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(San Diego) Zucchet acquitted of conspiracy
San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 10 November 2005 | Union-Tribut Breaking News Team

Posted on 11/10/2005 3:01:32 PM PST by newzjunkey

Zucchet acquitted of conspiracy

UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM 2:36 p.m. November 10, 2005

SAN DIEGO – Former City Councilman Michael Zucchet was acquitted Thursday by a federal judge of conspiracy after a day and a half of legal arguments in the City Hall corruption trial, KGTV-Channel 10 reported. Zucchet and fellow former Councilman Ralph Inzunza were convicted July 18 of extortion, wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud charges in a scheme to trade campaign contributions to try to repeal the law banning touching between dancers and patrons at strip clubs.

Lance Malone, a Las Vegas lobbyist, was convicted of multiple counts of extortion, wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy in the case.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Miller made the ruling in a hearing on defense motions asking that he set aside the jury's verdict, acquit the defendants or grant a new trial.

Those motions were the subject of a daylong hearing Tuesday. The hearing was continuing Thursday afternoon.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: california; citycouncil; corruption; eronbythesea; extortion; fraud; inzunza; juryverdictsetaside; lasvegas; newtrialordered; sandiego; strippergate; zucchet
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Just breaking in the past half hour. One of the ousted city councilman has been ACQUITTED by a Federal judge!

This is shocking to me. They had them on tape!

1 posted on 11/10/2005 3:01:35 PM PST by newzjunkey
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To: CyberAnt; Jimbaugh

((( Pinging San Diego Freepers -- Zucchet WALKS! )))


2 posted on 11/10/2005 3:03:30 PM PST by newzjunkey (CA: Now is not the time to give up! JoinArnold2006.com TomMcClintock.net)
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To: newzjunkey

Judge Miller is a Clinton appointee - 1997

http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2742


3 posted on 11/10/2005 3:05:28 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Only two counts are left on Zucchet and a NEW TRIAL on those two counts was order!!

Both Inzunza (l) and Zucchet (r) are a Dems.


4 posted on 11/10/2005 3:08:27 PM PST by newzjunkey (CA: Now is not the time to give up! JoinArnold2006.com TomMcClintock.net)
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To: NormsRevenge

An absolute outrage!


5 posted on 11/10/2005 3:08:50 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: newzjunkey; NormsRevenge; CyberAnt

...C. Gradual revolution through infiltration & subversion by revolutionaries
......1. Infiltrate the State: elective & appointed office; judgeships
......2. Infiltrate the military: enlist & subvert from within
......3. Infiltrate justice: undermine and discredit state constitutions
......4. Infiltrate education: professors & administrators
......5. Infiltrate & discredit religion: scoundrels as clergymen
......6. Register, then license, then confiscate all privately held weapons

...D. Form or infiltrate international organizations to promote goals such as "global understanding," "economic development," "transfer of resources"

...E. Both Capitalism and Judaeo-Christian culture must be destroyed before a Communist revolution can succeed
......1. Religious sentiment cannot be destroyed through legislation, as Lenin believed, but must be redirected from the divine to the state
.........a. Terror will only drive Religion underground
.........b. Religion will then reemerge when Leninism fails
.........c. So Religion must be destroyed in the minds of men
......2. Infiltrate religious academies and become priests and clergymen
.........a. Subtly promote heresy within religious organizations
.........b. Infiltrators must act so as to discredit the church
............(1) Cause financial and sexual scandals
............(2) See that this is given a high profile in the news
............(3) Like-minded infiltrators in the media will cooperate
......3. Once religion is discredited from within, continuously promote the idea that only the state can solve the problems that have been traditionally brought before the church
...F. When propagating revolutionary ideas, cloak them in polite terms
......1. National Consensus
......2. Popular Mandate
......3. National Pacification
......4. Pluralism
......5. Global Community
......6. Economic Justice
......7. Economic Democracy
......8. Liberation Theology
......9. Direct Action
...G. Marxists "must enter into every civil, cultural, and political activity in every nation, leavening them as yeast leavens bread."


Why What is Happening - Explains the SCOTUS, CHURCH, etc (no religious explanations here either)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/959544/posts


6 posted on 11/10/2005 3:09:26 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: ncountylee
This is HUGE! I'm just slack-jawed. Judge claimed testimony was "not credible."
7 posted on 11/10/2005 3:11:02 PM PST by newzjunkey (CA: Now is not the time to give up! JoinArnold2006.com TomMcClintock.net)
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To: Sidebar Moderator
How is this not breaking news? It's literally breaking news.
8 posted on 11/10/2005 3:14:04 PM PST by newzjunkey (CA: Now is not the time to give up! JoinArnold2006.com TomMcClintock.net)
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To: newzjunkey

Still awaiting Inzunza's fate. Will he be acquitted too or will he be sentenced?


9 posted on 11/10/2005 3:16:13 PM PST by newzjunkey (CA: Now is not the time to give up! JoinArnold2006.com TomMcClintock.net)
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To: newzjunkey

Seems elected officials who break the law in San Diego are never held accountable...J. David Dominelli, anyone?


10 posted on 11/10/2005 3:17:07 PM PST by GSWarrior (Proudly posting bandwidth-consuming images since November 2000.)
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To: newzjunkey

They had them on tape...one guy died, drank himself to death...San Diego has become one of the most corrupt cities in the Country. America's Finest City...my ass.


11 posted on 11/10/2005 3:17:36 PM PST by Hildy
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To: newzjunkey
Former City Councilman Michael Zucchet

High School must have been hell for this guy...

"Hey Mike, vould you like to Zucchet? Yah?"

12 posted on 11/10/2005 3:17:48 PM PST by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: Onelifetogive

it's actually pronounced ZOOKET. In all the time I've read that name, that never came into my mind...hmmm.


13 posted on 11/10/2005 3:18:46 PM PST by Hildy
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To: newzjunkey
Roger Hedgcock is covering this story on his afternoon show.

Streaming available online: AM 600 KOGO

14 posted on 11/10/2005 3:20:58 PM PST by newzjunkey (CA: Now is not the time to give up! JoinArnold2006.com TomMcClintock.net)
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To: GSWarrior
Jury verdict set aside on SEVEN of the NINE accounts and a new trial ordered on the other two. The guy gave back some of the strip club campaign donations but HID others. If that isn't indicative of guilt, I don't know what is! The judge thinks the jury just didn't understand the case and law.

Apparently this CAN BE APPEALED. But that's highly unlikely.

15 posted on 11/10/2005 3:25:53 PM PST by newzjunkey (CA: Now is not the time to give up! JoinArnold2006.com TomMcClintock.net)
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To: Hildy
In all the time I've read that name, that never came into my mind...hmmm.

I wish I had that part of your brain...

16 posted on 11/10/2005 3:26:00 PM PST by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: Hildy

We're trying to compete with Chicago in terms of corruption. ;)


17 posted on 11/10/2005 3:31:09 PM PST by newzjunkey (CA: Now is not the time to give up! JoinArnold2006.com TomMcClintock.net)
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To: newzjunkey
Feds still in court. Prosecution is trying to get 57 months for Ralph Inzunza and Malone (strip club).
18 posted on 11/10/2005 3:40:50 PM PST by newzjunkey (CA: Now is not the time to give up! JoinArnold2006.com TomMcClintock.net)
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To: Hildy

Unreal.

This is too damn disgusting.
Punks who should have never been elected.


19 posted on 11/10/2005 3:43:11 PM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: SoCalPol; NordP; sofaman; Travis McGee; newzjunkey


JMJ -- unreal.


20 posted on 11/10/2005 3:45:42 PM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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