Saturday, March 22, 2014

Koch's Desperately Mine

Great piece by Malcontends today:


 Iron County District Attorney Martin Lipske—inclined to shoot his mouth off in service to favored litigants such as the GTac mining company—should read Wisconsin Supreme Court Rule [SCR 20:3.6  Trial publicity]:  "(a) A lawyer who is participating or has participated in the investigation or litigation of a matter shall not make an extrajudicial statement that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know will be disseminated by means of public communication and will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding in the matter."

Now, I'm no attorney, but Lipske's statement made to Steven Verburg of the Wisconsin State Journal (July 17, 2013) sure seems to me like a "extrajudicial statement that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know will be disseminated by means of public communication and will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding in the matter."

State Journal headline reads: "Details of harassment incident at mine show a troubling threat, prosecutor says."

Here is Lipske's quote: '"The details on the [alleged criminal] incident (of Katie Kloth and a small group) help explain why the Gogebic Taconite mining company hired heavily armed security guards from Arizona who wore camouflage and masks, Lipske said."

It's not like she is an ecoterrorist, we know what that looks like!    


1 comment:

  1. The Kochs are throwing their money around Iron County to buy elections.

    http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2014/03/sloppy-sleaze-supporting-mine.html
    Sloppy Sleaze Supporting Mine

    My favorite part of the story is how the Koch sleaze machine attacked a pro-mine candidate. Friendly fire?

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