OUTSIDE EDNY
COURTHOUSE, Nov 9 – As I
covered two trials in the Federal courthouse in Brooklyn
on November 4, I was targeted by the DOJ prosecutors'
spokesman John Marzulli and then the office of EDNY
District Executive Eugene Corcoran and marched out of
the courthouse by three federal Court Security Officers.
Six days later I am still out, having
missed four day of the US v Huawei sanctions violation
trial and three days of the US v Clase baseball pitch
rigging trial. What gave the prosecutors' spokesman or
spox the supposed right and separately motive to get me
thrown out?
His credibility had already been
questioned: he had for example announced that
"David Gentile, CEO of GPB Capital, was sentenced by
United States District Judge Rachel P. Kovner to seven
years in prison. The government’s case is being handled by
the Office’s Business and Securities Fraud Section.
Assistant United States Attorneys Jessica K. Weigel, Nick
M. Axelrod, and Kate Mathews are in charge of the
prosecution with assistance from Paralegal Specialists
Madison Bates and Allison Henry. Assistant United
States Attorney Claire Kedeshian is handling forfeiture
matters."
But then Gentile was pardoned and released from
prison only seven days into his seven year sentence. No
new announcement from Marzulli. He just moved ahead,
pulling the levers in the closed world of EDNY to get the
Press that reported it ousted and excluded. Judge Kovner
docketed one of Inner City Press' emailed request to make
a case against ICE public - but said in the future it must
file at the EDNY Clerk's Office it can no longer reach
thanks to Marzulli. We'll have more on this.
What was my alleged crime?
Using a cell phone in the courtroom of EDNY Judge
Kiyo Matsumoto to live tweet the opening arguments in
the baseball bribery trial of US v. Clase.
Notably, this supposed crime, with which a full day
later I have not been charged in writing, was only
alleged by the US Attorney's Office's Marzulli, ignoring
those friendly to him using cell phones right next to
him.
It reflects poorly on
the US Attorney's Office and DOJ, to have personnel
falsely and selectively accusing people and having them
punished without due process. Is that what DOJ does not
want the Press to report it is doing in the friendly (to
it) confines of the EDNY? Is that why DOJ has at least
90 sealed
cases / deals with cooperators that Inner City Press has
had to appeal to the Second Circuit? Is this all just
retaliation?
