Posted on 08/03/2013 9:25:55 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Allied Veterans of the World case are disputing whether Attorney General Pam Bondi must answer a subpoena and testify.
Court records show the state has asked a judge to quash a subpoena for Bondi, who is scheduled for a deposition next week by attorneys for several defendants in the gambling and money laundering case.
Bondi argued in her motion that her testimony is no different from what other witnesses could offer and she is entitled to “testimonial immunity” due to her rank.
Defense attorney Curtis Fallgatter argued in court documents that Bondi was briefed on Allied Veterans’ business model for its gaming centers, and accepted a hand-delivered contribution for $25,000 addressed to the state of Florida but intended for her campaign in 2010.
A media representative for Bondi couldn’t be reached late Friday afternoon.
Law enforcement officials raided dozens of Allied Veterans gaming centers this year. Nearly 60 people were arrested. They included Jacksonville attorney Kelly Mathis, whom authorities described as the “mastermind” of the operation. Also arrested was Nelson Cuba, longtime president of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Authorities said Allied only gave about 2 percent of $300 million in proceeds to charities.
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Bondi is above such trivial matters, you peasant. She’s the state equivalent of Eric Holder, and you had better show the proper respect!
Even knowing very little about this case or her, one thing is for certain: Florida politics is dirty and dirt-dog mean.
It’s just as likely that she broke the law as that she didn’t, but that is actually not the point. Being deposed is going to be a fishing expedition against you, by somebody who wants to nuke you.
What a political whore. She must be blacklisted by conservatives forevermore.
Is it not clear then that the 11th Amendment has nothing whatsoever to do with providing official immunity of any state government or any official therein from being sued by a Citizen of the State?
Jurisdiction lies with the state when a Citizen sues the state. State governments and the officials making up the government cannot be made immune to lawsuits for violations of rights and other criminal activities. The truth is that administrative laws give people the foundation for suits and the filing of criminal complaints against offending officials. (See Title 18, Sections 241 and 242 - and others dealing with fraud, extortion, mail fraud, theft, and racketeering - and Title 42, Sections 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986)
Rights, including the right to sue for damages done against the sovereign, reign supreme over any level of government. The right to sue any individual or corporation (persons) - even if a government or agent of the government - SHOULD and must remain supreme whether judges, attorneys in and/or advising the government, and government officials like it or not.
Interpreting or enforcing that officials have immunity renders the Oath of Office all officials must subscribe to meaningless. Furthermore, any action giving any person or organization immunity effectively voids the Constitution and the Bill of Rights reflected in the first ten amendments, along with voiding all of God’s laws.
Official immunity to laws would place us in a quandary. If officials are exempted from the supreme Law of the Land because of being an official in government, then are they not outside the supreme Law of the Land? Does this not mean that they are NOT constitutional Citizens and are therefore agents of a government foreign to that established by the Constitution?
Dark Meat Bondi gonna need to call her buddy Ben Crump to help her get out of this.
The Florida GOP needs a major political cleansing
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