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Another Witness Places Cox at Party
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 28, 2010
Yet another witness surfaced Monday in the Manoogian Mansion Party saga, placing Attorney General Mike Cox at the infamous party. The witness, Wilson Kay, says he provided security at the Party and saw Cox getting a lap dance from one of the strippers. Kay’s allegation was made in a sworn affidavit.
It isn’t the first time Cox has been placed at the party he has labeled an “urban legend.” In sworn testimony, Retired Detroit Police officer Sandy Cardenas said officers responding to 911 calls told her that Mike Cox was at the party. Charges continue to swirl that Cox cut the investigation short, but no one could assign a motive for him to do so. If true, this would certainly fit the bill.
Cox went on the offensive Tuesday, calling the charge implausible. His campaign staff assailed the credibility of Wilson Kay citing his criminal background.
Should it come as a surprise that someone at a party involving strippers might have a criminal background? For that matter, would it be a surprise that anyone involved with Kwame Kilpatrick’s shenanigans has a criminal background?
Cox had an opportunity to put many of the rumors to rest by simply asking a judge to unseal his sworn deposition regarding the Manoogian Party. His failure to do so leaves many wondering what he’s hiding. Did Cox answer, under oath, whether he was at the party?
Republican’s around the state this week must be cringing at the possibility that answers to questions like these might come out in the final days of the race for Governor.
Cox takes a Pass on Unsealing Deposition
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 30, 2010
Despite repeated statements touting openness and transparency, Attorney General Mike Cox is refusing to unseal his more than seven hours of testimony in the case brought by Tamara Greene’s family. Greene was one of the strippers alleged to have danced at the rumored Manoogian Mansion party given by Detroit Mayer Kwame Kilpatrick and was later murdered in a drive-by shooting. Her family claims in their lawsuit that her assault at the party by the mayor’s wife and her murder were covered up by Kilpatrick and the Detroit Police.
Mike Cox testified in this lawsuit in late 2009 and early 2010 because of his role in investigating the alleged party. Despite previous statements that he would make his testimony public, Cox has made no move to make those transcripts available and as a result several media outlets filed a joint motion to unseal his testimony.
In response to this motion Judge Gerald Rosen said that he was reluctant to unseal the Cox deposition, but stated that if Cox wanted it unsealed, he could file a motion to do so.
In his written order, Judge Rosen directed Cox at least SEVEN times that the request to unseal his testimony needs to come from Cox himself:
p. 14: “As the Court stated at a November 2009 hearing addressing the then-upcoming deposition of Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and other law enforcement witnesses: Initially I will seal his deposition…. If either party wants the deposition unsealed or if the Attorney General wants it unsealed, I’ll entertain a motion to unseal either all or part of it.”
p. 15: Again, the parties and no-party deponents were reminded that they could move to unseal this deposition testimony…but no such motion has been brought to date.”
pp 37-38 “The remedy for any resulting over breadth in protective measures, of course, is a motion to unseal the discovery materials at issue. Indeed, the Court made this very point at the November 10, 2009 hearing. Tellingly, no party or witness has brought such a motion to date…”
P. 42 “The Free Press insists, however, that any such privacy interests that the Attorney General might claim should be given minimal weight, if not deemed altogether abandoned, in light of the Attorney General’s ‘highly publicized’ “Media Blitz” just before he was deposed, as well as his public expressions of his desire for him deposition testimony to be made public. Yet, if a party or witness wishes the court to revisit its decision to keep particular discovery materials under seal, such relief may be sought through a properly filed motion. Indeed, as indicated earlier, the Court has expressly stated a public hearing in this case that if a party or witness sought to unseal a disposition, such a request could be made by motion.”
pp. 42-43: “The Court should not, and will not search through newspaper articles or public statements to determine whether such relief has been ‘requested.’ Simply stated, no such motion has yet been filed by any party or witness.”
pp. 43-44: ” Neither has the Court had an occasion to undertake such an inquiry, for the simple reason that, once again, no party or witness has moved to unseal the deposition.”
p. 46 n.28: “… the Court once again emphasizes that neither the Attorney General or any other witness or party has moved to lift the seal on any portion of this (or any other) deposition testimony.”
Mike Cox still has not taken the simple step of asking the judge to unseal his testimony. Meanwhile he claims he has nothing to hide.
