I picked this up on Mark Nicholas's BlueGrassReport and it's pretty good. Seems Old Ernie has hired him a crack defense attorney for this whole mess.


***SPECIAL REPORT*** Governor Fletcher Hires David Lambertus As Private Attorney -- Known For Defending Priests Accused Of Molestation and Has Given Thousands In Contributions To Democratic Candidates Including Greg Stumbo for Attorney General
BluegrassReport.org has learned that Governor Fletcher has hired prominent Louisville criminal defense attorney David A. Lambertus to personally represent him in connection with the current Merit System probe, which includes Fletcher's subpoenaed appearance before the Franklin County Grand Jury.

Lambertus, a Democrat himself, has given thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates over the years including $1,000 to Greg Stumbo in December 2002 for his campaign for attorney general. He's also contributed recently to dozens of Democratic campaigns including those of State Rep. Larry Clark, Senator Ray Jones and senate candidate Virginia Woodward. He contributed $2,000 to Ben Chandler in his race against Ernie Fletcher, but also gave Fletcher $2,000 as well.

Among the recent high-profile cases that Lambertus has been involved was representing Roman Catholic priests who were facing criminal charges for molestation.

This raises another interesting issue. Back in Fletcher's 1998 congressional race against state Senator Ernesto Scorsone, Fletcher ran television attack ads against Scorsone for his representation of a rape defendant while serving as a legal aid lawyer. The ad was narrated by the actual rape victim herself ("Jessica") who then stated "To me, Scorsone is more concerned with criminals' rights than victims' rights."

While the ad was condemned by many victims and attorneys groups, Fletcher's campaign defended with then campaign manager (and future gubernatorial chief of staff) Daniel Groves stating:

"I realize that as a public defender, he had no choice in what he did with the case. But he made a career choice to be a public defender instead of practicing real estate law or something like that. I've asked Ernie what he would have done (if he were the rapist's defense lawyer), and he said, 'I would have gone to the judge and said I couldn't do it, to appoint someone else."

Ironically, Fletcher now has a rapist's criminal defense lawyer defending him. Also, two of the main defense lawyers for the Fletcher administration are now prominent Democrats -- Lambertus and Sheryl Snyder, Governor Patton's former defense lawyer.

Ah, sweet justice...I wonder what Fletcher's Republican base will think of his decision?

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It seems like Governor Fletcher is in real trouble as the hits keep mounting against him. He's played this whole game quite poorly and he and his subordinates will maintain they did nothing wrong. Well, they can keep saying that in jail. I smell some felonies coming out of this as well as the end of political careers.

posted by Stithmeister @ 8:23 PM
 
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