NH Phone Jammer to Claim WH Approval for Election Fraud-Raw Story

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This is unambiguous. The NH phone jamming of the Democratic campaign offices and programs was, without any doubt, election fraud. Now we find out that there are calls to the WH office of Political Affairs and that those indicted will claim that the jamming program was approved by the White House.

Well, to me that sounds a lot like WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF BLATANT ELECTION FRAUD IN NH. Where else?

Man indicted in phone jamming case will argue Administration approved election scheme

John Byrne
Published: Friday July 7, 2006

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The fourth man indicted in a New Hampshire phone-jamming scheme -- in which Republican operatives jammed the phone lines of Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts in a 2002 Senate race -- will argue at trial that the Bush Administration and the national Republican Party gave their approval to the plan, according to a motion filed by his attorney Thursday.

Shaun Hansen, the former owner of the company that placed hang-up calls to jam Democratic phone lines, was indicted in March for conspiring to commit and aiding and abetting the commission of interstate telephone harassment relating to a scheme to thwart get out the vote efforts on Election Day, 2002.

His lawyer's motion signals that Hansen intends to argue that he was entrapped because the Administration allegedly told his superiors the calls were legal. The filing indicates, however, that Hansen does not have firsthand knowledge of Administration intervention.

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Phone calls lead to White House

Phone records show hundreds of phone calls from the New Hampshire Republican Party and convicted phone jammer James Tobin to the White House Office of Political Affairs during the time the scheme was being planned and carried out.

[thereismore]

1. another heart attack coming up...nt

[ladjf]

2. Uh-Oh. He there is solid evidence that this is true he better get

it out in multiple copies otherwise his health might take a turn for the worse. If there is no hard evidence then it's just another of the "uncanny smear jobs" that keep happening to the administration. (sarcasm)

[Straight Shooter]

3. Oh my.

Some people just don't understand "keep your mouth shut if you get caught." :)

[cal04]

4. here's another link from senatemajority

The court filing includes a laundry list of potential defense strategies, including:

* Entrapment: If Hansen uses this defense, he will "assert that the government, or an agent thereof, actually induced the offenses". If Hansen chooses the entrapment defense, Hansen "may present evidence that he, Lee Leblanc, and others associated with his now-defunct firm of Mylo Enterprises were induced to commit the offenses through assurances by Allen Raymond, Chris Cupit, and an unknown “attorney,” that certain acts that he and his business were contracted to perform in November 2002 were completely legal."

* Derivative Entrapment: A related option is a "derivative entrapment defense", where Hansen would assert that "the government uses a private party as its agent." In this case, Hansen would "assert that the private parties which the government used as its agents were Allen Raymond, Chris Cupit, GOP Marketplace LLC, and an unknown “attorney.”"

* Entrapment by Estoppel: If Hansen opted for a "entrapment by estoppel" defense, he would seek to convince a jury: "(1) that a government official or officials (Messrs. Raymond, Cupit, GOP Marketplace LLC, and an unknown “attorney”) told him the acts he was being asked to perform were legal; (2) that he relied on their advice; (3) that his reliance was reasonable; and (4) that, given the reliance, prosecution would be unfair."

* Good Faith: For a "good faith" defense, Hansen would "assert that he was acting in good faith in committing" the phone jamming, and that "he had been assured by Messrs. Allen Raymond, Chris Cupit, and an unknown “attorney,” that certain acts that he and his business partner and employees were contracted to perform in November 2002 were completely legal."


http://www.senatemajority.com/node/425

[damntexdem]

6. Good faith fraud.

Yeah, doesn't that sound nice?

[kster]

5. K&R........nt

[rzemanfl]

7. This is just a list of defenses he "might" use. We will have to

wait for the trial to see what is really in the kitchen sink. The "unidentified attorney" bit makes me laugh. When I was practicing law I used to hear "another attorney told me" followed by the most ludicrous bullshit all the time, the person making the assertion would never give a name...

I'm sure the Repukes were part and parcel of the whole thing but the money they spent on legal defense is much better evidence of that than this laundry list is.

[autorank]

8. I agree. The legal defense, especially tied to the Republicans,

looked like a desperation move. Nice seeing them nailed in NH. Payback's a you know what.

[Wilms]

9. Nice development. n/t

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10. Really. Can you imagine. What a crock. n/t