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[djg21]

Sweeney To Investigate Document Leak

When Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY) announced there there'd be a press conference today, expectations were high that he was going to finally release that promised "authentic" police report. You know, the one that would disprove all those news accounts which said an officer was called to his house because he was knocking his wife around.

Alas, he's not giving up the document. Instead, he's starting his own investigation into who "leaked" the "false" records.

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The reports that

No Documents, But An Investigation (Updated)
November 3, 2006 at 4:59 pm by Elizabeth Benjamin
E. Stewart Jones apologized to TU reporter Brendan J. Lyons, who is over at Jones’ office in Troy, saying he has no documents to release today. (To be clear: Jones said he was sorry if the Sweeney campaign led reporters to believe that he was going to be releasing the police documents.)

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In the meantime, Jones has advised Sweeney never to release the so-called “real report” of that incident, even though the Congressman and his wife said earlier this week they would give their permission for the State Police to do so.

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As those from the area may now, E. Stuart Jones is a local blowhard attorney who likes to try his cases in the media. Among those he previously represented were former New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Spargo. Spargo, together with Sweeney, were responsible for the Miami-Dade riots. Spargo was ultimately removed from the bench after shaking down attorneys appearing before him for donations to his legal defense fund. He since has been hired by the city of Troy. (see, e.g., http://www.judicialaccountability.org/articles/spargofightscommission.htm).

Jones also represented Sweeney's son after the punk participated in a vicious gang assault last year.(see http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/121805ReverseJailSentence.html).

[rocktivity]

1. We need PROOF that they're false, sir

or at the very least, grounds for reasonable doubt.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Cooley Hurd]

2. That reminds me... did OJ find the "real" killer yet?

:rofl:

Of course, you get a K&R from me!:hi:

[Nite Owl]

3. No proof

only means he is guilty. This was an incident report that the TU had, how could they have had something like that falsified. It clearly stated that he 'got physical'.
All I hope is that when he loses we don't hear of something happening to her because he blamed her for reporting it last December.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. E Stewart (TV ad king) admitted the doc was TRUE...

:rofl:

Remind me NOT to hire E Stweart Jones as MY lawyer!:rofl:

[Nite Owl]

7. Jones kept his son

out of jail I guess that's why he went back to him now. He should have gotten 15yrs for what he did to the young man whom he brutally beat.
For him to say that only says the information is incriminating. Hopefully Tuesday we will get the thugs out of NY20!

[KharmaTrain]

5. Excellent Case Of How A Cover-Up Never Works

Now what would be worse? The dude could have released the records last week, had his wife stand up and cry in front of the cameras and maybe he could have salvaged the last week of a campaign. Instead of knocking on door, this week was wasted stonewalling and lawyering up and the longer there's no response the more the suspicion of guilt or some kind of wrong-doing builds up in the media. What's so stupid is this bastard could have let this info slip out in the police blotter and save a lot of time and money. Instead, he's got reporters sticking their noses all over the place and the stench of cover-up is gonna hang over his head and in voters minds on Tuesday. Instead of admitting a domestic dispute, people are now left to wonder what really went on and why he's gone to such lengths to cover it up.

Plus this dude just shoveled a lot of wasted money at a high paid laywer...and for what? Isn't it amazing how these goons trash "trial lawyers", but at the first sniff of trouble, they run for the sleaziest they can find.

[photogirl12]

6. Aaahh yes!

L.S.D. Lie, Scandal and Deny. Same ol' same ol'!!

[halfmoon dem]

8. Hey

That's my slogan!! L.S.D

[Straight Shooter]

9. Rove's playbook sure does get passed around a lot amongst the Repubs. n/t

[photogirl12]

10. K&R n/t

[vixengrl]

11. :snort: Note to Sweeney:

When accused of something particularly awful, the equivalent of gasping "Who told?"--

Instead, he's starting his own investigation into who "leaked" the "false" records.

looks rather bad.