U.S. Magistrate Lakeesha Greyer-Isaac issued a protective order in U.S.A. v. Jody Owens, II et al yesterday.
There has been a bit of squabbling between defense and prosecution since January when Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens filed a motion to dismiss with 47 exhibits that included the names of FBI agents and raw interviews from other FBI investigations. The Court immediately sealed the filing. Most of the legal skirmishing since the filing has taken place behind closed doors.
Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba filed a motion to dismiss recently but it too is under seal.
Kingfish note: It appears the "good stuff" will only be made public if someone goes to trial. May 29 is the deadline for filing an intent to plead guilty.
17 comments:
What does Chowke have to hide? A lot of skeletons in his closet. Right?
Actually the opposite. The defense was dishing dirt on the FBI.
I think we can all agree that doing this could injure Chockwe’s attempt to try the case to the public. All he needs is one juror to refuse to vote to convict. It looks like the judge could be denying ole Chock a fair trial, don’t you think?
FBI are scum. They will target mentally ill young men and lure them into “hate groups” controlled by the feds. And I am talking about young men diagnosed with schizophrenia, autism, and severed learning disabilities. Anything to make a big PR stunt to justify the agency and department’s existence! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-fbi-knew-oklahoma-bomb-plot-suspect-is-schizophrenic/
Bottom line is that they are gonna walk. Beating the charges just cause kinda thing. Whatever.
what sort of dirt? like the name of the yacht the FBI used in multiple operations?
I really hope this goes to trial and cameras are let in. For Justice of course.
No cameras allowed in federal court under any circumstances.
The FBI doesn’t want their tactics exposed. I don’t think you have to be a rocket surgeon to know it was shady business happening with the cash changing hands with Chokwe and Jody.
Afro man type defense coming any way - 1st amendment ! Now here come the rhymes right on times
There is no profit in providing the cure for a problem…
Hope I get called for jury duty. I'll play voir dire like a fiddle and then bring the hammer down.
We all know the ex-Mayor will do zero jail time. You guys have to much faith in our justice system. I see a fine and a walk on his way to his re-election bid for Mayor of Jackson.
The DA should indict the agent who lied to the grand jury.
Notice the court order misspells Lumumba's last name in the caption.
There is no "DA" in a federal case.
Close enough for government work. But will Lumumber raise the race card?
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