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Judge holds Roger Stone associate in contempt for refusing to testify in Russia investigation
The Washington Post ^
| 10 Aug 18
| Spencer S. Hsu and Devlin Barrett
Posted on 08/10/2018 10:29:57 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: EVO X
Beryl Howell:
She was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 14, 2010 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 22, 2010. She received her judicial commission on December 27, 2010.
All you need to know!
To: plain talk
They are crooks and everybody knows it. About all that can be done is to try and take out their support structure, which is exceedingly hard these days. If somebody gets in legal trouble, their legal bills are paid for and they will get lucrative jobs somewhere if they keep their mouth shut..
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posted on
08/10/2018 11:44:57 AM PDT
by
EVO X
To: EVO X
Finally someone other than Trump has the stones to call this what it is: Kangaroo court
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posted on
08/10/2018 11:57:51 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: EVO X; bitt
The Godfather...
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posted on
08/10/2018 12:02:51 PM PDT
by
Brown Deer
(America First!)
To: Brian Griffin
So all PDJT has to do is wake up his AG
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posted on
08/10/2018 12:06:36 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: plain talk
It just takes someone with guts to carry it out. However they better have iron-clad proof if they want to take out the Queen. I mean solid evidence.
It would be one of the happiest days of my life. Maybe there is someone in LE dxed with a terminal cancer and no children who would take on that duty.
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posted on
08/10/2018 12:12:19 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: faithhopecharity
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posted on
08/10/2018 12:17:41 PM PDT
by
Brown Deer
(America First!)
To: Brown Deer
Interesting. Judge might have to wake sessions up first
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posted on
08/10/2018 12:22:16 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: apillar
Or pulls a Hillary Clinton and answers every question "Sorry, I don't recall..."
Her mind's in a blender, it's JELLO.
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posted on
08/10/2018 1:03:55 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
("The MSM is the enemy of the American people"...Democrat Pat Caddell)
To: arrogantsob
“So he goes before the GJ and take the fifth.”
He’s not doing any such thing. An appeal is being prepared on the matter.
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posted on
08/10/2018 1:09:20 PM PDT
by
romanesq
(For George Soros so loved the world, he gave us Obama)
To: EVO X
This is the first attempt to test of the constitutionality of Mueller’s appointment.
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Maybe. I do wonder about the ultimate goal of asking a judge to find your client in contempt.
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posted on
08/10/2018 1:26:39 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: romanesq
That sounds fruitless. There is no question about the authority of Grand Juries to compel testimony. What are you thinking along those lines?
To: Brown Deer
To: Brian Griffin
we’re well inside the 90 days and I presume he was extended by Sessions.
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08/10/2018 1:39:28 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
To: arrogantsob
Perhaps whether there was a basis to empanel the GJ
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posted on
08/10/2018 1:40:36 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
To: Moonman62
Maybe. I do wonder about the ultimate goal of asking a judge to find your client in contempt. Maybe this was the only way to knock the case up to the Appellate level. If he was told to testify or else, what do you do?
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posted on
08/10/2018 2:08:37 PM PDT
by
EVO X
To: Zathras
Do I read this correctly...? A Judge outside of any involvement in the trial is mandating someone testify? Maybe I read it wrong....This has nothing to do with Manafort's ongoing trial. This is a witness who refused to testify before a grand jury.
To: Brian Griffin
But who would be that person Sessions? He recused himself, so would it then be Rosenstein?
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posted on
08/10/2018 2:24:04 PM PDT
by
Engedi
(The)
To: Moonman62
Maybe. I do wonder about the ultimate goal of asking a judge to find your client in contempt.It's the only way to get appellate review.
Here's how the process works: A prosecutor calls someone to testify before the grand jury. The witness moves to quash the subpoena on some ground (here, it's the constitutionality of Mueller's appointment; more commonly it's some issue like attorney-client privilege). If the judge denies the motion, that denial is not an appealable order. The only way to get appellate review is for the witness to refuse to comply and be held in contempt. A contempt finding is appealable.
To: Lurking Libertarian
Thanks for your explanation. I guess this tactic is probably common.
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posted on
08/10/2018 2:42:05 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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