Kobach Wins Effort To Keep Damaging Deposition Video Under Wraps

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Source: Talking Points Memo

By Tierney Sneed
October 25, 2018 1:08 pm

The deposition video that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach feared would be used in campaign ads against him as he runs for governor will not be made available to the media, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson’s order was a win for Kobach, who had brought the issue to her attention after the challengers in the case for which the deposition was filmed indicated they intended to hand it over to media outlets that had requested the video.


A transcript from the deposition is already public; however, the transcript does not convey Kobach’s body language and tone during the deposition. In the video, which TPM viewed at the trial, he is uncomfortable, frustrated and often combative with the attorney deposing him.

The video clips from the deposition were played at a trial last March in the Kansas proof-of-citizenship voter registration case. Kobach was forced to sit for the deposition to be questioned about efforts he made to change the law that is at the heart of the case, the National Voter Registration Act — including a meeting he had with President-elect Donald Trump at which he was photographed holding a proposal recommending the law be amended.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/kobach-wins-effort-to-keep-damaging-depo-video-under-wraps

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Well the judge is a Bush appointee....................solves that problem.............

[TygrBright]

1. And now his opponents are free to claim anything they want to about what's on it.

The nastier the better.

Sauce for the gander...

manipulatively,
Bright

[erronis]

2. Just a guess that there are other sources of this video. Bring them on!

Love to see the little worms squirm. (And again, my apologies to the real nematodes!)

[SunSeeker]

3. Judge should be ashamed. There is no legitimate basis to block the video.

Kobach is a public figure. This is a matter of public interest. Obviously the video gives information not available in the transcript, which is why this same judge ruled it was admissible at trial. Contrary to the judge's baseless assertion, the public's right to access the video is not being "adequately protected."


This is so fucked up.

[marybourg]

4. Ad people know how to get around such

limitations. Simulations can look even worse that the actual video.

[onenote]

5. Robinson is a Bush appointee but she was very hard on Kobach during the trial

Holding him in contempt, issuing sanctions against him, etc.

So I'd like to see a copy of the order before passing judgment on the merits of the decision.