Kohring and Kott may be guilty, but government must abide by its own laws

The good news is that the U.S. Justice Department has refused to dismiss charges against Kott and Kohring. There is enough evidence in videos which proved that they have taken bribe. The Justice Department asked for the convicted men to be released from prison until a decision has been made. I the court have done have done the right thing.
 
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In the hearings, Sedwick said he planned to impose the same minimal restrictions on Kott and Kohring as he did prior to their trials: no need for cash bail, freedom to move about the state, no curfew. At Kott and Kohring's requests, he loosened the rules even further. Rather than require them to get a judge's permission before leaving the state, they now only have to provide an itinerary to the federal probation office.

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If these two baboons are guilty or innocent is not the point, the point is to respect and follow the rules and regulations set forth by the law for a proper prosecution. Respecting and following the law and constitution is something that would serve you Cons well on your journey to try and regain respect with the masses.
 
 
P.S. Sorry I was so rough on you on the radio today Danny boy
 

I am unsure of what possible evidence could erase the visual and audio images that we all saw played out on the evening news.  Allen handing cash to Kohring.....Kott stating that he was basically "owned" by Veco.  Kott even falsified a flooring invoice where he got paid but did no work, according to evidence.
It would be a travesty of justice if these 2 were set free. 
 

      The dismissal of these two guilty verdicts, albiet without prejudice, is disappointing. 
     There was no insiduous need for the prosecution to withhold evidence.  The video and audio tapes are crystal clear...both ex-legislators are crooks.  An old joke, vaudeville perhaps, might comment on the only doubt.  In their defense, K&K are each asking, "Who are you going to believe?  Me, or your eyes?" 
     So the answer as to how this could have happened is that the prosecutors were not somehow corrupt, nor were they members of what the CBC conspirators pretend was a grand conspiracy (despite lack of motive and evidence) against them, was sheer unprofessionalism, sloppiness, and perhaps laziness. 
     The really bad part of all this is that it will put doubt in the minds of potential jurors about the patent guilt of those possible defendants whose behavior is likely more corrupt and loathesome than was those who have been convicted to date.  They include most particularly Jerry Ward and Ben Stevens, both of whom have been extensively referred to in charging documents and whose consistently questionable behavior should have brought attention to each over a decade ago. Add Don Young to that list, for the same reasons. 
     Since the earliest stages of this investigation and prosecution, public since August 2006, I have hoped that at least two others who reeked of the stench of corruption would be taken down:  Robin Taylor and Eldon Mulder. 
 
     I have no doubt that both Don and Uncle Ted shared the responsibility, along with Bill Allen and Rick Smith, of running the campaign finance laundry that enabled them to spread hundreds of thousands of illegal contribution dollars to those who are easily bought, both in Alaska and Outside.  Those dollars purchased outright corruption, from Florida to the Northern Marianas. 
     The malfeasance in Ted's prosecution can be somewhat understood in the light of his grandstanding in asking for a speedy trial. The chance that he would have gotten his request, to be tried before the election, were extremely slim, depending on the availability of both a judge and a courtroom.  He lost his bet when a trier of fact became available.  Though that strategy backfired, causing the well-deserved but narrow loss of his "lifetime" seat, it eventually caused him to go free because prosecutors were drowned in the same sea of evidence with which his own attorneys would have found impossible to contend. Whining from the inept, delusional and insecure Chad Joy exacerbated matters. The Rocky Williams business was a sideshow. Surely Brendan Sullivan knew he would have been useless as a witness for the defense as well as the prosecution.  The man was dying as he sat there at the courthouse. 
     Lastly consider this:  Ted was only tried for what he did in Washington, D.C. That was just a small fraction of the magnitude of his dishonesty.  When he told Allen, in a tapped phone conversation, that at worst, "...we'll have to round up some money for lawyers, pay a fine, do a little time," it was as clear a case for a guilty verdict as was the footage of Khoring scrambling around on VECO's Baranof suite floor to pick up the hundred dollar bills that Bill Allen dropped to humiliate him.  Prosecutors must have understood that half of all potential Alaskan jurors could be presented with incontrovertible evidence of guilt, yet be unable to bring a verdict of guilty because of the "Robin Hood" myth which surrounded this larger-than-life slimy politician. They are those who are unable to realize that the 'Coot's" motto is only a joke:  "We steal from the other guys and pass the savings along to you."

Who can you trust?
An "honest" FED needs to see what BEGICH has to do with this now!

Dan - et al - 'Alaska Standard Staff'??? - who the hell is scared to stand behind this, on the heels of the same D US Atty Gen letting their cases go back to US DISTRICT COURT not no charges like Stevens... you opined on the Mudflats anonymity debacle, and bylining this what you did is probably words that your sysop doesn't accept. but big F for this, both the word and the grade, and put your name on it, like you said, like i say, like people who really work on this stuff put their name on it.   big gay municipally protected man-kisses - Brendan

Don't knock it, shows the system can work--not for us peons, but for some.