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Pirro is a stupid woman.
The attorneys for three-time U.S. Olympian David Hearn have issued a powerful statement after D.C. attorney Jeanine Pirro announced a felony charge against Hearn for touching the Reflecting Pool water, in an attempt to blame others for Trump's failures.
"Davey Hearn is innocent. These charges are outrageous and should be alarming to every American. This indictment reflects the Administration's effort to shift blame for their own failures. On the eve of our nation's Independence Day, Americans should be deeply concerned by the misuse of government power against an ordinary citizen based on a concocted narrative. The justice system exists to determine facts, not to provide political cover." - Norm Eisen, Democracy Defenders Fund & Mary Dohrmann, Washington Litigation Group
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a kennedy
(36,845 posts)🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬
Norrrm
(6,199 posts)
chicoescuela
(3,364 posts)MadameButterfly
(4,296 posts)paved over the Rose Garden, and marbled over the Lincoln bathroom.
Pirro: Destruction of government property is a crime. If it costs the people over $1,000 its a felony that could get 10 years in prison.
Javaman
(66,044 posts)FakeNoose
(43,190 posts)It's just a waste-of-time circus.

LisaL
(48,088 posts)get a grand jury to indict him.
Martin Eden
(16,111 posts)I highly doubt the prosecutors were truthful.
wnylib
(26,908 posts)and evidence or outright lie in grand jury proceedings.
I don't remember the specific case or location, but one indictments against a Trump "enemy" was later thrown out.by a judge when it was found that the AG lied to the jury in order to get an indictment.
Hassin Bin Sober
(27,575 posts)Top federal prosecutor in Chicago says more than 1,000 cases under review after Broadview Six misconduct revelations
Ilsa
(64,780 posts)He talked about judges losing confidence that Justice Department prosecutors are telling the truth. Too many have been caught lying about evidence, witnesses, etc.
calimary
(91,592 posts)Prosecutors should be worthy of our trust.
hamsterjill
(17,989 posts)n/t
MLWR
(1,159 posts)because I doubt that that indictment was obtained without prosecutorial misconduct. It's happened too often to trust that there was no malfeasance on the part of the so-called DOJ. Or to quote their very own ronnie: trust but verify.
LisaL
(48,088 posts)There is a gofundme going for the legal fees.
allegorical oracle
(6,736 posts)probability of conviction. How do the attorneys in this DOJ retain their bar memberships?
LisaL
(48,088 posts)I fail to see how it would not go to discovery.
patphil
(9,361 posts)Hire a shitty company, they do a shitty job, and now we have a shitty result. Someone has to "pay" for Trump's incompetence, and we know he'll never accept responsibility for his failures.
This is easy for him, since he so many enablers around him who are willing to cover his ass with lies, and false accusations.
They are the ultimate ass kissers, and are truly the ones to blame, since they know what they are doing is wrong, but they do it anyway to stay in their prestigious, phony baloney jobs.
MissouriDem47
(460 posts)Hopefully, he will sue the government after his case is thrown out of court.
Katinfl
(944 posts)LisaL
(48,088 posts)presents the case.
So considering Pirro's claims on TV, it sound like they claimed he tore a piece of blue paint with his bare hands.
robbob
(3,755 posts)You cant just walk up to a painted surface and tear sheets off it. The paint would have to be peeling off on its own in order to tear sheets off. In other words, already ruined. What a shit show your country has turned into. My condolences, and happy 250th 🙁
LisaL
(48,088 posts)from inside the pool unless it was already peeling. Not that I believe that is what happened here.
BaronChocula
(5,022 posts)Grand juries are one-sided in that only the prosecutor's case is heard. So you may be familiar with the phrase "you can indict a ham sandwich."
(But apparently, Turkey sandwiches are tougher to put a rap on since they couldn't get an indictment on the guy that threw one at some feds).
Katinfl
(944 posts)barbtries
(31,392 posts)into bizarro world.
he's got a good lawyer in Norm Eisen.
70sEraVet
(5,778 posts)This was ok?

