Posted on 06/29/2019 8:52:46 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
Two U.S. marshals led a former Honolulu prosecutor out of a courtroom Friday when a U.S. judge ordered her detained after a jury found her guilty of conspiracy and he expressed concern that she could try to obstruct justice before being sentenced.
Katherine Kealoha left her purse with her defense attorney as the marshals approached to take her into custody after the bail hearing.
She "lies as easily as she draws breath" and will do anything to avoid consequences, prosecutors said in court documents seeking her detention.
"This defendant is a walking crime-spree," Michael Wheat, a special federal prosecutor, told the judge in court, saying she holds sway with police and has tampered with grand jury witnesses in the past.
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“lies as easily as she draws breath”
Seems to be a trend of folks from there.
There’s nothing to be apologize about. It is certainly regrettable, though that isn’t quite the same thing.
I reluctantly arrived at the same conclusion some years ago. It is unfortunately the Human Condition. This is nothing new, while technology changes dramatically, human nature does not.
It is a near certainty that institutions run by humans trend towards corruption and greed and the rest of it. Also keep in mind the signers of the Declaration of Independence were keenly aware of this, having thoroughly studied ancient history and through their experiences in then current events. The separation of powers, divided government, independent judiciary, everything really, was an attempt to preclude this or provide an alternative.
It’s also why, anytime you hear some politician or chucklehead say that the US constitution is “archaic” or “outdated” or unsuited to modern life, you can be sure they are up to No Damn Good. Don’t be fooled.
The issues and concerns addressed especially and including the nature of and role of government in our lives, never changes one iota. 5,000 years, 250 years later, it’s the same arguments, the same problems, the same cast of characters, the same BS. Over and over and again.
It is sad that things are allowed to reach a point where no alternatives are viable, but again this is a human “blind spot”, institutional procrastination and the perennial “This Time It’s Different, We’re The People We’ve Been Waiting For” etc. Hubris, greed, all them greek homos and the rest of it.
Hang ‘Em High, I say. Sooner the better, for everyone.
Don’t forget that her husband is a former chief of police who was also indicted on 8 counts of bank fraud.
This is our “justice” system in 2019.
That's an understatement.
The jury also convicted two officers in a plot to frame Katherine Kealoha's uncle Gerard Puana for the theft of a mailbox to discredit him in a family financial dispute.
The Kealohas face another trial on bank fraud and identity theft charges involving allegations that she bilked relatives and children whose trusts she controlled.
Prosecutors say Katherine Kealoha stole from her now-99-year-old grandmother in a reverse mortgage scheme that forced her grandmother to sell her family home.
Katherine Kealoha also faces a third trial on a separate indictment accusing her and her pain physician brother of drug dealing. She used her position as a prosecutor to cover up their crimes and protect her brother, the indictment said.
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Wheat noted that Kealoha tampered with potential witnesses, including sending letters trying to convince them Alison Lee Wong is a real person.
Kealoha had an innocent man incarcerated and tried to silence her grandmother "after engaging in an outright theft of their money," Seabright said.
She also got her firefighter boyfriend to lie about their affair to a grand jury and convinced the man whose childhood trust she controlled that his mother would go to jail if he didn't lie and say Kealoha gave him his money, Seabright said.
That describes every politician with very few exceptions. I thought of Clinton the second I read it.
I just read the who,e article. These people aren’t just corrupt. They’re demented.
The only surprise here is that there are 2 men in the world willing to touch that with a 10 ft. sugar cane stalk.
thats nothing....look up the recent story of a high ranking Chgo police officer cashing his dead mothers SS checks for years..
Typical LIB DIM criminal pol loser. Hahaha
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