Posted on 10/06/2010 8:55:41 AM PDT by Justaham
Republican Meg Whitman’s former maid said Tuesday she’s not a Democratic pawn in California’s race for governor, but her attorney refused again to provide key details about her claims that Whitman employed her for nearly a decade despite knowing she was in the U.S. illegally.
Nicky Diaz Santillan, a Mexican who Whitman says used a fraudulently obtained Social Security card and California driver’s license, dismissed claims by the GOP nominee that she was part of a Democratic smear intended to damage Whitman’s standing with voters, particularly Latinos.
“I make my own decisions and I am not anyone’s puppet,” Diaz Santillan said in a prepared statement she read at the Los Angeles office of her attorney, Gloria Allred. “Nobody made me do it.”
Allred, who has longtime Democratic ties and donated money to Brown when he ran for attorney general , has yet to disclose details about how she became involved in the case or disclose who, if anyone, is picking up the bill for her legal work.
Allred says Diaz Santillan was referred to her by another lawyer, whom she will not name. Allred didn’t answer directly when asked if that lawyer had ties to Whitman’s opponent, Democrat Jerry Brown, or his Democratic allies.
Allred also sidestepped a question about whether she had any contact with labor unions working to get Brown elected.
(Excerpt) Read more at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com ...
I just love the way she wines and dabs her eyes but there are zero tears.I want smeone to look into her banking info and see what kind of transactiosn there have been in the past month of so.Any large deposits?
“What did Gloria know, and when did she know it?”.....
“if the glove don’t fit, you must acquit!”.....
I thought Vandersloot was in jail in Peru.
I think you meant Marc Van der Hout
Not Vandersloot (Joran)
I could be wrong, but I think she revealed the name of Diaz's immigration attorney, not the attorney who referred Diaz to Allred.
Whatever. Nobody cares about the actual complaint. The whole point was to implant the idea the Whitman employed an illegal alien.
That is my impression too.
The immigration lawyer is Marc Van Der Hout. He was wound up with the infamous Lynn Stewart who lied for her jihadist client.
[snip]Van Der Hout, Brigagliano, & Nightingale, LLP, has specialized in the practice of immigration and nationality law since the firm was founded by Marc Van Der Hout in 1980. Collectively, the firm’s attorneys have nearly 100 years of experience. With three offices in California, we have developed a national reputation for representing our clients in a broad variety of matters including family and employment sponsorship, removal proceedings, federal court litigation, asylum and naturalization. We are particularly known for taking on and winning difficult cases.
Here, Vanderhout talks about Obama not putting his choice of a MALDEF, open border loving lawyer Tom Saenz for Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice. These illegal alien lawyers are all in bed with each other. Illegal immigration is BIG money!
Marc Van Der Hout says:
March 16, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Thank you for putting this out. Obama needs to be held accountable and criticized by his supporters when he takes positions that our counter to what we know he should be doing. We cannot stay silent. to the contrary , our opposition should be loud and clear. The administration needs to be pushed from the left, not just the right. The administration’s position in withdrawing the Saenz nomination was very disappointing–thanks you for calling on people to respond. ALSO, people should respond loudly, rebuking the administration for its position in District Court in D.C> last week, basically continuing the Bush administration’s position on right to indefinitely detain Guantanamo prisoners. The Obama administration’s positions on national security matters in general has deviated little from those of Bush and people should respond to that also.
Is this housekeeper person being prosecuted for her crimes?
Brown is just sitting back watching. He is either brilliant or very stupid....we will see on election day.
What exactly is the nature of the “legal representation”? Is there a lawsuit to which her client is a party? Is there a criminal charge against her client?
Can a political operative hide behind a spurious “attorney-client” privilege?
And who is paying her fees?
The lefties know what needs to be done to further their agenda and they know how to do it.
To paraphrase Pat Buchanan: they don't wait for orders from headquarters -- they mount up and ride to the sound of the guns.
Just my opinion of course.
Attorney-Client privilege applies independent of prosecution (or even in cases where prosecution is not in the realm of possibility).
SnakeDoc
Just my opinion of course.
“I make my own decisions and I am not anyone’s puppet,” Diaz Santillan said
So she just looked in the yellow pages and found Gloria Allred.
I don’t know the details of California Legal Ethics, but, generally speaking, the fee-payer is not covered by privilege, only the Client is. However, if the Client does not want the fee-payer’s name disclosed, it likely means her attorney cannot disclose it without violating the privilege.
Lawsuits and criminal charges are not required to create an attorney-client privilege. It is just the nature of the legal business. Gloria Allred likely can’t disclose anything without her Client’s authorization without risking her law license.
SnakeDoc
It is really sad that these noble legal privileges and protections are being egregiously abused to elect a Red governor.
(My opinion again.)
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