People need to stop calling #40 a "
witness" because she did not "
witness" a damn thing and Bob McCulloch knew she never witnessed a GD thing
before he called her
as a "
witness."
Keyword: witness.
McCulloch: There’s talk of one witness now, and some of the media is doing exactly what I said they would do, they pull out one witness and just latch on to that, and this lady clearly wasn’t present when this occurred. She recounted a statement that was right out of the newspaper about Wilson’s actions, and right down the line with Wilson’s actions. Even though I’m sure she was nowhere near the place.
... "
even though I'm sure she was nowhere near the place."
First, Bob McCulloch suborned perjury the second he knowingly & willingly called on #40 to testify "as" a "witness" before the Grand Jury since McCulloch knew in advance that #40 never witnessed a GD thing.
Second, Bob McCulloch doubled-down on suborning perjury when he knowingly and willingly called a NONwitness to spew lies and create a clusterf'ck for the Grand Jury
Think about that -- McCollough violated a Federal Law, and could be sent to prison, for knowingly & willfully called a nonwitness to spew lies, under oath to a Grand Jury.
18 U.S. Code § 1622 - Subornation of Perjury
Whoever procures another to commit any perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Bob McCulloch should be prosecuted to the fullest extent the Federal law allows for knowingly and willingly '
procuring another to commit perjury.'
Prosecution for Subornation of Perjury requires that the perjury sought must actually have been committed as defined under Federal statutes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1621 and 1623.
18 U.S.C. § 1621 - Perjury Generally
Whoever--
(1) having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true; or
(2) in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under Section 1746 of Title 28, United States Code, willfully subscribes as true any material matter which he does not believe to be true; is guilty of perjury and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. This section is applicable whether the statement or subscription is made within or without the United States.
These Federal statutes apply for very branch and level of government, a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered.
A Grand Jury acting within its jurisdiction is "a competent tribunal" for purposes of these Federal statutes.
To establish a prima facie case for Subornation of Perjury, a Prosecutor must show:
* that perjury was committed;
* that the defendant procured the perjury corruptly, knowing, believing or having reason to believe it to be false testimony; and,
* that the defendant knew, believed or had reason to believe that the perjurer had knowledge of the falsity of his testimony.
Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct, RULE 4-3.3,
“A lawyer shall not knowingly offer evidence that the lawyer knows to be false.”
Bob McCulloch has made a mockery of the entire Judicial system which resulted in obstruction of justice which is a travesty.
Buzzfeed reports that McCullough gave an "excuse" as to why he suborned perjury and procured people to commit perjury.
KTRS: Why did you allow people to testify in front of the grand jury in which you knew their information was either flat-out wrong, or flat-out lying, or just weren’t telling the truth?
McCulloch: Well, early on, I decided that anyone who claimed to have witnessed anything was going to be presented to the grand jury.
Niiice ... McCulloch decided "
early on" to suborn perjury.
"... early on...."
What's more, McCulloch decided "early on" to let anyone in the GD world who merely "claimed" they "witnessed anything" would absolutely "be presented to the grand jury."
McCulloch went on to say:
McCulloch: And I knew that no matter how I handled it, there would be criticism of it. So if I didn’t put those witnesses on, then we’d be discussing now why I didn’t put those witnesses on. Even though their statements were not accurate.
That is such bullshit.
No one would be questioning why a person, a nonwitness, was not allowed to lay false claims of "witnessing" something that McCulloch knew, in advance, they did not witness.
In the same interview McCulloch continued to pat himself on the back for suborning perjury and for throwing bullshit against the wall to see what would stick.
McCulloch: I wanted to put everything on there.
I thought it was much more important to present everything and everybody, and some that, yes, clearly were not telling the truth. No question about it.
#40 should be prosecuted to the fullest extent the law allows for knowingly and willingly lying under oath.
Bob McCulloch should be prosecuted for suborning perjury in a Grand Jury hearing and it is time for a special prosecutor, new grand jury