Emily Miller: the David Gregory saga continues
Our favorite 2d Amendment journalist, Emily Miller, tells the tale of her journey through the jungle of getting a FOIA out of the DC government in regards to the David Gregory is better than the rest of us case. After she got the FOIA finally she found a couple of discrepancies between what Gregory’s lawyer told the prosecutor’s office and what really happened.
It seems that Gregory’s lawyer told police that he had borrowed the magazine from a legal owner and it was returned immediately after the cute little TV show, however, police recovered the magazine from Gregory’s residence two days after he said he returned it the owner.
Gregory’s attorney also told the prosecutor that they didn’t know that it was illegal to bring a 30-round magazine into the District if it wasn’t attached to a rifle. However the FOIA contains a conversation that proves otherwise;
The police documents show there was no confusion. At 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21, a NBC producer, whose name was redacted, emailed MPD this: “ ‘Meet the Press’ is interviewing a person on the show this Sunday in studio — Producers for the show would liek [sic] to have a clip (standard and high power), without ammunition in studio to use on the show. There will be no gun, no bullets, just clips. Is this legal?”
At 9 p.m., someone at MPD — again, the name was blacked out — replied: “No, possession of high capacity magazines is a misdemeanor under Title #7 of the D.C. Code. We would suggest utilizing photographs for their presentation.”
But, obviously Gregory is better than the rest of us and a photo of a magazine isn’t quite dramatic enough, so lacking it drama that only the real thing brought into the District illegally would suffice. So dramatic that a lawyer can lie to the prosecutor without any repercussion.
While I think that DC’s gun laws are draconian, I still think they should be applied equally to everyone. That’s not what happened in this case. If I lied to a prosecutor, I would expect to be punished for that, but I guess if I had a theatrical reason for breaking the law, the prosecutor would let me slide especially if I had stationary hair and a smarmy smile that invited the application of a blunt object.
Category: Media
Jonn, you silly prole, rules are for little people!
Yeah, well, the mighty media just doesn’t have to operate the way all us peons must. They have that First Amendment thingy going for them which apparently includes their being able to be in possession of contraband with impunity.
Said it then and nothing has changed – he should be arrested and subjected to exactly the same judicial drama that any of us would. It would have been better a bit closer to his actual crime, but now would be fine.
Lying to a prosecutor is fine if it isn’t under oath. Lying to a police office who is conducting an investigation is not fine. And, of course, this all assumes one has no problem with lying in the first place.
I was under the impression that lawyers are always under oath.
@4.
I a perfect world.
Not the on I live in.
@5 In a perfect world the lawyer are always under a slab of concrete….
First of all, Don Shipley’s hair can beat the living crap out of David Gregory’s hair with one follicle tied behind its back.
Second, did any of you actually think NBC would allow one of its less-than-stellar anchors get arrested for something so — well, trivial? It’s not 1968, when Dan Rather was arrested at the Democratic convention.
All that panicky and breathless energy was spent on nothing. As much as I think Gregory should be at least ticketed and fined, I doubt it will happen if the statute of limitations on that expires.
Oh, I certainly understand what you are saying, PH, but this is really between and individual and the local police. It is not a corporation that violated the law or lied about it.
Even when they really, really want to avoid prosecuting someone, folks in the criminal justice system do not like to be made fools of in public. Lying to them and about them on national TV would certainly get their attention, and not in a favorable manner. Do I expect them to file charges? Well, yes, part of me does because that is their job. But, this being the real world, that is likely not to happen.
Then again, it would not surprise me if they have had enough of it and do.
It might not matter if the lawyer was under oath or not. Untruthful statements made to a police officer or other government official who is conducting an investigation are themselves criminal acts in many jurisdictions.
Saw this reported on the Crescent News Network. The media protects the POTUS, the VPOTUS, their minions, then themselves. Not necessarily in that order. Gregory was caught lying and he can’t back peddle out of it. He should pay the same price I would showing up with the magazine. But…he won’t.