by Matthew Russell Lee, Substack
LITERARY COURTHOUSE, March 8 – In the closing arguments on March 6, AUSA Tarlow said that narco trafficking had grown under JOH. On March 7, out of the hearing of the jury and for then the Press, JOH's lawyer Stabile said he'd heard different overnight.
From who?
The defendant's wife he said.
Was this just a play for a mistrial?
Judge Castel concluded it was, and denied Stabile's motion, Order on Patreon here.
Later on March 8, the verdict, here- now a book
1:18 pm Eastern - Inner City Press heard through sources that there's a verdict in US v. JOH
Now 1:26 pm- Judge Castel: Please take the verdict. Clerk: Count 1, Has the government proven 5 or more kilos: Foreman: Yes
Clerk: Count 2, does it involve machine guns? Foreman: Yes. Clerk: Count 3, how do you find? Foreman: Guilty [on all three] - and destructive device. [JOH GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS CULPABLE DE TODOS LOS CARGOS
And now, "Narco Drama: The trial of Honduras' JOH," here. Some: The former president of Honduras demanded a new lawyer. His first one, he said he could no longer pay. Anyway the man was getting sick, and had been picked in the first instance by a rabbi who was reporting to the Drug Enforcement Agency. So Juan Orlando Hernandez spoke to the judge, first in open court, then obscured by white noise at the sidebar. Kurt Wheelock knew he had to write
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