OUTSIDE EDNY
COURTHOUSE, Nov 11 – 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.
Seven 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?
Filed on November 11 in the Southern
District of New York the lawsuit 26-cv-9896 seeking
judical review and full access to EDNY - complaint on
CourtListener here
It has been sent to Marzulli, and US Attorney
Nocella, the EDNY District Executive's Office via Michael
Loguercio, and the SDNY Civil Division Chief.
Marzulli pulled 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?
