Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Al Gore sues Al Jazeera for fraud
Politico ^ | August 15, 2014 | DYLAN BYERS

Posted on 08/15/2014 9:29:54 AM PDT by don-o

Former Vice President Al Gore and business partner Joel Hyatt have filed a lawsuit against Al Jazeera on charges of fraud and material breaches in their acquisition of Current Media, POLITICO has learned.

Gore and Hyatt, the co-founders of Current Media, say that Al Jazeera has unlawfully refused to turn over tens of millions of dollars currently located in an escrow account. That money is owed to Current Media shareholders per the terms of the $500-million merger agreement made in January 2013, the plaintiffs say.

The lawsuit was filed Friday morning by David Boies, attorney for Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, in the Delaware Court of Chancery. (Boies also represented Gore in the 2000 Florida election recount battle against George W. Bush.)

"Al Jazeera America wants to give itself a discount on the purchase price that was agreed to nearly two years ago," Boies said in a statement. "We are asking the Court to order Al Jazeera America to stop wrongfully withholding the escrow funds that belong to Current's former shareholders."

The complaint has been filed under seal at the request of Al Jazeera, though Gore and Hyatt have filed a motion seeking to unseal it.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: algore; aljazeera; aljazeeragore
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-62 next last
To: don-o

I talked to someone yesterday who told me that her brother, who had some property for sale, is being sued by a prospective buyer (Muslim) who thought the sale price was too high.


41 posted on 08/15/2014 10:18:26 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: I want the USA back

If both sides are frauds, then the case may be decided on its merits.

It has none. Neither party has standing.


42 posted on 08/15/2014 10:19:05 AM PDT by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: don-o

Pot, Kettle . . . . .


43 posted on 08/15/2014 10:19:46 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: don-o

This cracks me up! My husbands CA lefty cousin’s daughter worked for algore when he first started and she quit because he failed to pay her. ha ha albore, what goes around comes around!


44 posted on 08/15/2014 10:20:01 AM PDT by Ditter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: don-o

It’s hard to pick which Al to back, but if push comes to shove, I want Gore to lose.


45 posted on 08/15/2014 10:34:58 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: don-o

Al Jazeera to Al: “Hey, you f—ked up, you trusted us...”


46 posted on 08/15/2014 10:37:15 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: don-o

If he messes around with those guys too much, he might never be heard form again.

It’ll be like he disappeared in to fat air.


47 posted on 08/15/2014 10:39:36 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: don-o

shouldn’t it be the other way around ?


48 posted on 08/15/2014 10:43:39 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: don-o
"Al Jazeera America wants to give itself a discount on the purchase price that was agreed to nearly two years ago,"

LOL. First time negotiating with Arabs Al? Good thing you weren't the one having to deal with Arafat.

49 posted on 08/15/2014 10:49:31 AM PDT by SeeSharp
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: don-o

Fat Wad Gets Fatwa’d


50 posted on 08/15/2014 10:54:09 AM PDT by mikrofon (Taqiyya it to the Bank...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: don-o

a’l gore understands fraud as good as the best of them.


51 posted on 08/15/2014 10:56:57 AM PDT by pallis
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: don-o
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Al has the nerve to sue anyone for FRAUD?!?!?!?
Surely by now there is a picture of him in the dictionary underneath the word fraud.

“I have 87 railroad tankers full of irony for a Mr. Gore”

52 posted on 08/15/2014 11:05:49 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: I want the USA back
*One fraud sues another.*

I wonder if Gore will sue Satan for talking him into constantly lying?

53 posted on 08/15/2014 11:06:55 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: don-o

That picture; the stupid, it hurts!


54 posted on 08/15/2014 11:08:41 AM PDT by OldMissileer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: Zathras
*What a hoot!!!
That $$$ will stay safe in an Iranian bank.

“Don’t try to con a con-man”*

Gore didn't watch The Sting all the way though. He didnt realize that a crook can also be the victim of a con.

Maybe Paper Moon would be more his speed. It's not as complicated a movie for a grifter to learn new tricks.
Al seems a little slow...

55 posted on 08/15/2014 11:09:10 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: OldMissileer
I'll have another helping of Schadenfreude in heavy malaga syrup.
56 posted on 08/15/2014 11:11:35 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: paterfamilias
“Former U.S. vice president Al Gore is being represented by David Boies, the attorney who memorably represented him in the 2000 battle over a Florida election recount.”

Hopefully, Boies will achieve the same result.

I was just wondering if the Morgans and Charlie Crist were involved in that too.

57 posted on 08/15/2014 11:11:48 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: don-o
Algore dancing with the devil bwahahahaha ha ha ha ha.
Sic 'em, Sex Poodle.
58 posted on 08/15/2014 11:43:44 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: don-o

59 posted on 08/15/2014 1:51:21 PM PDT by McGruff (You can lead a human to knowledge but you can't make him think)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: left that other site

Maybe he should have sold it to Glen Beck after all. Beck would have paid him and the check would not bounce.


60 posted on 08/15/2014 2:20:24 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-62 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson