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Phone Jamming charges dropped

by: rambler american

Wed May 27, 2009 at 15:47:19 PM EDT
( - promoted by Dean Barker)

Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against James Tobin in connection with the jamming of Democratic phone lines during the election of 2002. Congressman Paul Hodes, however, does not consider the case closed and insists that all the facts be aired.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.c...

How is it that Republican criminals are not prosecuted?
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Look at the bright side (4.00 / 2)
Phone jamming totally screwed up the NH Republican Party for several years.
 

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    
Good point (0.00 / 0)
Can I ask what your legal opinion is?
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DoJ (4.00 / 5)
These charges should have been brought along with the original charges against Tobin. Instead, DoJ waited until the other charges were out and the statute was about to run.

So it goes.  

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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Your point is well taken. (0.00 / 0)
And I will accept karma in lieu of prosecution, but still...

...the Doo Dah Man once told me you've got to play your hand. Sometimes the cards ain't worth a dime if you don't lay 'em down.
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Hey, this is wrong (0.00 / 0)
TPM gets something wrong; the article linked here says,

Tobin had already been cleared in federal court in New Hampshire of taking part in a plot to arrange more than 800 hang-up calls that jammed get-out-the-vote phone lines on Election Day 2002.

That isn't true, he wasn't cleared of taking part in the plot. The court said the statute he was charged under did not apply. I'm surprised, TPM has been on top of this case since the beginning.  

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

do you think there was prosecutorial misconduct at the Gonzo DoJ ? (4.00 / 1)
I'll take my answer off the air

"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does." Allen Ginsberg
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heh heh n/t (0.00 / 0)

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Where was Hodes in Ayotte's Reappointment (0.00 / 0)
"New Hampshire's citizens deserve a full airing of what transpired in 2002," Hodes said in a written statement. "Granite Staters deserve fair elections and hopefully this case will serve as a warning to those who would seek to tamper with New Hampshire's electoral process."

Where was Hodes with the recent reappointment of Kelly Ayotte? The feds have been investigating her for two years on request of federal judge
Joseph Laplante, but not a word from Hodes. Shouldn't he have aired the issues, especially in a state where the citizens do not have have the opportunity to vote and must rely upon the "good judgment" of the governor and the Executive Council.

Union Leader shows its colors (0.00 / 0)
Once again the Union Leader shows its colors by refusing to post the above.
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Bangor News - take a look at the posts on their website (0.00 / 0)
Lawmaker: 'Full airing' needed in Tobin case

By Andrew Miga
The Associated Press

James Tobin
WASHINGTON - A New Hampshire congressman said Wednesday he will continue to press for a "full airing," despite federal prosecutors' decision to drop their case against a GOP organizer they accused in a plot to jam Democratic phone lines in New Hampshire during the 2002 election.

Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes was responding to news that the federal government has ended its prosecution of former Republican political organizer James Tobin of Bangor.

Tobin, 48, was accused of making false statements to FBI agents investigating the plot.

Full story:

http://www.bangordailynews.com...


Democrats solve problems, Republicans sit and say no.

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