Hearing set for Monday to oust judge in Cheney indictment
 

Associated Press
Nov. 25, 2008, 5:57AM


RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — A hearing was set to determine whether or not to disqualify the judge presiding over the cases filed by a South Texas prosecutor against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others.

The state Supreme Court's chief justice appointed District Judge Michael Peden of San Antonio to preside over a hearing Monday on a motion to recuse and disqualify Judge J. Manuel Banales.

The prosecutor asked that Banales not hear the case. District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra contends Banales has worked closely with state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., one of the defendants in the case.

Half of the indictments are linked to privately run federal detention centers in the sparsely populated southern Texas county and accuse the public officials of culpability in the alleged abuse of prisoners. The indictment against Cheney alleges that his personal investment in the Vanguard Group, which invests in private prison companies, gives him culpability in alleged prisoner abuse. Lucio is accused of illegally profiting from prison consulting fees.

The other half of the indictments target judges, special prosecutors and the district clerk who played a role in an earlier investigation of Guerra. It accuses them of abusing their powers in investigating Guerra's office.

Charges alleging Guerra extorted money from a bail bond company and used his office for personal business were dismissed in October, but he had already lost the March Democratic primary by then. Guerra has accused Banales of allowing the 2007 indictment against him to languish for more than a year to damage his re-election chances.

Banales appointed a temporary prosecutor to handle the local officials indicted in the case because Guerra has sparred with them for years and would be a witness in their cases.

Hearing on Cheney indictment turns chaotic
 

International Herald Tribune
The Associated Press
Published: November 21, 2008
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas: A county prosecutor who brought indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others asked on Friday for the judge to remove himself from the case.

Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra pounded his fist and shouted at the judge, alleging he was giving special treatment to high-profile defendants. It sent the routine hearing into chaos.

Guerra, who is accusing the public officials of culpability in the alleged abuse of prisoners in a federal detention center, asked Presiding Judge Manuel Banales to recuse himself. Guerra has complained about Banales' handling of the case.

Attorneys for the vice president and other defendants leapt to their feet in objection as Guerra pounded the table and accused Banales of giving the defendants special treatment in allowing motions to quash the indictments to be heard before the defendants were arraigned.

Banales called a recess to contact the chief justice of the state Supreme Court for suggestions on how to proceed. He also ordered Guerra, who had slipped out once before in the hearing, to remain in the courthouse.
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Banales adjourned court later in the afternoon after announcing that he would send all documents pertaining to the motion to the chief justice. He tentatively scheduled the parties to return to court Wednesday morning.

Some officials have questioned Guerra's motives. They've accused him of trying to end his tenure with a bang and even scores with political enemies.

The vice president is the highest public official Guerra has pursued, but he made a nearly 20-year career of passing over routine crimes in favor of public corruption before being defeated in the March Democratic primary election.

It was Guerra's interest in the contracts to build and run a federal detention center that led to some of his biggest successes — three guilty pleas on bribery charges from former county commissioners in 2005. But he also believes it was the motivation for his own legal battles.

Guerra continued working for more than a year while under indictment on charges of extorting money from a bail bond company and using his office for personal business. Banales dismissed the indictment in October.

At Friday's hearing, Guerra shouted: "Now all of a sudden there is urgency. Eighteen months you kept me indicted, through the election."

Half of the indictments returned Monday are linked to privately run federal detention centers in the sparsely populated southern Texas county. The other half target judges and special prosecutors who played a role in an earlier investigation of Guerra.

The GEO Group Corp. was indicted on a murder charge for the death of an inmate at a federal prison.

"The indictment is the product of prosecutorial vindictiveness and is void on its face," defense attorney Tony Canales, who represents the private prison operator, wrote in a motion. Canales is also the legal representative for Cheney and Gonzales.

Re: Dick Cheney Indicted By Texas Grand Jury
 

_chants_

Down down down!
Old world goin down!

Woo hoo, I love this item.

Re: Dick Cheney Indicted By Texas Grand Jury
 

Re: Dick Cheney Indictments DROPPED....what bull cr-p!
 

Infowars
Rawstory
December 2, 2008

A judge in Raymondville, Texas has dropped indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Judge Manuel Banales, after surviving a motion to have him removed from the case, threw out eight of the indictments brought by Willacy County District Attorney Juan Guerra, including those against two special prosecutors, two district judges, and a district clerk.

Judge Banales ruled the grand jury returned the indictments against Cheney and Gonzales unlawfully. Banales also tossed an indictment for corruption against State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr., a Democrat.

Charges were brought against Vice President Cheney and former AG Gonzales for blocking the investigation into a prisoner’s murder in a private prison in Raymondville.



I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T FORCE OUR GOVERNMENT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIONS

THIS IS TRULY ANOTHER SAD DAY IN AMERICA

Re: Dick Cheney Indictments DROPPED....what bull cr-p!
 

:)

The corruption is plain to see is it not? :p

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?t...nel=1184510347

Do you think he got breathalyzed back then either?

Re: Dick Cheney Indicted By Texas Grand Jury
 

So it was the same judge who hit the tx-dot worker that pardoned Cheney and Gonzales?????? :nono::nono:

UN-FREAKIN-BELIEVABLE!:wall:

I hope Karma is alive an kickin', that is all I can say about this.

Geez, if it were a regular tax paying citizen they would still be in jail now.


TRUTH WILL WIN OUT

Re: Dick Cheney Indicted By Texas Grand Jury
 

iS DiCK hiding under a bush ???

Re: Dick Cheney Indicted By Texas Grand Jury
 

This is frustrating. What is going on with, again, nothing nada ... and Dick Cheney?

X-ref: Dick Cheney and Cathy O'Brien's Testimony
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...ghlight=cheney

I would love to see him hunted, really. When he shot his buddy, it made me wonder. Maybe he's used to shooting people.

Re: Dick Cheney Indicted By Texas Grand Jury
 

Interestingly enough by the time I got to this thread every single video has been removed, as well as most of the articles except for the BBC, Truthout on one other link. Look at how they watch these sites and try to clean up the mess as soon as something spills...well the cat's out of the bag now.

Freakin cowards can run but they can't hide :tongue2: the news is getting out on these low life scumsuckers and the game is over. Light always overcomes the darkness and their days are numbered...look at how they scurried around trying to clean this one up, hahaha that evil ole'Cheney:mad3: sure keeps em on their toes!!:mfr_lol::lmao:

Re: Dick Cheney Indicted By Texas Grand Jury
 

Karma's fast on his heels.

;)

Re: Dick Cheney Indicted By Texas Grand Jury
 

Dick Cheney .... Conservative of the Year


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_399430.html

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Make me gag!