What Happened To The bu$h Cousin, A Judge, Who Killed Someone While Drunk?

[Dinger]

I don't seem to hear anything about that. What's the latest?

[Flirtus]

1. interesting, happened last week

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City officials identified the driver of the SUV that hit Picagli as John M. Walker Jr., a senior judge on the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, who lives in Connecticut and maintains court chambers in New Haven. They said he was leaving work when the accident happened.

Walker, a 1962 Yale graduate, was appointed to the federal bench by President Reagan in 1985. He was appointed to the 2nd Circuit in 1989 by his cousin, former President George H.W. Bush.

Ortiz said a long investigation will be required to determine what happened, but police did not feel it was necessary to test Walker for drugs or alcohol.

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http://www.wtic1080.com/pages/110959.php?contentType=4&contentId=226314

[kestrel91316]

2. I don't know that anybody said he was "drunk". Apparently

the cops didn't bother to do a breathalyzer or blood test after the accident, and there is some question that standard protocol calls for such testing.

If that's the case, it indicates special treatment for a Bushie at the least.

[Bitwit1234]

3. No Test

They didn't think he needed to take any test. HE WAS A BUSH REMEMBER. THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM PEON RULES.

[bluedog]

4. John Walker, Jr. Cousin, a federal Judge, Kills Cop

: Bush Cousin, a federal Judge, Kills Cop

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It's being reported today that George Bush's cousin, John Walker, Jr. struck a police officer four days ago with his SUV. The officer, a popular 38-year old man, was directing traffic in the rain when he was struck by the SUV. He was wearing a yellow reflective vest at the time.

The driver of the SUV is a first cousin of former President George H. W. Bush, which means he is a first cousin, once removed, from the current President. He was also a federal judge on the 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals.

He was originally appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan while his cousin, George HW Bush, was vice presdident. Then, when George HW Bush became president, he promoted his cousin to the court of appeals.

New Haven police chief Francisco Ortiz said a long investigation will be required to determine what happened, but police did not feel it was necessary to test Walker for drugs or alcohol.

http://www.madison.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16646


*****more than likely ...he walked!!!!!!

[phoebe]

5. John Mercer Walker Jr. son of Dr. John Mercer Walker (Skull & Bones)

http://www.smokershistory.com/MSKCC.htm

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Dr. John Mercer Walker, Skull & Bones 1931
Dr. John Mercer Walker was an uncle of President George Herbert Walker Bush (S&B 1948). John M. Walker's sister, Dorothy Walker, married Prescott S. Bush. (Bush/Walker/Pierce/Robinson Family Tree. In: The Family. The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty. By Kitty Kelly. Random House, 2004.) Two of Walker's brothers, George Herbert Walker Jr. and Louis Walker, were also Bonesmen (1927 and 1936, respectively). Louis Walker was an usher at the wedding of John E. Cookman, who was Joseph F. Cullman Jr.'s assistant at Philip Morris. Prescott Bush was on the Advisory Council of the New England Institute for Medical Research in the early 1960s.


Bush/Walker/Pierce/Robinson Family Tree / Random House (pdf, 3pp)

Walker received his MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia in 1936, and was in private practice until he contracted polio in 1950. He also had a career in investment banking, first with the family firm, G.H. Walker & Co., then as a limited partner in Alex Brown & Co. (Dr. John Walker, 81, President Bush's Uncle. New York Times, Aug. 18, 1990.) In 1939, he married Elsie Louise Mead, of the Mead Corporation family. Nancy Bush was an attendant at the wedding (Louise Mead, Sarah Lawrence Alumna, Becomes Engaged to Dr. John M. Walker. New York Times, Sep. 26, 1939; Miss Elsie Mead Wed in a Church. New York Times, Nov. 26, 1959). He was elected a director of that company in 1957 (Mead Paper Shows a Drop in Earnings; 71 Cents a Share Cleared in 12 Weeks. New York Times, July 11, 1957.) In 1952, he joined Memorial Hospital as clinical assistant in surgery. In 1955, he was made associate attending surgeon and associate clinical director. In 1962, he was elected chairman of the executive committee and chief executive officer of the hospital. He replaced Laurance S. Rockefeller, who resigned. (Memorial Hospital Names Officers. New York Times, April 4, 1962.) He was president of the board of managers of Memorial from 1965 to 1974 and then joined the board of overseers. He was on the research staff of the Sloan-Kettering Institute from 1954-57.

Sloan-Kettering Institute Progress Report, 1954 / tobacco document
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1956-57 / tobacco document

John M. Walker Jr.

Dr. John M. Walker's son, John M. Walker Jr., a first cousin of President George H.W. Bush, was a member of the Citizens' Committee of the Citizens' Campaign Against Bootleg Cigarettes in 1977. He was a partner of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn. Other members of the Committee included Morris B. Abram, a partner of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (whose partners John F. Wharton had been a director of Benson & Hedges and Tobacco & Allied Stocks, and Simon H. Rifkind was a director of Loew's Theatres, which acquired Lorillard Tobacco); J. Hugh Bailey, Director of Special Marketing of CNA Insurance; Thomas Henry Guinzburg, Skull & Bones 1950; Mrs. Marian Heiskell, Director of Special Activities of the New York Times; Carl M. Loeb; and philanthropist Stewart R. Mott. Its Industry Committee included representatives of P. Lorillard, Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Liggett & Myers, Loews Corporation, Brown & Williamson and Metropolitan Tobacco, as well as six distributors. The purpose of the committee was to fight cigarette smuggling, which deprived New York City of tax revenues. (Monthly Report on Status. Memo from Ralph Murphine to Management Group and Executive Committe, Apr. 1, 1977; Memorandum from Alan Miller to Bernie Robinson, of Philip Morris, Mar. 11, 1983.)

Citizens' Campaign Against Bootleg Cigarettes / tobacco document
Citizens' Campaign Against Bootleg Cigarettes (9pp) / tobacco document
Monthly Report, Apr. 1, 1977 / tobacco document
Miller to Robinson, Mar. 11, 1983 / tobacco document

"Cigarette bootlegging was first made a federal offense with the enactment in November 1978 of S1487, (PL-95-575), the Federal Cigarette Contraband Act of 1978. PL-95-575 makes cigarette bootlegging a Federal offense, punishable by a fine of up to $100,000 or prison of up five years, or both for any person knowingly to ship, transport, receive, possess, sell, distribute or purchase "contraband cigarettes." "Contraband cigarettes" are defined as cigarettes in a quantity in excess of 60,000 lacking tax indicia of the state in which found, in the possession of persons other than four specific classes of persons. This provision of the bill become effective when President Carter signed the bill on Nov. 2, 1978. The law also made it an offense to knowingly make false statements or representations with respect to information requured to be kept in the records of a person who ships, sells or dlstrlbutes any quantlty of cigarettes in excess of 60,000 in a single transaction. This part of the bill became effective April 1, 1979. PL-95-575, which provided the basis for BATF's anti-bootlegging activities, was itself based on research done by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations on the cigarette tax evasion problem and published in 1977 as 'Cigarette Bootlegging: A State and Federal Responsibility.'" (TMA National Bulletin. Oct. 9, 1981.) In 1981, Walker was Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Operations at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the Treasury Department. He was appointed after Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) alleged that the US Customs Service placed improperly low tariffs on imported tobacco. (Probe of Tobacco Imports Threatens to Run Away With Its Backers. By Ward Sinclair. Washington Post, May 27, 1981.)