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'The Bible may as well be a Rolling Stone magazine'
Amazing.
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| RENNA |
Judge George Pulver tossed Tony
Renna’s entire testimony and told him to leave the courthouse and not talk
about the case until a verdict is reached.
Yesterday, Renna told the jury he forged
ballots on McDonough’s desk at the Board of Elections while McDonough watched.
Today, he gets on the stand and says that’s not what really happened and all he
did was hand off the ballots – and it’s unclear if they were filled out or not
because Pulver never let it get that far.
As attorney Brian Premo asked of
Renna yesterday: “What’s in it for you?”
Something changed between
yesterday and today and we may never know what that is but safe to say
something changed.
It’s going to be interesting to
see what Pulver does when he decides on Renna’s sentence – he did plead guilty
to a felony with an undetermined sentence and what that sentence is is up to
Pulver. I don’t know the judge that well, but I’m guessing any judge frowns on
a witness blatantly committing perjury in his court and I don’t know how else
you can define what Renna did either yesterday or today.
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| PULVER |
At least Sarah Couch, who also
changed her testimony from the first trial to former Councilman Michael LoPorto’s
re-trial, did it within the legal parameters in that she gave notice and what
not. She just didn’t get up on the stand and change pretty pertinent testimony
around without any notice to the attorneys or the judge.
One of the best Tweets/commentary tht came out of it came from McDonough's wife, Jackie. She said: "The Bible may as well be a Rolling Stone magazine."
One of the best Tweets/commentary tht came out of it came from McDonough's wife, Jackie. She said: "The Bible may as well be a Rolling Stone magazine."
posted by Talespin at
Thursday, December 06, 2012
62 Comments:
Amazing how these witness's change their testimony to assist Mcdonough and Loporto.....time for the feds to come in!
I'm sure Vito's happy to know his brother in law, and his friend McDonough worked against him in 2007. Karma baby!
I think this is the ethical cloud Carmella was talking about last year, it is isn't it.
So much conflicting evidence I don't know how anyone can say guilty. This whole trial is an insult to our justice system.
Thank god for DNA. Ed's DNA on two envelopes takes all the conflicting evidence out of the picture and renders two guilty counts.
What a joke!
It will be interesting to see what Wade has to say on the stand
When will Smith put Galuski or any other BOE employee on the stand to ask them if Eddie really did ask for a letter of termination? If it wasn't O'Malley getting fired was it Sweeney, Galuski, or Grenier?
I agree with 8:33, can't wait to hear Wade on the stand.
The irony is that much like Nixon in '72, it wasn't neccessary to do it in the first place. It did cause the Dems to win the mayoral race 2 years later, due to Chappy getting ousted in favor of Lou. Chappy was going to lose.
Jackie on a December 4th you had a post on this blog that said "Ed is hardly a thug" and you said if you knew him you would know he's not. Well I don't know him but when he Bullies a witness in the BOE on the morning of his. Testimony that Jackie is a thug.
@7:06. Really? DNA on an envelope is a smoking gun? Hell, if that's the case, just convict anyone who handled envelopes, including the mail carrier! Wow. Thank goodness you aren't on the jury.
The DNA was left on the glue when Ed licked the envelopes to seal them. For two voters who never requested a ballot. That my dear Jackie is a problem, a major problem.
When does the RICO act kick in and the Feds are activated!
It is like watching the midgets climb out of the volkswagon.
Jackie Mcdonough must have received the same memo Chief Tedesco got!
I'll be impressed by the first witness who either tells the truth, or show's up in a bathrobe. Will that be Campana's strategy at his upcoming trial, playing the crazy old Italian?
Yeah, 7:06 - how could Ed McDonough's DNA have POSSIBLY gotten on a BALLOT for crying out loud? It isn't like he might actually have the chance to handle ballots or anything during the course of his job, or anything.
@6:16 am True.... However, after 3 years of witness after witness, and lie after lie, emotions take over. He IS human afterall!!!
Prediction Vito & His Brother in Law will be Marooned in a leaper colony
Tray Smith will not listen to reason and get his pound of flesh elsewhere with Mirch!
Jim Gordon will have his foot remain in his mouth for the rest of his natural life.
And the last but not least Harry will Grow a beard move to Grafton after he joins the piece corps to become a Hermit!
