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Reality Check: Dem. Senator Removed For Lying About Eligibility; Judge Says No Longer Eligible
Birther Report
9/16/2014
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Reality Check: Democrat Senator Removed For Lying About Residency; Judge Says No Longer Eligible
If Obama had a [fill in the blanks].... He'd look like disgraced California State Senator Rod Wright. Although Wright was reelected in a landslide election that didn't stop a California judge from ruling Wright is no longer eligible to hold public office. Judge Kathleen Kennedy sentenced Rod Wright to three months in prison for lying about his residency.
Excerpt via AP @ Yahoo News: State Sen. Wright resigns after voter fraud case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — State Sen. Rod Wright submitted his resignation Monday after he was sentenced last week to three months in jail for lying about where he lived when he ran for office.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg accepted Wright's one-sentence letter, which stated his resignation is effective Sept. 22. Jennifer Hanson, a spokeswoman for Wright, confirmed the senator submitted the letter.
To replace Wright, Gov. Jerry Brown has 14 days from the time the vacancy begins to call for a special election. Steinberg's office said the primary is likely to be in December with a runoff in February.
Wright, a Democrat from Los Angeles County, was convicted of perjury in January for lying about his residence and later was suspended with pay from the Senate. Wright's was the first of three unrelated cases against Democratic lawmakers who were suspended and cost the party its supermajority in the Senate.
Wright said he listed an Inglewood property as his residence so he could run in 2008 to represent the 25th Senate District, but jurors found he actually lived in a single-family home in Baldwin Hills, in a different Senate district.
Steinberg, a Democrat from Sacramento, had called on Wright to resign immediately after his sentencing.
Wright was ordered to surrender to law enforcement on Oct. 31. His attorney, Winston Kevin McKesson, previously said he would file an appeal.
A telephone message left on Monday for McKesson was not immediately returned.
During the sentencing in Los Angeles last week, Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy said Wright is no longer eligible to hold public office.
The sentence came after defense lawyers stressed that Wright was re-elected by a landslide, even after he was charged in the case, and that voters who want Wright to continue serving would be hurt by a stiff penalty. [...] More @ Yahoo.
How about some equal justice!?
OBAMA'S TURN:
View the complete Birther Report presentation at:
http://www.birtherreport.com/2014/09...moved-for.html
Birther Report
9/16/2014
Excerpt:
Reality Check: Democrat Senator Removed For Lying About Residency; Judge Says No Longer Eligible
If Obama had a [fill in the blanks].... He'd look like disgraced California State Senator Rod Wright. Although Wright was reelected in a landslide election that didn't stop a California judge from ruling Wright is no longer eligible to hold public office. Judge Kathleen Kennedy sentenced Rod Wright to three months in prison for lying about his residency.
Excerpt via AP @ Yahoo News: State Sen. Wright resigns after voter fraud case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — State Sen. Rod Wright submitted his resignation Monday after he was sentenced last week to three months in jail for lying about where he lived when he ran for office.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg accepted Wright's one-sentence letter, which stated his resignation is effective Sept. 22. Jennifer Hanson, a spokeswoman for Wright, confirmed the senator submitted the letter.
To replace Wright, Gov. Jerry Brown has 14 days from the time the vacancy begins to call for a special election. Steinberg's office said the primary is likely to be in December with a runoff in February.
Wright, a Democrat from Los Angeles County, was convicted of perjury in January for lying about his residence and later was suspended with pay from the Senate. Wright's was the first of three unrelated cases against Democratic lawmakers who were suspended and cost the party its supermajority in the Senate.
Wright said he listed an Inglewood property as his residence so he could run in 2008 to represent the 25th Senate District, but jurors found he actually lived in a single-family home in Baldwin Hills, in a different Senate district.
Steinberg, a Democrat from Sacramento, had called on Wright to resign immediately after his sentencing.
Wright was ordered to surrender to law enforcement on Oct. 31. His attorney, Winston Kevin McKesson, previously said he would file an appeal.
A telephone message left on Monday for McKesson was not immediately returned.
During the sentencing in Los Angeles last week, Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy said Wright is no longer eligible to hold public office.
The sentence came after defense lawyers stressed that Wright was re-elected by a landslide, even after he was charged in the case, and that voters who want Wright to continue serving would be hurt by a stiff penalty. [...] More @ Yahoo.
How about some equal justice!?
OBAMA'S TURN:
View the complete Birther Report presentation at:
http://www.birtherreport.com/2014/09...moved-for.html