Gloria Allred’s Worst Nightmare — Transcript released but her client’s still gagged (Epic Fail)

legal Insurrection ^ | Posted by William A. Jacobson Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 10:31am

[Perdogg]

Reports from inside the courtroom in Boston at which The Boston Globe is seeking access to Mitt Romney’s testimony in the divorce case of the founder of Staples indicate that the Judge will authorize the release of the transcript to The Globe, but will not lift the gag order on the parties to the divorce, including Gloria Allred’s Mormon-hating client, Maureen Sulivan.

Presumably that means that the Mormon-hating client’s representative also cannot speak on behalf of her Mormon-hating client to put the “context” on it.

It will be up to The Globe and other media to spin the transcript against Romney, which they certaily will do, but Allred will not be at the center of that circus.

Here’s the TMZ live feed:

7:10 AM PT — The judge has agreed to release Mitt’s transcripts to the Boston Globe — but Gloria’s client is not allowed to talk about the case. 7:02 AM PT — Gloria is grasping at straws … but it’s clear, the judge is not gonna cut her a break. Gloria vows to return to court after she files a motion. 6:55 AM PT — It looks like Gloria is getting shut down because she never made the motion to ungag her client. The judge said the matter is not before the court. 6:53 AM PT — We’ve made up our minds — the judge is, in fact, hot. 6:51 AM PT — The judge seems to be saying that Gloria didn’t make the proper motion to ungag her client. 6:38 AM PT — It seems they have AGREED to release the transcripts. 6:37 AM PT –Romney’s lawyer says the Gov. has no problem having his testimony made public.

It appears that the Judge didn’t lift the gag order because Allred had not actually filed a motion to lift the gag order. The only motion was by The Globe for access to the transcript.

So maybe Allred isn’t one of the best lawyers in America. But this never was about the law, it was about Allred seeking publicity, and The Globe doing Obama’s dirty work.

The Globe, of course, has not gone to court seeking access to Harvard’s federal filings, including documents signed by Elizabeth Warren, which might bring down Warren.

[eddie willers]

Nobody twisted her arm to get rid of the stocks.

I wonder how many people bailed on Apple a decade ago?

[Perdogg]

It would seem to me that the court would welcome Romney’s opinion, but an independent analysis would be required by a disinterested party.

[newnhdad]

So if I read this correctly, Alred and that ex-wife’s team, and the NYTimes/Globe team can’t speak publicly about what they read in the transcript, but she can read the transcript. If they do, they are subject to punishment in Mass family court. Oh, that should be a deterrent.

So there is no guarantee that someone won’t leak any testimony or even falsify testimony and then “leak” it to make Romney look bad and Romney can’t counter because he is under a gag order. Correct?

I say either real or fake testimony makes it to the front pages on Sunday.