Merry Christmas
Sponge Bob Squishy Paints first you wet yourself in an alley next at the City Council Meeting
Vito's brother in law looks rather large to be a leaper.I just can't see that guy leaping off of anything.
And Robert Cox will be marooned in a felony colony with his brother Jack!
OMG: "the piece corps"; what a tool Cox is!
Bobbi also got his stocking stuffed behind Gendrons. He saves his tough talking for the computer, and his running for the real world.
Vito's a really sneaky sucker he ran out front then Harry let him in a side door then he ran out front again.
I was really shaking in my 300 Dollar El Paso Boots too.
I noticed Vito's 25 Dollar K mart Sneakers on his feet as he was shuffling around the steps outside of Troy City Council steps ROTFL :-).
One of these days Vito will look back on all this and say.
I wish they had put those park benches back in Pigeon park so I can get some rest!!
Is this article about Bob Fox ore voter fraud?
Sponge Bob Squishy paint soiled himself in the alley and at the meeting the other night.
Article? The Cox family could be a mini-series! Could run it on History Channel, right after Moonshiners.
His boots cost more than his pickup is that what I'm reading? And Vito's sneaks are from Bradlees so get it right
Mini-series The Good the Bad and the keyboard tough guy.
Hey Jack Jr's place up on 5th Av looks great with all the junk vehicles in the yard. He's doin just what he said he would not do.......but that is how it's done on the planet of COX!
Some years back there was a phone call made from the Deputy mayors office about Bill dunne...at the time Pete Ryan went public and said the deputy mayor should lose his job and go to jail... you would think now as deputy mayor he might want to have something to say about this group..it was just a phone call not admitted crooks and convicted federal felons..
I think it's awesome the wife of the defendent tweeting from the courtroom.....that could only happen in Troy!
Amazing what you can do without a C/O in this city. Selective Code Enforcement at its finest
Pete Ryan might be better served revealing his relationship with Wade, Mcdonough, Mcinery, Campana, and Kevin Mcgrath. I remember Pete standing with Wade at the hotel press conference slaming the GOP for voter fraud.......it's a bit different today.
With all this being said it's time to give Tony RENNA a break here's a guy who didn't rat on anyone but himself mike and Ed just want you to know he did this for you and if you happen to win Ed remember Tony changed his story,,,some times you get on the stand and look at your friend and say kiss my a$$ prosecutor Good for you Tony ,,, hope the judge don't hang you he looked pissed off
Tony RENNA may have been Judith but that changed just hope he don't hang himself well on 2nd though I believe he left that to the judge 5 years perjury is the sentence he's already alluded to the fact that's what RENNA gonna recieve
Funny that Ogden is whining that he is being yelled at by Premo. Smith has yelled at a number of people over the three trials and none of those people have complained. I guess troopers aren't so tough! Or maybe Ogden has something to hide, like his incompetence.
Today in the trial they are going over the fraud from 07 and 08. Where the heck were the Republican workers in the board of elections......3 yrs in a row fraud is taking place and no one caught it!
Clean out the board and start new or bring in the state board of elections. This cannot continue.
The problem at the BOE is that they're all buddy-buddy over there. They seem to have turned a blind eye to all the shenanigans. Why are these convicted,indicted, and admitted forgers still working there, being paid by our tax dollars?
Day of reckoning is near, very near.
It became clear that Kevin McGrath was the one ring leader that threw the others under the bus. The same Kevin McGrath who was urged to run for city council by the current deputy mayor and former city councilman Peter Ryan. Peter, a loyal Tom Wade Democrat, got Kevin involved in government and taught him much of what he knows about the process. The same Peter Ryan that worked closely with Kevin McGrath to advance the project near Highpoint that stripped the hillside of trees and got a sweet PILOT deal from the IDA. Wake up people, all these guys are connected and all of them have the stench of voter fraud. Oh, but they're the nice guys you say? Hah!
Ok bob cox. Maybe u need a visit from colonel lingis.
There is a now band in town Called Harry and the Bunglers.
There going to play down by the Old City Hall this summer.
Cant wait to sing along with there new Hit Song Bungle in the Jungle.
Jackie has tweeted calling everyone on the face of the earth as lying to hurt an innocent man her husband. Now Ed Mcdonough has the oppurtunity to set the record straight get on the witness stand and answer all the questions.
