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TexasTowelie

(116,554 posts)
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 07:30 PM Oct 2021

F*ck No.

First she allegedly defrauded the state and abused her office enough. And now the indicted disgrace of a Republican Auditor from Park City wants the Delaware taxpayer to pay for her criminal defense. And not just any criminal defense lawyer, but a $550 an hour criminal defense lawyer.

From the News Journal: “Delaware Auditor Kathy McGuiness has asked a local judge to make taxpayers foot the bill for her legal defense as she fights criminal corruption charges. […]

A seven-page motion filed by her private attorney, Steve Wood, on Thursday cites a Delaware court rule that allows public employees facing civil litigation or criminal charges tied to their public work to receive a publicly funded attorney.

Typically, that attorney is appointed from the ranks of the Delaware Department of Justice. But because the Delaware Department of Justice is the entity that brought the five-count corruption indictment against McGuiness, she is arguing for the court to appoint her private counsel to represent her at a rate of $550 per hour.

Read more: https://bluedelaware.com/2021/10/15/fck-no/

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F*ck No. (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
"What balls they have, Ladies and Gentlemen!" Mopar151 Oct 2021 #1
I'll take the REDS, man! (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #2
Nuthin but, from the Party of Slavers! Mopar151 Oct 2021 #3
Hell No! sheshe2 Oct 2021 #4
This crime is such small-time nepotistic Delaware corruption. It's almost normal. Public defender Walleye Oct 2021 #5
One thing about repugs, not short on NERVE. rickyhall Oct 2021 #6

Mopar151

(10,172 posts)
1. "What balls they have, Ladies and Gentlemen!"
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 07:36 PM
Oct 2021

From the Cheech & Chong sketch "Let's make a dope deal!"

"The Unmitigated Audacity" Frank Zappa, "Yellow Snow"

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