Bloomberg Is Unlikely to Testify in Fraud Trial, Judge Says

[hrmjustin]

By BENJAMIN WEISER

A federal judge in Manhattan indicated on Tuesday that he was unlikely to approve a defense lawyer’s request that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg be compelled to appear and testify as a defense witness in a fraud trial starting next month.

The mayor had been subpoenaed by a lawyer for Mark Mazer, the lead defendant in what prosecutors have called “a massive and elaborate scheme” to defraud New York City through an automated payroll project called CityTime, which they said involved more than $600 million in city money and more than $40 million in kickbacks.

The city had sought to quash the subpoena, arguing that the mayor’s role with respect to CityTime “has little, if anything, to do with the charges at issue in this case.” Compelling the sitting mayor to testify, the city argued, “will simply divert attention from the real issues and risk turning the mayor’s appearance at trial into a sideshow.”

On Tuesday, Judge George B. Daniels of Federal District Court made it clear he was not yet persuaded that Mr. Bloomberg’s testimony was relevant or necessary.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/nyregion/bloomberg-is-unlikely-to-testify-in-fraud-trial-judge-says.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytmetro

[gopiscrap]

1. Fucking Bloomberg it pays to be rich

you never have to do anything you don't want to do....have enough money you can just snub your nose at the court!

[hrmjustin]

2. And you can go away everyweek like he does.

[gopiscrap]

3. yup

[hrmjustin]

4. When we had 30 inches of snow the day after Christmas he was in the Bahamas.

Because he was not there no Snow emergency was declared until 15 inches had already fallen.

He made sure Manhattan was clear but my street was not cleared for 4 days.

He came to a bar down the block from me the day after the storm and people brought their shovels to complain to him. He brought a snow plow to get through the streets.

[gopiscrap]

5. what a self entitled, self centered asswipe

I'll never forgive him for what he let the cops do to Occupy

[hrmjustin]

6. Don't forget what he did at the GOP convention in 2004.

He kept people in jail 24 hours so they could not protest again. The city had to pat lawsuits out for that. He should have had to pay.

[gopiscrap]

7. That's right I forgot about that.

[hrmjustin]

8. He reminds me of Rudy at times. As a teen in HS Rudy lost me when he brought out a tank

to evict some squatters in Manhattan.


Bloomberg is not much different.

[gopiscrap]

9. OMG I remember reading about that

[hrmjustin]

10. He parked it there to intimidate people. It worked and it is a shame because the squatters made the

building livable. They fixed it and the owner kicked them out. Now there are banks and high-end shops.

[gopiscrap]

11. I agree with you!

[hrmjustin]

12. Btw I love how you welcome new people. I used to do that a lot before I joined MIRT.

[hrmjustin]

13. You should consider joining MIrt.