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Graham Spanier’s lawyer accuses former Penn State legal counsel Cynthia Baldwin of ‘flip-flop’
Centre Daily Times (State College, PA) ^ | December 22, 2013` | Mike Dawson

Posted on 12/22/2013 2:48:00 AM PST by abb

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Two years ago, I thought if ever they could crack the lawyer who facilitated the coverup early on, then everything would be become clear. Who knew what, when they knew it, and who didn't notify law enforcement when they should have.

It looks like that's about to happen.

Baldwin has been the key all along, but the fact that she's an insider and a retired judge makes it hard for other attorneys to turn on her. Maybe she's too radioactive now, and they'll have to burn her.

1 posted on 12/22/2013 2:48:01 AM PST by abb
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To: abb

http://media.centredaily.com/smedia/2013/12/22/00/07/A9XYT.So.42.pdf

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/12/graham_spaniers_lawyer_pushes.html#incart_river_default

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20131222_Baldwin_met_privately_with_prosecutors_before_her_Sandusky_testimony.html#Y7Tca11hHHYAhAc1.99

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2013/12/22/Attorney-says-Baldwin-testimony-not-credible.print#ixzz2oCA0pI00

http://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/5297669-74/baldwin-spanier-former#ixzz2oCAI6c9Y

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Ex-PSU-Lawyer-Flip-Flopped-on-Spanier-236906361.html

http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-21/news/45419893_1_spanier-graham-b-elizabeth-ainslie#yVvHX2mYg20b8Z6c.99


2 posted on 12/22/2013 2:51:14 AM PST by abb
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To: randita

Of interest to you.


3 posted on 12/22/2013 2:57:08 AM PST by abb
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To: Scoutmaster

Of interest to you.


4 posted on 12/22/2013 3:00:04 AM PST by abb
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To: abb

This is true. The Penn State lawyer was a moron and acted like counsel for Spanier and the others guys under examinations - Huge conflict of interest. Not sure it will save them though. Just gives them a claim against Penn State.


5 posted on 12/22/2013 3:53:25 AM PST by shalom aleichem
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To: shalom aleichem

More important, it will allow the truth to come out about the coverup.


6 posted on 12/22/2013 3:55:07 AM PST by abb
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To: abb

Thank you for pinging me. It is of interest.


7 posted on 12/22/2013 4:29:49 AM PST by Scoutmaster (I'd rather be at Philmont)
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To: abb

I can understand why they have issues with this woman testifying to the grand jury, etc.

But I don’t understand what criminal charges she could have been faced with that would have lead her to “make a deal” with the prosecution.

And, btw, how long was she Penn State’s lawyer?


8 posted on 12/22/2013 4:48:40 AM PST by jocon307
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She won’t talk and no one will make her because she is from the privileged class — a lawyer, a woman, and black — and she knows where the skeletons are buried up there.


9 posted on 12/22/2013 4:54:57 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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Furthermore all Spanier’s, Curley’s, and Schultz’s lawyers want is her testimony before the Grand Jury stricken from the record.

That should be a given.

After that the prosecution has no case and all charges will be dropped.


10 posted on 12/22/2013 5:00:32 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

She’s already talked. It’s in the court record.


11 posted on 12/22/2013 5:04:03 AM PST by abb
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In 1983, Baldwin worked as the prosecuting attorney-in-charge in the Office of the Attorney General at the Bureau of Consumer Protection.[2] She rose to the bench in 1989, when she became the first black woman elected to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Baldwin served in this office for sixteen years.[3] Then, in 2006, she was appointed to the state Supreme Court by Governor Ed Rendell. She retired from the court in January 2008. After retiring from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, but before becoming Penn State’s General Counsel, she became a partner in the international law firm of Duane Morris, LLP. There, her focus was on appellate litigation and not-for-profit issues.[2]

Justice Baldwin is an alumnus of Penn State, and served as the president of its alumni association from 1989-91.[4] She also served as Chair of the Penn State Board of Trustees from 2004-2007.

In January 2010, she was recruited to come to Penn State as the University’s first general counsel, establish the Office of General Counsel and assist in recruiting a permanent general counsel. In that capacity, she became involved in the Jerry Sandusky scandal. News reports in July 2012 indicated that Baldwin, in her capacity as General Counsel, recommended that then-Penn State president Graham Spanier reject calls for an independent body overseeing the school’s athletic programs.[5] Additionally, her role is being questioned in the case of the potential criminal cases against Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley. When Curley appeared before the grand jury, he told court officials that Baldwin was his attorney, but she stated that she was only representing the university on that occasion;[6]

ustice Baldwin is a former Fulbright lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, where she lectured and conducted research on constitutional issues for the Zimbabwe Supreme Court prior to the changes made by President Robert Mugabe.[3] She has also worked on many worldwide ethics issues including participating in anti-corruption projects for developing nations through the Brookings Institution.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Baldwin


12 posted on 12/22/2013 5:15:21 AM PST by abb
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If you are talking about the Grand Jury record involving her then that ain’t much.

All she talked about was the conversation in the car as they all drove up together to give their Grand Jury testimony.


13 posted on 12/22/2013 5:18:35 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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Baldwin will be put on the stand, under oath. Count on it. Too many people now know what’s going on to hide it any more.

She was the “cutout.” She told everybody back in 2011 that Sandusky’s behavior could be swept under the rug, and to just stay clammed up.


14 posted on 12/22/2013 5:23:26 AM PST by abb
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If you are talking about the Grand Jury record involving her then that ain’t much.
All she talked about was the conversation in the car as they all drove up together to give their Grand Jury testimony.

Are the grand jury transcripts posted online?

15 posted on 12/22/2013 5:28:03 AM PST by PAR35
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When was she brought into this???

Unless I am mistaken she only got involved in 2010-2011 — not before that.

And as a Hillary coattail rider she knows those famous words: “I don’t recall”.


16 posted on 12/22/2013 5:29:29 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: PAR35

http://www.scribd.com/doc/192201085/Graham-Spanier-grand-jury-testimony-colloquy-from-April-13-2011

http://www.scribd.com/doc/192201096/Graham-Spanier-grand-jury-testimony-from-April-13-2011

http://www.scribd.com/doc/192201108/Cynthia-Baldwin-grand-jury-proceedings-October-22-2012

http://www.scribd.com/doc/192201126/Cynthia-Baldwin-grand-jury-transcript-from-October-26-2012


17 posted on 12/22/2013 5:32:02 AM PST by abb
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To: PAR35

If they are available they might have them at:

http://www.framingpaterno.com/

or one of their links.


18 posted on 12/22/2013 5:33:46 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: abb

Thanks. Some reading for after church.


19 posted on 12/22/2013 5:34:31 AM PST by PAR35
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To: Uncle Chip

It’s all about the coverup. Spanier, JoePa, Baldwin, Curley, Schultz - they all knew and covered it up.


20 posted on 12/22/2013 5:34:36 AM PST by abb
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