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Stoddard swiped the papers while defense attorney Joanne Cuccia was addressing the court on behalf of her client, Antonio Lozano. The response of Judge Lisa Flores was remarkably understated and restrained given the horrific breach of confidentiality.
Arpaio is the most controversial sheriff in the country and is routinely accused of abusive practices. On this occasion, he is defending his deputies pulling handwritten notes from the files of lawyers to be copied and reviewed. For the story, click here.
The judge who ordered Liddy to jail, Gary Donahoe, said Thursday that he couldnât comment on the case, KTAR.com reports. His refusal to talk comes as the conflict between Donahoe and the sheriffâs department continues to worsen.
Adam Stoddard was ordered to publicly apologize for taking the document or to report to jail. He chose the second option.
Deputy Adam Stoddard#N#In October, Deputy Adam Stoddard was caught on surveillance video removing a paper from a defense attorneyâs file. Judge Gary Donahoe held Stoddard in contempt of court for the action and ordered him to apologize or go to jail. Stoddard held a press conference Monday night, but instead of apologizing Stoddard said he did nothing wrong.#N#Come on Deputy Adam Stoddard, what you did was wrong taking a document from the courts without first asking. Now that youâve been cuaght itâs easy to claim itâs your job but thatâs not what America saw on Video as you peered over your shoulder (as if you did not want to appear as you were reading) and then tried to cover up your violation. The fact youâre not man enough to fess up to your wrong tells America the true story. Youâre not about justice, youâre a fraud in a fancy uniform with a tin badge you hide behind. Shame on you Deputy Adam Stoddard you make all law enforcement look dishonest.
The judge who ordered Liddy to jail, Gary Donahoe, said Thursday that he couldnât comment on the case, KTAR.com reports. His refusal to talk comes as the conflict between Donahoe and the sheriffâs department continues to worsen.
Officer Adam Stoddardâs lawyer, Deputy County Attorney Tom Liddy, wouldnât tell the Phoenix New Times whether the officer Adam Stoddard was in a jail cell, saying authorities were not releasing âconditions of confinementâ as a security precaution.
Officer Adam Stoddard testified that he saw four words â âgoing to,â ââstealâ and âmoneyâ â in a document sticking out of the file that led him to believe Cucciaâs client posed some sort of security threat. However we are in a court of law with the victim handcuffed so there WAS NO THREAT OF ANY KIND Officer Adam Stoddard. Why did you not say âThere is a Threat your honor when it happened? Why did it take so long to make up this story?
Orange County federal judge dismisses criminal cases over lack of jury trials. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney is among a minority who believe trials in the Central District of California should continue despite the pandemic and is dismissing cases as a result. Jan. 27, 2021.
Legally, itâs not a particularly remarkable federal court order: U.S. District Judge David O. Carter simply removed a protective order that was put in place when the criminal investigation into Renegar hadnât yet resulted in charges.
The judge disagreed with Heathcoteâs assertion, saying Holloway has âprovided valid reasons for his request.â
Heathcoteâs opposition to Mkrtchyanâs request offered a different view of Hollowayâs encounter with Renegar. According to her, Holloway âunconvincingly deniedâ allegations from campersâ that heâd assaulted a woman, but because the woman had fled, he wasnât arrested.
In November 1997, Berger paid a $23,000 civil penalty to settle conflict of interest allegations stemming from his failure to sell his stock of Amoco Corporation as ordered by the White House. Berger was advised by the White House to sell the stock in early 1994. He said he had planned to sell the stock, but then forgot. He denied knowingly participating in decisions in which he had a financial interest. With no evidence that Berger intended to break the law, the United States Department of Justice determined a civil penalty was adequate for a "non-willful violation" of the conflict of interest law.
Sandy Berger. Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger (October 28, 1945 â December 2, 2015) was a political consultant who served as the 19th United States National Security Advisor for President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. Before that he served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 1997.
In 1999, Berger was criticized for failing to promptly inform President Clinton of his knowledge that the People's Republic of China had managed to acquire the designs of a number of U.S. nuclear warheads. Berger was originally briefed of the espionage by the Department of Energy (DOE) in April 1996, but did not inform the president until July 1997.
Berger died of cancer in Washington, D.C., on December 2, 2015, at the age of 70, more than a year after being diagnosed. President Barack Obama released the following statement on learning of Berger's death: Sandy Berger was one of our nation's foremost national security leaders.
An associate of Berger said Berger took one copy in September 2003 and four copies in October 2003, allegedly by stuffing the documents into his socks and pants. Berger subsequently lied to investigators when questioned about the removal of the documents.
After leaving the State Department, Berger went on to join the law firm Hogan & Hartson where he helped expand the firm's international law practice. As a partner, he opened the firm's first two international offices, in London and Brussels. "Sandy Berger", Nancy Pelosi said in 1997, "was the point-man at ... Hogan & Hartson ... for the trade office of the Chinese government. He was a lawyer- lobbyist ."
Berger was originally briefed of the espionage by the Department of Energy (DOE) in April 1996, but did not inform the president until July 1997. A number of Republicans, including then presidential hopeful Lamar Alexander, called for Berger's resignation.