Posted on 10/12/2018 12:10:00 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
A court in Hennepin County has ruled the divorce records of U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison and his ex-wife will be unsealed.
The referee in the matter issued his decision Friday. The documents will be unsealed next Wednesday, except for documents or portions of them that contain "restricted identifiers" or "financial source documents."
Ellison's attorney Carla Kjellberg said Friday her client will appeal for a stay of the order.
"Keith and Kim Ellison remain jointly opposed to this effort to exploit the details of their personal life, and the lives of their children, for political gain," she said in a statement. "Ms. Ellison has been clear that there was no abuse by Mr. Ellison before, during, or after their marriage. We will be appealing for a stay against this intrusion into the privacy of their family life."
Lawyers for the Star Tribune had filed a motion, seeking to unseal the records. A similar motion was filed by Alpha News, a conservative website.
On Tuesday, attorneys for the Star Tribune had argued all divorce cases in Minnesota are presumptively open, and that the burden is on Ellison and his attorneys to keep the records closed in this case. They argued there is strong public interest in seeing what's in the files because Ellison is running for statewide office.
Kjellberg argued the only reason the motion has been filed was because of Monahan's allegations, and that the court should review the file and make public anything related to physical violence if it is there. However, Alpha News is not an objective entity, the attorney said, arguing they sponsored an anti-Ellison rally Monday.
She also argued the court should have destroyed documents in the file already based on retention policies. Lawyers for the Star Tribune asked that no records be destroyed in the matter while the motion to unseal is being considered.
Tell that to Jack Ryan.
I don’t see his political affiliation in that article.
DFL
Obama later repeated that tactic with his Republican general election opponent, Jack Ryan.
-PJ
I know. just pointing out that it is not reported in the story.
Leftists deciding to toss Ellison under tge bus to get at Kavanaugh.
It worked,they think with Weinstein, Lauer and Franken to get Roy Moore tarred and feathered?
does any powerful democrat ever go to jail?
SOP for Twin Cities media.
But here’s the really weird part...
The Star Tribune, the leftest of the left in this town, sued to have the records unsealed.
They also mentioned his affiliation in the FIRST pargraph!
http://www.startribune.com/ruling-keith-ellison-s-divorce-file-to-be-unsealed-next-week/497232951/
Most powerful one I can remember recently was Trafficant from ohio. He’s the one with the dead squirrel on his head.
Blago the ex Governor of Illinois was bad for obama because he tried to sell obama’s Senate seat.
Still in prison too I think.
The information in Ryan's sealed divorce record was so inflammatory, Ryan withdrew, and Alan Keyes stepped in to take Ryan's place.
My prediction....
Ellison's divorce records will be released - the day after the election.
Why?
Because the Democrats know that the GOP leadership NEVER fights back.
He was indicted for his role in the House Post Office scandal, and was taken out by the up and coming Eric Holder in 1994. Rosty served 15 months in federal prison in Wisconsin.
-PJ
Oh yeah. Wasn’t there also one who had the Louisiana National Guard help him remove $500k that was in a freezer back during Katrina?
-PJ
Read the law, which mandates that this is a viable request to open the records.
Bad law? Maybe - perhaps even definitely so. But, it is the law.
Ellison can kiss my a$$,
I knew at the time Hastert defended him was because he was afraid what they would find on him, little did we know.
he was independent and out of party control. Can’t remember if D or R
Hello! I’m divorced and anyone who wanted to could have sat in the court and heard everything that was said. I’m boring so no-one did. I always thought that court proceedings were public. Am I wrong?
Yes!
*** “Hello! I’m divorced and anyone who wanted to could have sat in the court and heard everything that was said. I’m boring so no-one did. I always thought that court proceedings were public. Am I wrong?” ***
During my divorce the EX was doing her best to take Everything from me and then said “I don’t want people to know about this”
It was funny as hell when about 50 of us mouthed silently “It is Public Record”
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