Posted on 11/29/2020 12:55:26 PM PST by ransomnote
WASHINGTON – Dawn Monique Garris, a 45-year-old District of Columbia resident, pled guilty in federal court in the District of Columbia to contempt in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 402, for disclosing the name of a Superior Court grand jury witness to a D.C. Department of Corrections inmate.
Garris pled guilty to Count One of a criminal Indictment charging her with contempt. According to court papers, Garris was the sergeant-at-arms and a grand juror for a D.C. Superior Court grand jury in September 2019. She heard testimony from a grand jury witness as part of a violent crime investigation, and then disclosed the identity of the witness to a D.C. Department of Corrections inmate. In doing so, she violated the grand jury secrecy rules and the direction of the Chief Judge of the D.C. Superior Court.
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to protecting the integrity of the Superior Court and the local grand jury process,” Acting United States Attorney Michael R. Sherwin announced. “Today’s guilty plea sends a strong message that any potential for compromising witness security will not be tolerated.”
“By law, Grand Juries and the matters which appear before them are both protected and secret, and Garris betrayed the special trust which she was afforded," said James A. Dawson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division. "The confidence of the public in the Grand Jury process is central to our judicial system and the rule of law. The FBI will continue to work to investigate all allegations of public corruption, which is the FBI’s top criminal investigative priority.”
Garris pled guilty in United States District Court for the District of Columbia. United States District Judge Carl Nichols is presiding over the case. Sentencing is scheduled for February 23, 2021.
The Washington Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorney Liz Aloi of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section is prosecuting the case.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.—John Adams
Is it open mike night at the comedy club today? That was a good one.
“Comprising”?? ok I’ll just stop
If only she was a Democrat of status and a Federal employee, then she could be excused for it. Isn’t that true Mr. McCabe? ....And you, Mr. Comey?
Yeah... thought the same thing-— What English as a first language moron wrote this headline— hopefully not someone learning to be a lawyer— or maybe it is just a gubMINT moron copywriter.
The word of course long used in jurisprudence is “Compromising” as in making no longer secret the identity of a GRAND JURY witness. The kind of “compromising” disclosure that in MOBSTER TRIALS got witnesses KILLED!
Just unbelievable incompetence by some stupid millenial no doubt.
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