LisaL
(48,088 posts)to the jury.
SergeStorms
(21,141 posts)The shit-gibbon just get out of the "Beast" and walk a few steps if he wanted to examine the "workmanship?"
What a lazy slug. Driving across it was undoubtedly the reason the crap peeled.
MadameButterfly
(4,296 posts)There were people raising the alarm that there were bubbles that shouldn't have been there and other signs that the paint application wasn't going well from the get go.
The Madcap
(2,201 posts)Political blame game in action.
BidenRocks
(3,685 posts)Pirro all pumped up, forgot to use the word "allegedly"!
Jury influencing!
She's judge, jury and executioner.
Drunk with power!
ShazzieB
(23,117 posts)In more ways than one.
Katinfl
(944 posts)ShazzieB
(23,117 posts)I don't really know, haven't been following this. But if multiple people are charged in separate incidents, their (bogus) indictments will presumably be handled separately.
No matter how you slice it, it's a disgraceful waste of taxpayers' money.
cab67
(3,944 posts)I know there have been press releases claiming such arrests, but so far, nothing's been shown to back it up.
calimary
(91,592 posts)Id expect her to be as manipulative as she could get away with. Headline chaser.
SWBTATTReg
(26,547 posts)truly no reason to do so. He should sue the heck out of her for taking his freedom, etc. away (or trying to).
MadameButterfly
(4,296 posts)No matter how poor the case, it has to be stressful. I wouldn't be sleeping. It is uncharted territory when the government is going after people for something like this. You have to wonder when/whether they'll eventually succeed in eliminating justice.
Katinfl
(944 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(3,080 posts)and penalties from the judge. At worst, they risk their ability to practice law.
Doesn't Pirro objectively realize she is a punchline?
Joinfortmill
(21,987 posts)3catwoman3
(30,292 posts)
from lawschool meant someone was highly intelligent.
Pirro and many others have made me question that.
Cha
(321,658 posts)Democracy and Justice!
Aussie105
(8,378 posts)and handing out harsh punishment is a feature of totalitarian states like Russia and North Vietnam.
What does that say about America?
Skittles
(173,744 posts)FASCIST AS ALL OUT FUCK
wolfie001
(8,247 posts)Her cult leader and she are both PIGS!!!
oasis
(54,408 posts)Response to riversedge (Original post)
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Scalded Nun
(1,754 posts)Anyone/everyone subjected to this bullshit needs to file a $10B lawsuit against the government for illegal persecution/prosecution.
NJCher
(43,847 posts)what he claims Hearn did? He went on way too long and he embellished his lie with a great deal of emotionalism. The more he lied, the more vicious he became. For example, when he described how Hearn tore the big gash in the pool, he became very animated and angry.
If the defense was able to get this clip (I checked youtube for it--not there, at least yet), it would be tremendous for their defense. There is no way that trump could have seen Hearn do this and the amount of emotionalism he portrayed is way out of bounds , not to mention that a president is never supposed to speak about a "crime" as it would bias the case.
This case is going nowhere.
EuterpeThelo
(467 posts)I'm old enough to remember when the Manson clan tried to get a mistrial declared after Charlie somehow got a hold of a newspaper with the headline "Manson Guilty Nixon Declares" and proceeded to hold it up in court where the jury could see it. The ploy didn't work, because the judge recognized that tossing the case would mean the defendants would benefit from their own stunt, but there was a big deal made about the fact that Nixon opened his pie-hole about an ongoing criminal case in a way that could have prejudiced the jury.
Skittles
(173,744 posts)I had said in a previous post I hope the defense goes VERY PUBLIC; these fascist fucks need a RIGHTEOUS SHAMING.
no_hypocrisy
(55,809 posts)If Jeanine Pirro were truly a valid prosecutor, she would have passed on this one.
My guess is that she has to periodically report to TSF and he tells her which cases to highlight and publicize.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,861 posts)No, it used to exist to determine facts...
Nowadays, it is for providing political cover. And, has been for a while.