Posted on 06/01/2012 11:55:20 AM PDT by Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage
SANFORD, Fla. (KABC) -- A judge has revoked George Zimmerman's bail, giving the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer 48 hours to surrender.
The judge's move comes after prosecutors filed a motion requesting to revoke his bond on Friday, saying Zimmerman misled the court about his finances and his possession of a second passport, which he acquired two weeks after he shot unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin during an altercation.
In recordings of conversations also released Friday, Zimmerman and his wife are heard talking cryptically about his second passport in a safety deposit box they shared. The two speak in code in the recording.
Zimmerman's original passport was due to expire in May. He applied for a second passport, claiming the first one was lost or stolen.
In the motion, prosecutors also point out that Zimmerman had $135,000 in his bank account the day before his bail hearing, in which he declared himself financially indigent.
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Jailhouse recordings. Nothing you say during visits is private.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/27/v-print/2770968/zimmerman-attorney-to-tell-judge.html
Crump and the race baiters are behind this.
Ok. Thought it was after he was home.
The guy is a democrat. Questions?
We also must remember that today is very bad news for Obama....so we must change the storyline and race bait.....
Sounds like the judge is an idiot. He could have requested the State Department tell him if that passport was his only passport and whether it was still valid. If he reported his first passport as lost or stolen, the State Department would immediately make that passport no longer valid for travel. Not only that, but he lied on the application for the replacement passport. I just got a new passport. The application clearly states that it is a crime to knowingly and willfully make false statements in the passport application or the supporting documents.
WARNING: False statements made knowingly and willfully in passport applications, including affidavits or other documents submitted to support this application, are punishable by fine and/or imprisonment under U.S. law including the provisions of 18 USC 1001, 18 USC 1542, and/or 18 USC 1621. Alteration or mutilation of a passport issued pursuant to this application is punishable by fine and/or imprisonment under the provisions of 18 USC 1543. The use of a passport in violation of the restrictions contained herein or of the passport regulations is punishable by fine and/or imprisonment under 18 USC 1544. All statements and documents are subject to verification.
But in looking at the cesspool that 'just.us' in this country has become, Z might wisely decide that his interests are best served in Peru, etc.
But that does not change the facts of the case...it just means the guy thought he was going to get railroaded and was making plans he shouldn't have made.
I still believe if the trial is fair, he will be exonerated.
The judge ignored the passport argument, but hit him on the finances part.
The finances issue has been common knowledge for over a month, why now? -
When the first one expires in May.
” Saying that he and his wife were speaking in “code” is kind of thin grounds though, IMHO.”
Yep
The only thing new here is the passport. The money was from Paypal that he did not know about because he was in jail.
We haven't seen all the evidence yet, but I suspect you're right.
It would not surprise me to see this case end with Zimmerman committing suicide.... or murdered while behind bars.
Is obviously code for,
"Down with the Republic. Let's flee to Peru!"
Probably a good idea : )
There is a question to be asked (I don't know the answewr) as to whether those funds were under his effective control or whether he knew the amounts involved.
He was taking college classes before this whole dust-up. Student loan money?
According to Z's lawyer O'Mara, this paypal account was turned over to him when he found out about it and has been in his control ever since. So what's the big deal.
If George did this, then he has some splaining to do to the judge and it won't go well for him.
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