“She’s a black female Democrat, and I think they saw this as an opportunity to get her off the bench and try to start putting Republicans back on the bench in a county where there’s none that exist," ...
THIS is why “hate crime” has jumped to high all the sudden
Harkening back to ELB's original post and his quoting Smoots-Thomas's attorney's claim that this was nothing but a ploy by Republicans to get a Black female Democrat off the bench.Today, [Alexandra Smoots-Thomas] pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud... Following the plea today, U.S. District Judge Lynn H. Hughes allowed Smoots-Thomas to immediately proceed to sentencing..... The court heard arguments from the government citing how Smoots-Thomas abused her position and asked for a fair sentence within the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Judge Hughes permitted her release following her time already served in custody. Restitution will be determined at a hearing set for Oct. 26.
So how much time was served? I need to know, because it may impact my decision to commit embezzlement.Rafe wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:22 am Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Thursday, September 17, 2020
Former local judge convicted of fraud
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/[abbreviated profanity deleted] ... cted-fraud
Harkening back to ELB's original post and his quoting Smoots-Thomas's attorney's claim that this was nothing but a ploy by Republicans to get a Black female Democrat off the bench.Today, [Alexandra Smoots-Thomas] pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud... Following the plea today, U.S. District Judge Lynn H. Hughes allowed Smoots-Thomas to immediately proceed to sentencing..... The court heard arguments from the government citing how Smoots-Thomas abused her position and asked for a fair sentence within the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Judge Hughes permitted her release following her time already served in custody. Restitution will be determined at a hearing set for Oct. 26.
Well, my Google Fu there is weak today. But in looking for that, I turned up this tidbit:The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 1:43 pm So how much time was served? I need to know, because it may impact my decision to commit embezzlement.
It's a good thing that our District Judges are such such fine, upstanding citizens and members of our community; absolutely above reproach.A former Harris County District Judge, who was indicted on wire fraud charges last year, has been arrested again, according to court records. She is accused of assaulting her husband’s girlfriend.
Alexandra Smoots-Thomas was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Wednesday. According to court records, she fired a shotgun in the direction of a woman outside a home in the 1400 block of Jewel Meadow Drive on Monday....
Smoots-Thomas is out on bond and not permitted to possess a weapon.
Since racism has been so bad in this country I just wonder why the “first black President” didn’t work in it while in office? Why didn’t he have “the racist statues” removed?
Must've come from the Lady of the Lake.Rafe wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:07 pmWell, my Google Fu there is weak today. But in looking for that, I turned up this tidbit:The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 1:43 pm So how much time was served? I need to know, because it may impact my decision to commit embezzlement.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/loca ... ble-again/
It's a good thing that our District Judges are such such fine, upstanding citizens and members of our community; absolutely above reproach.A former Harris County District Judge, who was indicted on wire fraud charges last year, has been arrested again, according to court records. She is accused of assaulting her husband’s girlfriend.
Alexandra Smoots-Thomas was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Wednesday. According to court records, she fired a shotgun in the direction of a woman outside a home in the 1400 block of Jewel Meadow Drive on Monday....
Smoots-Thomas is out on bond and not permitted to possess a weapon.
Evidently her hearing in federal court for the wire fraud charge wasn't scheduled until November. The fact that she pleaded guilty this week may well have something to do with this assault with a deadly weapon charge. Her federal court bond may have been revoked after the shotgun arrest.
I do love the way that her attorney described the events of the ADW charge: "My client was in a car and the other woman was outside the car. I believe she was carrying a club or some sort of stick with the intent to assault my client and a gun appeared. A shot was fired but nobody was hurt."
Emphasis mine. Ya know, if those magically-appearing shotguns are for sale somewhere--you know, just wish for it and it appears out of thin air--I may be in the market. Talk about concealed carry!
I chuckled when I read that and also thought wouldn't the prosecutor just follow up with asking who's gun it was and how it appeared? (to completely dismantle the innocence of it.)The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 7:33 am "...a gun appeared. A shot was fired..."
Ima gonna use that defense if I’m ever indicted in a self defense shooting. I love legal precedence. Don’t you guys?
