA HA
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:35:07 AM PDT
by
misterrob
(FUBO----Just say it, Foooooooooooooo Bohhhhhhhhh. Smooth)
To: VRWCTexan
It wasn't just about taking over the Senate. it was about taking over the whole country.
2006’s Culture of Corruption was a media-DNC conspiratorial lie too.
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:36:50 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
To: joe fonebone; DTogo; ex91B10
Drop the Border Patrol defense: They lied, falsified federal documents...here here.....they got what they deserved, and got out early....
As you can see, DTogo, Free Republic has more than its share of either pathetically ignorant or aggressively dishonest types (although I will concede that the two are not mutually exclusive).
To: Ann Archy
Same as the ones that went after Curt Weldon. It kind of makes you wonder about Dubya.
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:40:15 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
(Obama wants to put the same crowd that ran Fannie Mae in charge of health care)
To: VRWCTexan
There is only one way to fight back against this kind of subterfuge and we all know what that is but most are afraid to express it. Our courts are generally corrupt, the media, well we all know the answer to that.
I would rather die a patriot than live as a “comrade”!
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:47:19 AM PDT
by
mkcc30
("Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.")
To: antonico
Sounds like hes bent on exposing them for the frauds they are
Can Stevens sue the Gov. for miss conduct? If so? could be why the judge is going to sweep this under the rug?
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:48:04 AM PDT
by
buck61
To: VRWCTexan
We are seeing this more and more. The Rats are using malicious prosecution and misconduct to take out opponents. This needs to be stopped.
To: Tribune7
Sames people or were those Republicans? Didn’t get your answer.
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posted on
04/07/2009 9:48:38 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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