Prosecutor Pushed To Probe Perjury

I'm proud to tell you about a few new developments in the push to get Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken and Cincinnati Prosecutor Ernest McAdams, Sr. investigated and prosecuted for lying on the witness stand in Hamilton County Municipal Judge Guckenberger's courtroom.

1.) Today I wrote to Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen asking him to appoint an independent prosecutor to review the perjury allegations.  A few points on why I asked for an independent prosecutor.

• Political Motivation - Because of the politics involved, I don't believe Republican Mike Allen can, or should, handle the investigation himself.  An independent prosecutor isolates him and his office from the inevitable charges that any investigation and subsequent prosecution is politically motivated.  You might expect Luken, a Democrat (even if in name only), and his supporters to claim parisanship is behind any investigation.  While Guckenberger, a Republican, may claim any investigation is designed to prevent him from advancing to the Court of Appeals if Mark Painter steps down and declares himself a candidate for mayor.
• Race - Very few people that I know believe Mike Allen is as tough on alleged white criminals as he is on alleged African American criminals.  By asking for an independent prosecutor, I seek to have someone who will look at the charges and prosecute accordingly.

2.) Today I also publicly announced my intention to file complaints against Charlie Luken, Ernest McAdams, Sr., Judge Guy Guckenberger, and Judge Mark Painter with the Ohio Supreme Court's Disciplinary Counsel.  The Ohio Supreme Court's Rules require that investigations be confidential and limit what I can say once the complaints are filed.  If you are reading this you probably already know that the four people named above wield an enourmous amount of power in the City and at the State level.  You probably want to know what's the use?  Do I really think that anything is going to happen to these people?  Do I honestly believe that four of the City's most powerful people will be treated like you or I would be treated if we took the witness stand and lied?  (On a brief sidenote, I've been in court more times than I care to remember and witnessed judges throw the book at people for using fake documents or committing fraud.  So get your facts together before you tell me that the courts don't take lying seriously.)  While I don't believe for one moment that Jonathan E. Coughlan, the Supreme Court's Disciplinary Counsel, has the fortitude to properly deal with this situation and appropriately sanction these individuals, I feel compelled to file the complaints anyway.  You never know what might happen.

3.) You are hearing this here first.  Over the past few weeks I've been considering filing a lawsuit (actually called an Affidavit of Bias and Prejudice) against Judge Guckenberger.  The consultations are over with and I'm filing the lawsuit (may have it done by morning).  Even though Guckenberger didn't actually encourage people to lie under oath (at least I don't have proof that he did), the Judge had a responsibility to do something about Luken's and McAdams' perjury once he became aware of it.  Instead of doing that, Guckenberger has become an apologist for Luken and McAdams.  In open court, Guckenberger has pretended that Luken just misspoke.  Seriously!  That's why I put the seven Luken video clips up for you to see for yourself.  I figured someone might try to tell you that your eyes were playing tricks on you.

4.) I've arranged to provide copies of the courtroom video to the media tomorrow morning.  So the lazy local media might do something with this story after all.