IN TODAYs DAILY NEWS (proving YET AGAIN that my enemies ALWAYS admit truth in the end, and it always vindicates me, cuz THIS is the crook who put me in jail and helped the T-burgs)... Hynes catch-up Two cheers for state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for empaneling a grand jury to probe former Brooklyn District Attorney Joe Hynes, and for Eastern District U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch for opening a parallel criminal investigation. They lose one cheer for taking on Hynes only after he lost his bid for a seventh term. Still, now that they are on the scent, we humbly offer Schneiderman and Lynch a few of this page’s editorials from the past 12 years sketching some of the many unresolved issues involving their erstwhile colleague: ● “Golden parachute,” Jan. 5, 2001: The DA created a new six-figure job (plus car and driver) for outgoing Brooklyn borough president and long-time political ally Howard Golden. ● “Justice betrayed is justice denied,” Feb. 8, 2002: Hynes’ friendship with Golden — who, as the borough’s political boss, had effectively picked many of its judges — may explain why he never cracked several cases alleging bribe-taking and other wrongdoing by Brooklyn judges. ● “Derail Hynes’ gravy train,” July 16, 2002: A decade before Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters issued his report about the office’s spending, we flagged Hynes’ “apparently improper use of millions in federal asset seizures.” ● “The crime of voting,” March 6, 2003: The politically motivated prosecution of gadfly lawyer John O’Hara, tried three times for registering to vote from his girlfriend’s Brooklyn apartment. ● “The law is the law,” May 16, 2012, and “The case against Hynes,” June 4, 2014: For years, Hynes used a parallel, politically adjusted justice standard for suspects and defendants from the ultra-Orthodox community — a community that also provided him with crucial political support. ● “Probe warranted,” June 21, 2010, “Investigate the DA,” Nov. 24, 2012 and “Probe Hynes,” April 15, 2014: For years, Hynes’ office unconstitutionally kept prisoner Jabbar Collins from seeing documents that would have helped him show that ADA and longtime Hynes lieutenant Michael Vecchione had threatened and coerced witnesses to make the bad murder case against him. Hynes kept Collins in jail even after he was personally convinced of his innocence, finally letting him out only when Vecchione would otherwise have been forced to testify under oath about his actions. Two federal judges have called Collins’ treatment “shameful” and a “disgrace.” The bottom line, as we wrote this year in “The shameful DA,” is that “the misuse of money and potential criminal liability” that Lynch is reportedly looking into “is the least of Hynes’ crimes.” We’ll see soon if Schneiderman and Lynch have done their reading.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:46:32 +0000
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