Gov.-elect Chris Christie is subpoenaed to testify in Hal Turner trial

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Gov.-elect Chris Christie is subpoenaed to testify in Hal Turner trial
By Ron Zeitlinger/The Jersey Journal
November 24, 2009, 12:05PM



North Bergen blogger Hal Turner has subpoenaed Gov.-elect Chris Christie to testify at his trial.
A subpoena has been issued for Gov.-elect Chris Christie to appear next month at the federal trial of North Bergen Internet radio host and blogger Hal Turner.

Michael Orozco, Turner's lawyer, said in an affadavit supporting the subpoena, that Christie, as the U.S. Attorney, knew that Turner was working with the FBI, Christie gave legal advice to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force regarding Turner, and issued a "Blanket Letter of Declination," refusing to prosecute Turner.

In late June Turner was charged with threatening federal judges in Chicago, stemming from an editorial on his Web site that stated three federal judges there "deserved to be killed" for a ruling they made in a lawsuit.

Turner's trial is scheduled to begin Dec. 1 in New York.

Turner, through his lawyers, has maintained that he was trained by the FBI and worked with them from 2002 to 2008 to flush out radicals before they attacked in an effort to prevent domestic terrorism.

The operation was halted when computer hackers broke into Turner's radio show Web site server and gained access to email exchanges between Turner and the FBI, Orozco said.

Over the years, Turner's blog was a forum for hate speech. Turner has made racially inflammatory comments both on his radio show and on blog posts.

Turner has also been charged in Connecticut with inciting injury to officials who championed a bill that would give more control of church finances to lay people.


Last week the New York Post reported that Turner was investigated by the Secret Service for alleged threats against President Obama.


http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/11/gov-elect_chris_christie_is_su.html

[Barack_America]

1. Well, he is one of Rove's proteges.

[Taverner]

2. Isn't Hal Turner that openly racist buddy of Hannity?

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Yep. A darling of the WN crowd.

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4. Anyone know enough about this to judge whether this might do any real harm

to Christie's reign over NJ?