Really?
We can only conclude that his testimony must be so damaging that Cox is willing to risk the public backlash over keeping it sealed. Michigan deserves to know the truth, especially about a candidate for Governor.
Hotline Established for Tips in Cox Case
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 23, 2010
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Attorney General Mike Cox is under scrutiny again for dropping the investigation into the now infamous Manoogian Mansion party.
In a blistering radio ad being run by the Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America, a Detroit police dispatcher says she sent a number of patrol cars to the mayor’s official residence on the night of the party in question, but by the next morning the tapes of the call had been removed.
Cox later stopped his investigation into the matter after only 30 days, saying the party never happened. “Is Mike Cox hiding something?” the ad asks, and goes on to encourage police officers with more information to call a 1-800 number where they can anonymously provide more details.
Retired Police Officer Says Cox Was At Party
Posted by admin in Mike Cox, Uncategorized on May 21, 2010
Explosive new details have surfaced about the alleged party involving Kwame Kilpatrick and murdered exotic dancer Tamara Greene. Sworn testimony from Retired Detroit Police officer Sandy Cardenas says officers responding to 911 calls told her that Mike Cox was actually at the party. Cox, who would later call it an “urban legend,” denied the allegation.
Transcripts reveal a stunning exchange between lawyers and the former officer and 911 operator:
“Who did they tell you…who did they say was in the house?” an attorney asked Cardenas at the deposition.
“Mike Cox was in the house,” answered Cardenas.
“Did more than one person tell you who was in the house…at least in terms of the mayor and Mike Cox?” asked the attorney.
“Yes, several officers did,” Cardenas responded.
Cardenas was a 911 operator in 2002 and sent police to the Detroit mansion to investigate a number of disturbance calls in the fall of 2002.
In 2003, Attorney General Mike Cox announced his own investigation only to abruptly shut down the investigation a few days later. According to a Michigan State Police investigator Cox shut down the investigation without fully interviewing key participants and potential witnesses.
Cox recently said that “Most viewers out there probably think some sort of party happened. But the reality as a prosecutor, I need to produce someone who can come in a courtroom and say, ‘I was there and this is what happened,’ who can raise their right hand and do that.”
We don’t disagree with that idea, but that means actually interviewing potential witnesses. So why didn’t Mike Cox interview Officer Cardenas in his investigation?
Maybe he knew what she would say. “Mike Cox was in the house.”
Date Rape Defender Enters Governors’ Race
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on February 25, 2010
There’s a reason people cringe when election season rolls around. They know they are going to be inundated with negative political ads that try to scare them into voting for or against certain candidates. Not only will they be bombarded on television and radio, they’ll frequently answer the phone to hear a menacing voice warning if they vote for a certain candidate, they’ll be eating dog food out of a can within weeks.
Here in Michigan, these sleazy tactics have already taken hold. A group called the Michigan Civic Educational Fund has been running radio ads, billboards, sleazy websites and possibly anonymous phone calls. It appears to be an effort to boost the gubernatorial candidacy of Attorney General Mike Cox by tearing down his opponents.
Cecil D. St. Pierre, Jr.
The Michigan Civic Educational Fund was incorporated late in 2009 by a man named Cecil D. St. Pierre, Jr., a large-dollar campaign contributor to both Mike Cox’s gubernatorial campaign and his 527 campaign fund.
How did St. Pierre come into enough money to pump big bucks into the Cox campaign? Well, he defended a man convicted in the nation’s first “date rape” drug case, in which a fifteen year old girl was killed. Furthermore, St. Pierre makes his living by defending drunk drivers (he can be found at DUILawyerLocator.com), and brags on his website that he accepts cases for probation violations, domestic violence, assault and battery, criminal sexual conduct, and drug offenses.
Sounds like a real prince.
Helping St. Pierre are long-time operatives Michael Greiner and Jeff Schroder, both with extensive histories as smear merchants in Michigan. They are well known in Warren, where their handiwork in mayoral races earned a rebuke from the Detroit News as “dirty politics.”
Now they’re back doing the same thing to Mike Cox’s opponents. Does Mike Cox have anything to do with this? With serious leadership and ethical issues of his own to contend with, along with his ties to the instigators, it’s a question worth asking.