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Posted on 09/22/2015 10:00:42 AM PDT by Seizethecarp
Recently released excerpts of depositions of Joe Arpaio's former attorney, Tim Casey, and others in the sheriff's ongoing contempt case point to possible perjury by Arpaio and his chief deputy, Jerry Sheridan, during their April testimony in federal court.
In a September 16 deposition of Casey, Arpaio's former counsel on the underlying case, Melendres v. Arpaio, the lawyer describes an unusual meeting at the Sheriff's Office that occurred in late 2013 or early 2014 involving Arpaio and various lawyers...
Casey said the purpose of the meeting was to "evaluate how credible [Dennis Montgomery] was."
"I remember the lawyers talking," he said. "And I remember talking to my co-counsel [Liddy]. And it was a dead issue in my book. It was worthless. It was vindictive. And we would have no part of it."
Asked by a plaintiffs' attorney if there was anyone in the room that day who found Montgomery's information to be accurate, Casey said yes.
"My client," he said. "Joe Arpaio."
It should be noted that Casey was ordered by Judge Snow to answer such questions about his former client over the objection of his own counsel.
Anglin said he had a subsequent meeting with Chief Deputy Sheridan in which he provided the chief deputy with articles critical of Montgomery's work. The stories were from Playboy and the New York Times and also included a Wikipedia entry on Montgomery.
The sergeant said he specifically asked Sheridan: "Are you asking me to investigate a federal judge?"
Sheridan told him "in no uncertain terms" that he was not to investigate a federal judge or anything to do with President Obama's birth certificate.
Instead, he was to investigate the "allegations of illegal harvesting."
(Excerpt) Read more at phoenixnewtimes.com ...
Hey Sheriff Joe, you have so pissed off that judge he can cancel your client-lawyer privilege at the drop of a hat.
Ping to anti-Arpaio Phoenix New Times article “update” claiming supposed potential Arpaio perjury in depositions taken from Arpaio’s former attorney in the past weeks.
Looks exculpatory for Sheriff Arpaio to me!
They are after Sheriff Joe again.
Having been through a couple of depositions, I cannot hardly see how you cannot commit perjury. Even when you are 100% telling the truth.
You have to stop and think about every single word and the order in which they are put together. Sounds simple.
Its not.
If he truly has committed perjury, wouldn’t Justice reviewed his deposition and already have indicted him? the political class wants him gone and Justice wants another feather for the hat for the next appointments and budget.
I see ZERO Arpaio perjury here...
Obots are dreaming...
Worst case, Arpaio and Zullo honestly held out too long (until April) hoping that Montgomery could prove that he had actual evidence on the 50 hard drives to support his “universe shattering” claims.
Stephen Lemons and New Times are litter-box worthy
No.
These depositions are part of the ongoing hearing on Plaintiff's motion for civil contempt in the Melendres case. The record is by no means yet complete. Upon completion, the Court will make its decision on civil penalties, plus may elect to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for criminal contempt or other charges (like perjury). DOJ isn't likely to act before then.
Oh, one can paint a much bleaker case than that, along the lines of:
1. Arpaio testifying under oath that there was no investigation into Judge Snow. (He's already testified under oath to that in April).
2. There being documentary evidence to support the claim that such an investigation was being pursued by the MCSO. (There are already documents produced which reference Judge Snow and supposed interactions with DOJ, etc..
3. There being testimony establishing Arpaio's knowledge of those documents and efforts to substantiate those claims. (This is not clear, but depositions of Mike Zullo and others are pending, plus further hearings before the Court).
4. And, possibly, though perhaps not necessarily, efforts to substantiate those claims being understood to involve accessing information and records outside of proper 4th Amendment procedures.
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He’s been lying to us for years, constantly promising one grand revelation or another, just around the corner. I don’t trust him anymore.
Another update.
Zullo’s deposition is scheduled for October 7th.
To me it appears that he is;
A) going to be thrown under the bus and blamed for all the Montgomery stuff, or
B) fall on his sword and take the blame for all the Montgomery stuff.
The contempt hearing is today.
Some twits from Stephen Lemons of the Phoenix New Times.
https://twitter.com/stephenlemons/with_replies
@RealSheriffJoe hearing Judge Snow denies attempts to block Montgomery info from contempt hearing, also denied defense motion on Vogel
Information on the hearing (Sheridan’s testimony):
Apparently one of the two deputies assigned to the Seattle/Montgomery stuff tries to have Zullo taken off the investigation. Instead the deputy (Anglin) was taken off the case and the reason given by Sheridan was because Anglin tried to get rid of Zullo.
Looks like a lot of backstabbing was going on at the MCSO.
Zullo has been subpoenaed to produce all of the documents, emails, text messages, etc by September 30 to the plaintiffs. This includes any thing relating to judges or elected officials.
On Reed Hayes website:
http://reedwrite.com/?page_id=620
“Some have erroneously publicized that I work for the Perkins Coie law firm in Seattle. Others have stated that I have been retained by attorneys at Perkins Coie to render testimony. Still others claim that I am an expert witness for the firm. Perkins Coie appears on my list of clients because I worked one (count them—one) questioned handwriting case for the firm in the early ‘90s. The matter settled out of court and I did not render testimony at deposition, hearing, or trial. I am not an expert witness for Perkins Coie nor am I associated with them in any way aside from that lone case from years ago. It amazes me how people can make something out of nothing in order to lend support to their line of thought.”
More form Reed Hayes’ website:
“In short, there are indications that the Obama Certificate of Live Birth released by the White House in April 2011 may be a manufactured document or perhaps even an outright forgery. But without examining the original document housed at the Hawaii Department of Health, there can be no absolute certainty.”
Arpaio’s ex-lawyer Casey appears to say Arpaio deliberately ignored preliminary injunction. Order investigation into federal judge.
https://twitter.com/stephenlemons
We’ll have to wait for the transcript to see if it is real.
Mike Zullo has apparently taken the fifth regard some of the documents that he was required to ptoduce for his deposition.
“Undersigned defense counsel is in possession of additional material that Mr. Zullo has provided as being responsive to the subpoena.Defense counsel has conducted a review of this additional material, also. However, undersigned defense counsel is being prohibited by Mr. Zullo from producing any additional materials due to the Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment and due process protections that Mr. Zullo believes may apply to him and the production of these additional materials. Moreover, undersigned defense counsel is informed that Mr. Zullo is seeking counsel to represent him.”
http://www.scribd.com/doc/286173701/Melendres-1478-Notice-Re-Zullo-Production
That’s interesting. I wonder what it means.
Arpaio's criminal lawyer Mel McDonald suggested that Judge Snow grant Zullo "use immunity," allowing the used car salesman to testify without the worry that his testimony in the case could be used by prosecutors.
McDonald said that, "The fear of Zullo is potential criminal liability regarding his relationship with Montgomery."
But Snow said that he was "unlikely to grant any sort of use immunity for testimony," and that he would not make any decisions regarding that until McDonald first had talked to the U.S. Department of Justice about immunity for Zullo.
Tuesday morning, Richard Walker, an attorney for Maricopa County said he had discussed Zullo's wanting immunity with the U.S. Attorney's Office, but they did not show any interest in seeking immunity for Zullo.
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arpaios-fave-deputy-primed-to-take-fifth-during-contempt-trial-7779939
One of the MCSO deputies (Brian Mackiewicz) who was involved with the Dennis Montgomery investigation has already plead the fifth on some questions. Brian Mackiewicz is also the deputy who accompanied Zullo to Hawaii back in 2012.
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