Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
Rhodes is getting skeert. He doesn't like the reality his lawyers are presenting to him as they 1) prepare him for trial OR 2) ask him to consider a plea deal.
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
I suspect it's a scary plea offer.
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I don't know how many times I had some form of this conversation with my client:Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:39 am Rhodes is getting skeert. He doesn't like the reality his lawyers are presenting to him as they 1) prepare him for trial OR 2) ask him to consider a plea deal.
Client: I don't like what they're offering. I want to go to trial.
Me: Here's what's going to happen at trial. The government is going to call the agents to testify about the (drugs/child pornography/military property) they found in your possession. No military judge or jury is going to believe that it was planted, didn't belong to you, or that you didn't know you had it. And you'll get convicted. Then your sentence will be way longer than what was offered.
Client: OK, I'll plead guilty
Next day:
Client: I don't like what they're offering. I want to go to trial.
Me:
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
Divorce cases were much the same. Some clients were very much invested in the "I am the wronged party, give me everything".
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
I *very briefly* practiced family law. The hardest part about that was trying to convince the client that the *only* thing the court could do was divide up the property and make decisions about custody. It will never punish your spouse for treating you like shit; it will never tell you you were right about your spouse being the spawn of satan; and it will never reward you or compensate you for putting up with your spouse's shit as long as you did. And the more you fight over the assets, the less there will be to divide up when the time comes.Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:45 pm Divorce cases were much the same. Some clients were very much invested in the "I am the wronged party, give me everything".
I hated those conversations.
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That brings back soooooooo many memories.
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:45 pm Divorce cases were much the same. Some clients were very much invested in the "I am the wronged party, give me everything".
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9 ... mer-Rhodes
Judge won't delay trial for Oath Keeper Elmer Rhodes during tense hearing
Mehta was often blunt during the hearing and remarked that Rhodes’ assertions left him “frankly bewildered.”
He told Tarpley it would be “humanly impossible” for him to be ready for trial even if he granted a 90 day-minimum delay, as Rhodes had requested.
”I’m sure Mr. Tarpley is a fine and talented lawyer,” Mehta said. “But no lawyer is going to be ready to try this case in 90 days, let alone three weeks.”
Mehta ordered Bright and Linder to remain on the case and said he wouldn’t allow Rhodes or Tarpley to wreak “havoc” on the docket.
judge acknowledged that preparing for trial from prison is difficult but it was Rhodes, he said, who opted to hire lawyers located in Texas instead of Virginia where he is currently detained.
“That’s his decision,” Mehta said as he reiterated his skepticism.
He had not heard a ‘whiff of discontent” with Linder or Bright until Tuesday. And further, he questioned why Rhodes would seek to replace his lawyers based in Texas with a lawyer based in Louisiana.
Mehta ultimately eviscerated Rhodes’ complaints one by one, emphasizing how thin the premise was for each grievance.
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
HAPPENING NOW: Kellye SoRelle, the Oath Keepers general counsel who was charged as part of the conspiracy related to Jan. 6, has been arraigned. Prosecutors say they don't plan on superseding her into any of the larger Oath Keeper cases.
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Leaving her free to testify against all of them?
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https:// twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1569674557442646016
Broke the link to keep the ugly mugshot off the thread.OathKeepers founder Stewart Rhodes yet again asks to delay his Sept 27 conspiracy trial
He argues a "logistical nightmare for Rhodes and other defendants trying to navigate through the many terabytes of digital discovery"
Rhodes keeps seeking trial delay; keeps getting rejected
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Thank you, Kendra, for posting and for not posting. You know what I mean.
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
Rhodes trying another delay tactic. Apparently he learned from Trump's filing and now he wants a Special Master
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I do know.Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:00 pm Thank you, Kendra, for posting and for not posting. You know what I mean.
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
To sort thru the weapons cache to find that he was only owned a pencilDr. Ken wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:14 pm https://twitter.com/AngryFleas/status/1 ... 1351395328
Rhodes trying another delay tactic. Apparently he learned from Trump's filing and now he wants a Special Master
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And thanks to Judge Karen he might even get one...
Are there any documents the government is trying to use that are subject to (trying to keep a straight face here) Executive Privilege?
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
Do you think he has any idea what a special master does, or under what circumstances one can be appointed?
I don't. As you said, he probably just saw that Trump got one, which delayed the investigation, and figured "What the hell, its worth a shot".
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
Mostly, before TFG reinvented the concept, it was when a lawyer got raided, and they do "third party sweeps" so that none of the lawyer's clients files fall into the hands of law enforcement. Also, if they raid an office and seize 40 boxes of evidence but the defendant says "some of those are my letters to and from an attorney and is covered by Attorney-Client privilege". Outside of that it's pretty rare but the general idea is sometimes when the cops take stuff there is some stuff that they can't have. If it's a big enough deal and there is reason to not trust the cops to return themselves what they shouldn't have, courts appoint a Special Master.
Now, normally, when the cops raid a place and take 40 boxes of documents they have a detail that does this 'in house' but sometimes that's not good enough.
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
Wo else here is curious as to why Stewie is so desperate to delay his trial? Does he think maybe they'll forget?
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He is scared and facing accountability.
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Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
Won't even have to be tfg. Any Republican president will do.
Re: Keepers of the Oaf (Oath Keepers) Elmer Stewart Rhodes etc.
Some updates on this morning's activity so far.