Posted on 08/09/2017 6:35:43 AM PDT by Brilliant
An ongoing legal battle playing out in Fort Lauderdale federal court over the Democratic National Committee’s presidential nominating process has devolved into accusations of harassment and intimidation conducted by unknown political operatives.
Last month, an attorney representing 150 Democratic voters in a little-noticed class action lawsuit against the DNC and its former chairwoman, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, sought court-ordered security guards for himself, his clients, and his co-counsels and their employees following a string of bizarre incidents in June, including strange phone calls and emails by individuals disguising their voices and a mysterious break-in at the home of one of the plaintiffs.
On June 15, Senior U.S. District Judge William Zloch denied Fort Lauderdale lawyer Cullin O’Brien’s motion after determining that his request would overburden the U.S. Marshals Service because the plaintiffs reside in 45 states and Washington, D.C. The judge also noted that O’Brien had not provided any evidence directly linking the incidents to the DNC and Weston-based Wasserman Schultz.
“The undertaking would in all likelihood require the entire U.S. Marshals Service to direct all of its efforts and attention to this specific case,” Zloch wrote in his order. “The Court notes that plaintiffs’ motion contains absolutely no factual nexus between Defendants and the conduct set forth in the motion.”
O’Brien did not respond to two phone messages and an email request for comment. Mark Caramanica, an attorney for Wasserman Schultz, referred questions to DNC lawyers Bruce Spiva and Marc Elias, who also did not return two phone messages and emails requesting comment...
(Excerpt) Read more at floridabulldog.org ...
Beck also noted that the phone number that showed up on the caller ID was the same one for Wasserman Schultz’s Aventura district office. According to a June 1 reply filed in court by the congresswoman’s lawyers, Wasserman Schultz had no knowledge of the call being made and did not authorize it.
“Further, it is highly unlikely that the call did in fact originate with that office, as no one is currently working in the office associated with the subject number — or has anyone been working there for several months — due to ongoing repairs,” the reply states. “Given that the matter involves congressional phone lines, the incident has been reported to Capitol Police.”
The following day, Fort Lauderdale attorney O’Brien received three phone calls from an unknown number from a person who identified himself only as “Chris” inquiring about the lawsuit, according to the motion requesting protection. During the second phone call, “Chris” allegedly said, “This is bigger than you and your family and your law partners” and made a reference to news about the mysterious death of Assistant U.S. Attorney Beranton Whisenant in Fort Lauderdale. O’Brien also submitted under seal 11 emails allegedly sent by “Chris.”
Whisenant’s body was spotted floating just off Hollywood beach shortly before dawn on May 24. The cause of death has not been released, but the Miami Herald has reported that Hollywood police have said Whisenant suffered some trauma to his head.
On June 3, plaintiff Angela Monson from Dassel, Minn., said she woke up around 5:45 a.m. to use her laptop computer only to find it in a different spot from where she had last left it, which she thought was odd, according to an affidavit she filed as part of the motion for protection. “When I plugged in my laptop, it made a snapping noise and did not turn on,” Monson said. “When I turned it over, the bottom cover of the laptop fell off. I then noticed that the bottom cover, which is attached to the laptop with 10 screws, had all the screws missing.”
After noticing that two patio doors she had locked the night before were unlocked, Monson called local police to file a report about a possible break-in, her affidavit states. The same day, O’Brien claims he received a call from the far-right militia group Oath Keepers offering him and his clients protection.
Just Democrats doing what Democrats do. Nothing to see here (sayeth the “media” in their no-reporting of this). Move along to made-up Trump stuff....
We are seeing continuing evidence that Democrats and other liberals are very dangerous people. It’s a contageous criminal mental illness.
Apparently, this Attorney and his clients are quite aware of “Arkancide”.
“the entire U.S. Marshals Service to direct all of its efforts and attention to this specific case”
That is a ridiculous assertion. There are more than 5000 deputies.
United States Marshals Service FY 2016 annual report - https://www.usmarshals.gov/foia/annual-report.pdf
Oh really?
Sounds like the perfect office to make a threatening phone call such as this. Discrete, empty and no workers to put at the scene.
Could any decent, benevolent person not be alarmed at this?
According to Wikipedia. And the floridabulldog site is maxed out right now. Hmmmm.....
Not a single solitary thing about this on Miami TV or radio. Haven’t seen it in the Miami Herald or Fort Lauderdale Sentinel.
Whisenant handled visa and passport fraud cases.
His personal effects were still on him.
“That is a ridiculous assertion. There are more than 5000 deputies.”
People involved in legal cases sometimes attempt to bolster their positions by involving outside authorities on their side. They get retraining orders using trumped-up accusations against the other party. They repeatedly call the local police about sometimes imaginary incidents to build a paper trail that will reflect badly on the opposition in court. The idea is to get the court and the public on their side by demonizing the opposition. The thinking is; if the opposition has to do this, then, they don’t have a legal leg to stand on. This tactic sometimes works great in divorce cases or family court, where judges are sometimes comparative idiots.
I saw a video of Elizabeth Beck saying that she took a picture of the phone call list. The number that came up as calling in with Debbie Wasserman Schultz number.
There was a hilarious filing with the court today in the lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee – in which Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a defendant…
Attorney Elizabeth Lee Beck’s office received a call just before 5PM on Thursday from an individual who was apparently using a ‘robotic and genderless’ voice changing device, sniffing around with questions about the DNC lawsuit filed over cheating in the 2016 election.
The suit – based on documents released by hacker Guccifer 2.0, claims that the DNC colluded with Sec. Hillary Clinton’s campaign ‘to perpetrate a fraud on the public.’ (see more here) After a brief chat with the law firm’s secretary, the ‘mysterious’ voice-masking caller concluded the call with an ‘Okey dokey.’
And whose number showed up when the law firm turned around and googled the number from the caller ID? Why, who else but Debbie Wasserman Schultz’ Aventura office!
Self-serving Schultz knowingly helped endanger Americans then brazenly
slashes and burns the Trump admin.
Planted assumption.
Not impossible and would be satisfyingly ironic.
I don’t think it’s the Marshal’s job to protect private litigants. I’m surprised the judge just didn’t say that. I’d told them to hire their own security.
Yes.
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