Stephen Moore: legal file on Trump Fed pick sealed after contempt revelations

[friendly_iconoclast]

Source: The Guardian

Legal filings detailing how Stephen Moore, Donald Trump’s pick for a Federal Reserve board seat, was found in contempt of court have been hidden from the public following a report by the Guardian.

The entire file on Moore’s divorce was sealed by a court order on Monday in response to a request from Moore’s ex-wife, according to a clerk at Fairfax county circuit court in Virginia. CNBC first reported the file had been sealed.
Trump Fed pick was held in contempt for failing to pay ex-wife over $300,000

The Guardian disclosed on Saturday that Moore was found in contempt of court in November 2012 for failing to pay his ex-wife more than $300,000 in alimony, child support and debts from their 2011 divorce settlement.

Documents from the file were copied by a Guardian reporter last week at the courthouse before the request to seal was made. The Guardian made the documents public on Monday.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/01/stephen-moore-trump-fed-pick-legal-file-sealed

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The documents Moore doesn't want us to see:

https://www.documentcloud.org/public/search/projectid:43206-Stephen-Moore-court-filings

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Look at the complaint - what a sleaze.

Virginia must not be a no-fault divorce state, because the ground was adultery, which he did blatantly and obnoxiously after shopping on-line for a mistress.

Only the best people, right?

[cstanleytech]

2. He is a Repugnant though so best for them usually means whatever they can

scarp off the bottom of the barrel.

[tblue37]

4. As always, IOKIYAR. nt

[erronis]

3. Interesting that the 3rd party's name (the match.com hookup) was not redacted. Tough sh1t.

[PSPS]

6. That caught my eye too. Maybe prostitutes consider it good advertising.

[PSPS]

5. He's not the only sleaze

This "Sherri Wallmark" woman is right up there in the sleaze cloud.

[Historic NY]

8. Sherri Wallmark....

just sounds cheap

[jmowreader]

7. The other way is true

All states are no-fault divorce states. Virginia is one of the few that still allows fault-based divorces. Suing for adultery (if you can prove it, and it appears she could in this case) is advantageous if you want to take the bastard to the cleaners, because it lets them throw out all the "equitable division of property" stuff and allows the aggrieved party to take pretty much whatever she wants.

Our friends in the GOP would really like to get rid of no-fault divorce; I figure if that happens you'll see a LOT of people doing "amicable adultery" divorces, as in "hi single friend, can you do me a favor? We've got to have a fault in our marriage before we can get divorced, so could you be so kind as to come to the house tomorrow night and fuck my husband for me? No, really...if you could do this for us, we'd be eternally grateful. Oh, you can? See ya at nine, then. The kids will be at my mom's house."

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Another moral Republican

[SCVDem]

10. Wasn't he a frequent guest

on Bill Maher?

What an insufferable ass!

[dlk]

11. Too Little, Too Late - Moore's Wrongdoing is Already Public

[Igel]

12. Wouldn't that be "the documents Moore's ex-wife doesn't want us to see"?

We've managed to erase her, so that she doesn't really count in the story.

Maybe she wanted her privacy more than she wanted his? But no, she's the woman and inherently, I guess, of less importance.

Not a good slight.

[friendly_iconoclast]

14. My odds are now at 3:1 the ex was somehow 'incentivized' to file for sealing

Money, pressure or both...

It's the Republican way

[The Wizard]

13. deadbeat

I used to serve papers on guys like tat all the time. Trump is a deadbeat on steroids and crack.

[docgee]

15. Was Stephen Moore the guy in the 80s with all the question marks on his suit?

He was peddling a book on how to get rich. Step one: Write a book on how to get rich to sell morons. Sounds like a Trump University professor.

[Midnight Writer]

16. No. Steven Moore is the supply side media man for Conservative think tanks. All over TV all the time

The guy you are thinking of was a lot more reputable.