malaise (1000+ posts) Fri Mar-26-10 04:16 PM
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Breaking - O'Keefe et al have agreed to plead guilty
to entering Federal building on lesser charge.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8026788Maybe because that's all they really did.
malaise (1000+ posts) Fri Mar-26-10 05:57 PM
Response to Reply #5
6. Misdemeanor not felony
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/26/22439...
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From NBC's Pete Williams
The four men arrested in January for their stunt to embarrass staffers in the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) are prepared to plead guilty, legal sources say, in return for reduced charges.
Federal prosecutors today filed misdemeanor charges against the four. James O'Keefe, who became a media sensation last year for his videos involving ACORN employees, and three others were charged with entering federal property under false pretenses. Two of them went to her office pretending to be telephone repairmen. The charges said all four were in on the plan.
Because the charge is a misdemeanor -- and not a felony -- the maximum sentence is six months in prison and a $5,000 fine.
And since he plead guilty, it will be much less than the max.
onethatcares (1000+ posts) Fri Mar-26-10 06:03 PM
Response to Reply #6
12. the blurb left out the part
that should have said, "for heavily editing videos he purportedly shot involving ACORN employees that have been exonerated".
But that would be too much to ask.
Oh, how long will it take for the rightwing to get 20K out to them?
No, DUmmie. Most of those caught on tape have been fired, and ACORN has been forced to change their name and leave town. I'd say the "court of public opinion" has viewed tapes as real enough.