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turbinetree

(24,709 posts)
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 11:49 AM Oct 2018

Kris Kobach Is Desperate To Block The Release Of His Damaging Depo Video

Source: Talking Points Memo

By Tierney Sneed
October 18, 2018 10:05 am


Kansas Secretary of State and GOP gubernatorial nominee Kris Kobach is desperately trying to publicly prevent the release of parts of a deposition tape — played at a trial over one of his voter restrictions — before Election Day.


Kobach is specifically concerned that the video will be used in “last-minute political commercials targeting the Defendant personally,” Kobach said in a court filing Wednesday evening.

“Indeed, the only reason that Plaintiffs are requesting the release of the video is to allow it to be used by partisan organizations and political candidates opposing Secretary Kobach’s gubernatorial campaign,” Kobach said in the filing, which asked the judge — if she ruled in favor of releasing the video — to pause that decision so he could appeal it to a higher court.

The video excerpts were played at the trial last March, where the ACLU and others were challenging his proof-of-citizenship voter registration requirement. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson ultimately knocked down the requirement — a decision that’s currently on appeal.






Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/kobach-is-fighting-hard-to-block-the-release-of-his-damaging-depo-video



Hell if Bill Clinton's deposition could be aired on national tv whats wrong with airing Kobach's......................taxpayers of Kansas are paying for this trial/ hearing..................and have a right to hear what this asshole said and how he lied.....................


What a whiner.......................


November 2018 cannot get here fast enough......................vote
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Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. republicans always trying to hide their evil shit
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 12:01 PM
Oct 2018

Own your stanking dark unethical and immoral shadows, you wackjob so-called 'christian' republicans. Own your darkness. Own it and transcend it. Otherwise the darkness owns you - as it obviously does now.

SWBTATTReg

(22,154 posts)
2. Shouldn't be allowed to block this depo and you're absolutely right in that this shouldn't be...
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 12:53 PM
Oct 2018

blocked from the voters. Speaking on record while being an official who's actively blocking the rights of Americans from voting.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
5. Why are political motivations ONLY nefarious
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 01:15 PM
Oct 2018

When it's a Dem that is leveraging the acts or statements of of a Republican?

Volaris

(10,273 posts)
6. Because Republicans know how unfair the truth about them is.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 01:33 PM
Oct 2018

Most Dems would just go
Yeah. I said that...cause it's true.

Republicans have to throw a fit about what they say cause they know that what comes out of their mouths is bullshit

Don't you see how that's unfair?

FakeNoose

(32,680 posts)
9. Well apparently whatever Kobach said in the depo wasn't BS, he told the truth
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 02:17 PM
Oct 2018

...otherwise he wouldn't care if it came out now.

Volaris

(10,273 posts)
12. Yes exactly. What they really think is abhorrent for anyone who works for a living,
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 03:09 PM
Oct 2018

Supports their doing so, or expects their government to at least not fuck them over for trying.

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)
7. Koback trying to block old news?
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 01:47 PM
Oct 2018

Do the voters ignore day to day damaging news about politicians until their opponents bring it out during elections?

Apparently...

SunSeeker

(51,607 posts)
10. It is a fucking public document. There is no legitimate reason to hide it.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 02:22 PM
Oct 2018

The fact that it will be aired to inform voters is exactly why it should be released. It's release is in the public interest!

Bengus81

(6,932 posts)
11. This is why I've sent Democrat Laura Kelly as much money as I can
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 02:45 PM
Oct 2018

Hell if what he's doing with this isn't bad enough that asshat wants to implement the Brownback 0% tax rate for Kansas Corporations AGAIN if elected. Shit,we haven't recovered from that disaster yet when they were rolled back a year or so ago.

Brownback put this State in such a shit hole financially that KDOT couldn't even take BIDS on road projects,let alone fund them. Schools had to shorted their year and hell turn off lights to try and save money and stay open. Small Kansas rural schools were really hit hard. All so some rich sons of bitches could skate along and not pay a PENNY in Kansas income tax.

https://www.laurakellyforkansas.com/

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
13. In a nutshell what they wanna accomplish
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 11:15 AM
Oct 2018

For the whole country to pull us back to the 18th century.

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