What happens now Ed declines to testify and Jackie has no tweets explaining what an innocent man has to fear by not answering questions.
WOW! Troy is full of hateful people. So much for brotherly lover. Tis the season.
And all the while, McGrath runs around like he's done nothing wrong. Hey Pat, love you man but if he runs again, my family is voting for the other guy - regardless. He should be ashamed of his actions, and involvement in these despicable acts of stealing votes.
What I don't understand is why no one is asking if the State Police ever determined whether the Democratic Party Chair was involved? After all, he and not McDonough, is the head of the party and the person all these lieutenants answered too politically, including McDonough. If he was no not interviewed, why not? And what kind of an investigation fails to eliminate the man running the party from involvement with the work of his hand picked operatives? Something about this investigation just doesn't add up.
First - why would the Chairs name come up in this trial? He didn't forge anything. Cmon,you're trying to pull a Rabbit out of a hat here. This entire fiasco should have been moved to a different county right from the get go. There's 2 school's of thought here to chew on. #1-Everyone is innocent till proven guilty (except for the rats that signed agreements and pled out), and how can any of the indicted get a fair trial with all the publicity being dragged out for years in print, internet, and television /both national & local, due to the ineptness of the special prosecutor-who never should have gotten this gig to begin with.#2 - All of them, McInerney, the Browns, Fig, Renna, McGrath, Mason,Guluski, O'Malley, Eddy Mac, Campana, Aldrich, LoPorto, Couch, Welch, Caird and whoever the hell else were involved, all knew what was happening-what the game plan was. They all deserve to pay for their crimes, and for making Troy a complete laughing stock. From the testimony it's clear to see that Brown, McGrath & McInerny orchestrated the entire scheme, and it seems like Brown got the crap end of the stick. Another baffling aspect is that McGrath is still on the council and not prosecuted for his leadership role in the plan???. He should be removed and sent back to whatever gutter he crawled out of. I, like many others, can't wait for it to all end.
Thanks 7:36 I can line up the innocent tweets if you'd like, but I prefer to only tweet the facts, the ones said in the courtroom. If were a betting man, you'd know what to do when your cards show your your winning. Once again, take a day off, come sit in court and hear the real truth... make the decisions you say based on facts, not what the papers are reporting.
So Jackie all of the witness's have lied and now you're telling us the newspapers are not reporting the truth.....then can only be one way to get the truth, have your husband testify and answer all the questions onyl problem with that is he can't answer the questions and stay out of prison!
The stress must be unbearable.
Prosecution rests.....no defense, no witness stand for Ed Mcdonough. Apparently Jackie doesn't want her husband to correct all these lies.
I visit this site every now and again to see to see if anyone of serious mind contributes, they don't. It is really like home town hero. PVB's radio show, the same 10 commentors, callers, over and over.
Mirch the perpetrator of mayhem sits in FL with his hand in his ----- laughing up his neighbor's pants leg. Let's face it, Troy is an open septic tank and most of the active players on this stage think it's a country club beach, you can tell who they are by how close to the edge their beach chairs are!
You should all get over yourselves. What happened in Conn. makes this all so unimportant. Do something better with your time.
He deserves time for some of those sweater vests.
No wonder I can't reach the Troy dog warden, Kevin Mcdonough......he's sitting in court with his cousin Ed! Just saw him on tv again.
8:49 living high on the hog in Cohoes I see. Your the real philosophical type. I love PV's radio show.
Boo Hoo Mirch, snivel and whine... He's in Florida soaking up the sun, while the real dirt bags are on trial. You go Bob, looks good on you.
McDonough is innocent! We've only had 3 other guys accept plea deals, countless testimony from victims, DNA and 72 counts. What is wrong with juries nowadays? All it takes is one whacko with a guilt complex to send these guys walking. It's sickening. Not saying Ed is a "bad guy", but he committed these crimes. It couldn't be more obvious. What's the hold up?
PVs show is like watching radio clowns except there is a midget chasing the bull !!
Mr. McDonough, I don't know you but I just heard the verdict and I want to tell you that I am very happy for you. Congratulations!
Looks like all twelve jurors gave felon Kevin McGrath's testimony the credibility it deserved. In other words, no credibility at all.
I think it should be fun watching the perjury charges against Renna (who just lied), McGrath, who's testimony was contradicted, and maybe O'Malley, who looks like he resides on another planet
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