Bad
Prosecutors,
Corrupt Judges
Have Become the Norm
By Jim Traficant
Former U.S. Congressman, Ohio
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James
A. Traficant, Jr.
Congressional
Pictorial
Directory, 107th. |
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. Now
a convicted felon, Pennsylvania Court Judge Mark Ciaverrella
would sentence juvenile offenders to the state’s Child
Care Center on a certain condition: with the “welfare”
of those youths in his heart and feeding his bank account,
he received millions of dollars off the backs of youngsters
who, it turns out, were not as incorrigible as the judge
himself.
 Moreover,
“justices” have actually been appointed to the
federal bench by underworld figures. People charge that
I’m just vindictive because of my many run-ins with
judges, but that’s false. In the 1970’s, the
chief judge of the Northern District Court of Ohio, Frank
James Battisti (now deceased), was actually filmed by FBI
agents while meeting with known underworld figures in Cleveland.
This development made headlines, but nothing was done about
it — nada.
The
Feds needed something from Battisti — the federal
judge who stripped John Demjanjuk of his citizenship and
sent him to Israel to stand trial as an alleged Nazi war
criminal. I guarantee you that Battisti got that case because
he was beholden to the FBI. He was told to “take care
of the Demjanjuk matter.” He did.
Federal
documents later stated that a certain FBI agent in northeast
Ohio was on the mob’s payroll. I forced the court
to allow my introduction of an FBI affidavit in 1983, concerning
this information. I asked the FBI some questions in court
(agent’s name withheld). “JT” is me questioning
the FBI agent who submitted the affidavit after questioning
two informants about organized crime in northeast Ohio:
JT:
“Did you submit this affidavit to the court?”
FBI
agent: “Yes.”
JT:
“Is that your signature?”
FBI
agent: “Yes.”
JT:
“To your knowledge, was there ever an FBI investigation
into this revelation?
FBI
agent: “I don’t know!”
JT:
“Did you recommend or request an investigation into
this matter?”
FBI
agent: “No . . . no!”
The
affidavit said that a key FBI leader was on the mob’s
payroll and, when forced to retire due to age limitations,
he was made a police chief of one of Ohio’s bigger
cities — at the mob’s direction. And there was
no investigation.
Government
prosecutors pleaded with the judge to not allow that affidavit
to be introduced at my first trial. They cried, the information
is “classified — national security!” The
trial judge was not about to upset the powerful Justice
Department until I said: “You want me in prison so
bad you’re making a big mistake, and it will come
back to haunt you on appeal.”
She
exclaimed, “I’m going to let it in.” The
prosecutor slumped in his chair. The FBI was in shock. It
was then that I called as my witness the FBI agent who signed
the affidavit. If looks could kill, you would not be reading
this column.
But
bad prosecutors and judges have become the norm. Consider
new Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. The issue was partial-birth
abortion. In her capacity as Bill Clinton’s associate
White House counsel, she issued a memo that misrepresented
an expert panel’s report. The report stated they “could
not identify any circumstances under which partial-birth
abortion would be the only option to save the life or preserve
the health of the woman.”
Kagan’s
memo countered: “This would be a disaster for our
cause.” She listed “suggested options”
that the Clinton administration should pursue to replace
the original report’s statement, prompting the Supreme
Court to overturn Nebraska’s partial-birth abortion
ban. Kagan defrauded the Court and should be prosecuted.
Yet she was made the Supreme Court’s 112th justice.
Thomas
Jefferson wrote: “Beware the appointment of federal
judges for lifetime terms because they can take the Constitution
and mold it like clay in their hands.” Get back at
me!
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 James
A. (Jim) Traficant, Jr. was born in Youngstown,
Ohio on May 8, 1941. He received BS and MS degrees
from the University of Pittsburgh. He also received
an MS from Youngstown State University in 1976.
From 1981-1985 he served as sheriff of Mahoning
County, prior to his election to the U.S. Congress
in 1984. He was re-elected by overwhelming margins
every year up until 2002 when, following his
conviction on trumped up corruption charges,
he was expelled from the House of Representatives.
Donations of support may be sent to Mrs. Tish
Traficant, 429 Main Street, Poland, OH 44514. |
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(Issue #12, March 21, 2011, AMERICAN
FREE PRESS)
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