8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (2)
#4036663 at 2018-11-26 17:06:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5136: FLOTUS has ballz of Steel Edition.
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2018/11/24/california-democratic-party-chair-hit-with-sexual-misconduct-allegations-708246
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. - The chairman of the California Democratic Party is facing accusations of sexual misconduct from within his party's ranks, prompting an investigation and at least one congressman to call for his ouster.
In a written statement circulating among state party officials Friday and Saturday, party Vice Chairman Daraka Larimore-Hall lit into Chairman Eric Bauman, saying he had recently "learned of multiple serious and credible allegations that Chairman Bauman sexually harassed, and in some cases sexually assaulted, individuals during Party functions."
Larimore-Hall did not detail the accusations or identify the people he said were victimized. Nor did Larimore-Hall respond to a request for comment from POLITICO. But the accusation roiled the party, with both Larimore-Hall and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) calling for Bauman to be removed.
"The allegations of sexual assault that @DarakaKenric is filing against @EricBauman are shocking," Khanna said on Twitter.
In a prepared statement late Saturday, Bauman said a "prompt, thorough and independent investigation of the allegations has been undertaken by a respected outside investigator, ensuring these individuals making the charges are treated with respect and free from any concerns of retaliation."
But Bauman appeared unwavering, saying, "I look forward to putting these allegations behind us and moving forward as unified Democrats."
Bauman, a longtime Democratic Party activist in California, was narrowly elected chairman of the state party last year. The accusations against him come less than three weeks after a Democratic romp at the ballot box in his heavily Democratic state, with Democrats maintaining their dominance in statewide offices and expanding their delegation in Congress.
Larimore-Hall's written statement was framed as a "statement of charges," which suggested a formal effort to remove Bauman from power. The state party's bylaws would allow Bauman to resign or submit a written answer to such a charge, after which his accuser could move for his removal at a meeting of the party's executive board.
Khanna called for the state party to replace Bauman with Michele Dauber, the Stanford law professor who spearheaded an effort to recall a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky following a controversial sexual assault sentencing.
"We need a bold feminist to lead for 2020," Khanna tweeted.
In his statement, Bauman said that "the California Democratic Party should and will be the model for how allegations like these are treated to ensure fairness and to determine truth. Procedures are in place to handle these matters, and independent counsel will ensure that they are followed."
#1655414 at 2018-06-07 02:16:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2082 Operation Overlord Edition
Judge in the Brock Turner case recalled by California voters
California voters haven't forgotten about Brock Turner.
Two years after Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky sparked widespread outrage for sentencing the Stanford University swimmer to only six months in jail, he was tossed from office in a recall election.
Persky's recall, decided by voters on Tuesday, marks the first time a judge in the Golden State has met that fate since 1932. His sentencing of Turner, who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a Palo Alto fraternity house, sparked an uproar back in the summer of 2016, fueled by the victim's viral reaction to it. Turner was convicted that spring of sexual penetration with a foreign object of an intoxicated person, sexual penetration with a foreign object of an unconscious person, and intent to commit rape, and prosecutors had sought a six-year sentence (the maximum was 14 years). Per his own request, Persky subsequently stopped hearing criminal cases to mitigate distractions amid the intense public backlash.
But even among legal experts who understood concerns that Turner's sentence was too light, there was apprehension about the recall efforts. Writing in Vox on Wednesday, Oakland public defender Rachel Marshall argued, "Long before this week's vote, the recall campaign's impact had been felt in courtrooms across the country, where judges became increasingly cautious about exercising discretion, worried that they might be punished for leniency."
"When judges are looking over their shoulders, worried about losing their jobs if they enrage the public, the fairness of our system is compromised. Judicial independence is especially important because the public is often wrong, particularly on a local level," Marshall contended.
In a 2016 statement, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said, "While I strongly disagree with the sentence that Judge Persky issued in the Brock Turner case, I do not believe he should be removed from his judgeship. I am so pleased that the victim's powerful and true statements about the devastation of campus sexual assault are being heard across our nation. She has given voice to thousands of sexual assault survivors."
As the Los Angeles Times reported this week, "The legal community has largely opposed the recall, calling it a threat to judicial independence."
"More than 90 California law professors, including 20 from Stanford's law school, have signed a statement opposing it," according to the Times. "They say it will encourage judges to give tougher sentences and perpetuate mass incarceration."
Persky was cleared of misconduct by an independent state agency in 2016.
Dueling letters from Turner's victim and his father created a powerful juxtaposition at the time of his sentencing, fanning the flames of outrage. While Turner's father framed his son as a victim, the actual victim wrote that Turner "pushed me and my family through a year of inexplicable, unnecessary suffering, and should face the consequences of challenging his crime, of putting my pain into question, of making us wait so long for justice."
Sixty percent of voters on Tuesday cast ballots to recall Persky, with 40 percent voting in his favor.
https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Aaron-Persky-judge-brock-turner-recalled-california-voters