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| NC Carolina judge convicted of bribing FBI agent with ‘2 cases of beer' to spy on his wife |
| 2016-10-23 |
| BLUF: [RT] Details of Jones’ arrest have not been public, but according to the News & Observer, the judge was taken in custody after a "SWAT-team-like raid" on his Wayne County home. Jones’ defense has been saying that he had never been told by the FBI officer that his request could result in a search warrant. "The jury’s verdict affirms a bedrock principle of the rule of law," John Bruce, the acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, said in a statement afterward. "No person holding a position of public trust in our legal system is permitted to subvert that system for his own personal objectives." Sentencing in Jones’ case has been set for January 23. On the charge of bribery, Jones faces no more than 15 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. The charge of gratuities carries a possible term of not more than two years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. The charge of attempting to corruptly influence an official proceeding could land Jones in jail for as many as 20 years behind bars and require him to pay up to $250,000. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Obama's Executive Branch going after the Judicial Branch. Will be more difficult and could have an adverse effect on the Executive Branch than when he sacked the military but the regime is up to trying stuff like this. |
| Posted by: Huperese Platypus6497 2016-10-23 18:53 |
| #7 Did this judge have something to do with Clinton emails. Didn't |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-23 16:06 |
| #6 So, basically, the judge hired himself a P.I. for two cases of beer - there's a crime in it? Is the judge a republican, or something? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-23 13:34 |
| #5 I'll bet it was Pabst, too. I'd give him six more months, then. |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-10-23 11:10 |
| #4 ...and there's more where that came from. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2016-10-23 09:42 |
| #3 I'll bet it was Pabst, too. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-10-23 09:26 |
| #2 What was the going price, 3 cases or more? What's the matter with this chintzy judge? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-23 08:41 |
| #1 "No person holding a position of public trust in our legal system is permitted to subvert that system for his own personal objectives." Senior U.S. State Department employees offering special, overseas assignments to FBI agents to alter classified document markings...... please disregard. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-23 07:45 |