Comments on: Cheney and Gonzales Indicted In Prisoner Assault Case

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:25:02 +0000

This just in from local Texas Channel 5 update says that

The jury asks the people named in the indictments to be summoned to court, which means the Vice President won’t be arrested.

The article adds,

According to Cheney’s indictment, the Vice President is specifically accused of investing some $85 million in the Vanguard group that houses federal inmates. The grand jury accuses Cheney and Alberto Gonzalez of engaging in organized criminal activity.

If this is a reference to the indictment itself, it is the first notice that the indictment has been released to the public.

Bob in HI

By: Kirk James Murphy, M.D.

Kirk James Murphy, M.D. — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:20:34 +0000

Hee

Hee-hee

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and so on.

Damn. I wish I coulda sat on that grand jury. Lot more than ham sandwiches on their docket.

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:45:31 +0000

Except that Ford pardoned Nixon’s offenses before he could be found guilty. That kind of prospective pardon has not been tested in court, however.

Bob in HI

By: marymccurnin

marymccurnin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:35:56 +0000

I think you have to be found guilty to get a pardon. No way that will happen before January.

By: LS

LS — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:08:52 +0000

If that is the case…Outstanding!

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:03:50 +0000

These are STATE charges, not Federal. IIRC, Bush can only pardon for Federal offenses.

Bob in HI

By: LS

LS — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:56:03 +0000

I wish they had waited until after Bush was out of office, because there will just be pardons all around… :(

I hope I’m wrong.

By: tw3k

tw3k — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:54:46 +0000

i think you need to complete the digg.

By: BooRadley

BooRadley — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:52:52 +0000

Thanks Ian.

digg

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:51:51 +0000

Thanks. I’ve updated my diary over at Oxdown to include references to RevDeb’s comment, which came before the diaries perris and I originally wrote, as well as to Ian’s diary here and a link to his video indicating that this story has enough teeth to pull two judges off their benches for the time being. But the indictments have still not yet been released, so we cannot yet see exactly what Cheney has been charged with– yet. It won’t be long, however, before we know. And LHP has promised to look into the charges and give us her appraisal…

Bob in HI