US Dept. of Justice is literally prosecuting a woman for laughing at Jeff Sessions

[Benton]

(07-17-2017, 02:38 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: The laugh got her in trouble. The stuff after it got her prosecuted.

Keep in mind while reading that the link GMD used was HuffingtonPost. So there'll be a slant in the writing.

Understood on the slant, but the quote I bolded says that's what the US Attorney's office said in filing. If that's true, the US Attorney was filing against the laugh, not the stuff after. Their intent may have been for the comments after, but if they filed it about the laugh, the US Attorney's office screwed that up, not so much the judge. 

[Benton]

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/09/justice_department_will_retry.html

Quote:The Department of Justice will retry a woman whose laughter prosecutors said disrupted the confirmation hearings of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, prosecutors said.

In May, Desiree Fairooz of Virginia was found guilty in on charges of disorderly conduct and parading or demonstrating on Capitol grounds for her actions during Sessions' January hearings. She faced up to a year in prison but in May, a judge overturned the conviction and it was unclear if the Justice Department would pursue another trial.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly Paschall told D.C. Superior Court last week it does plan to retry Fairooz. Paschall said Fairooz and her attorney rejected a plea deal offered by the government in which she would have pleaded guilty to one or two charges in exchange for time served.

Fairooz's second trial is set to begin in November.

Good. Because our legal system is at the point where we really, really should be focusing more resources on whether or not it's ok to laugh at a political appointee.

[GMDino]

(09-06-2017, 12:52 PM)Benton Wrote: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/09/justice_department_will_retry.html


Good. Because our legal system is at the point where we really, really should be focusing more resources on whether or not it's ok to laugh at a political appointee.

Gotta fill those private prisons.

Sessions needs that portfolio to grow while he can!