David Gregory will not be prosecuted
Gregory goes free “despite the clarity of the violation of this important law”
Just released by D.C. Attorney General there will be no prosecution of David Gregory despite a finding that there was a clear violation of the law (emphasis mine):
Having carefully reviewed all of the facts and circumstances of this matter, as it does in every case involving firearms-related offenses or any other potential violation of D.C. law within our criminal jurisdiction, OAG has determined to exercise its prosecutorial discretion to decline to bring criminal charges against Mr. Gregory, who has no criminal record, or any other NBC employee based on the events associated with the December 23,2012 broadcast. OAG has made this determination, despite the clarity of the violation of this important law, because under all of the circumstances here a prosecution would not promote public safety in the District of Columbia nor serve the best interests of the people of the District to whom this office owes its trust. Influencing our judgment in this case, among other things, is our recognition that the intent of the temporary possession and short display of the magazine was to promote the First Amendment purpose of informing an ongoing public debate about firearms policy in the United States, especially while this subject was foremost in the minds of the public following the previously mentioned events in Connecticut and the President’s speech to the nation about them. There were, however, other legal means available to demonstrate the point and to pursue this line of questioning with the guest that were suggested to NBC and that could have and should have been pursued.
OAG also appreciates that the magazine was immediately returned to the source that NBC understood to be its lawful owner outside of the District and that the magazine in question, with NBC’s assistance, has been surrendered to MPD. OAG also recognizes the cooperation NBC has provided in the investigation of this matter.
D.C. Attorney General Letter Declining to Prosecute David Gregory
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Comments
There cannot be one law for Gregory and a different law for the rest of us. Such a system cannot stand.
This is why equal protection under the law is supposed to be one of the fundamental underpinnings of our society.
The DC Attorney General has just spat on one of the basic makes us a free country.
[...] “…because under all of the circumstances here a prosecution would not promote public saf… – So says the DC Attorney General in explaining the decision to not prosecute David Gregory for his blatant violation of local gun control laws (and lest there be any confusion, the statement noted that what occurred on Meet The Press was a clear violation of the law). [...]
Does anyone honestly believe that a Fox news reporter holding up a clip on their show while in DC would not have been prosecuted? This is not a law for just for privileged folks, it’s for privileged Democrat folks.
Title should read “cannot be prosecuted”
[...] seconds flat for you and me – and now never for David Gregory. Dr. Jacobson over at Legal Insurrection has the news that being a Beautiful Person In The Press has juice (the media version of Crony [...]
Unbelievable! “Influencing our judgment in this case, among other things, is our recognition that the intent of the temporary possession and short display of the magazine was to promote the First Amendment purpose of informing an ongoing public debate about firearms policy in the United States,..”
Well, that’s half right. Check my comment from 12/26
“It’s all about intent: ‘Oh, but Your Honor–that magazine was intended to demonize and ridicule private gun ownership!’”
http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/12/if-david-gregory-were-not-david-gregory/comment-page-1/#comment-399716
Okay, I’m gonna say it: I told you so.
So there are indeed two law systems in the United States–one for the political elite, corporate donors, and the state-run press, and another for everyone else.
Neither will Roman Polanski for pedophilia , Woodt Allen for incest. Or Ted Nugent for whatever you call having sex with your underage guardianship.
[...] Here is the full text of the Office of Attorney General’s statement via Legal Insurrection: [...]
[...] then, smart conservatives such as Cornell Law’s William Jacobson agree with the decision. Having read this far, of course, you know the answer. He greets the [...]
So, suppose Gregory had held up a bag of weed? Or 17 percocets in vial with someone else’s name on it? Or his own?
D.C.Attorney General Holder:Three quarters of a million people say: “There. FIFY”
[...] Credit: William A. Jacobson Read more: Legal Insurrection [...]
[...] of the law is no defense.” Do it again and we’ll nail you. Read the letter. NBC made a “feeble and unsatisfactory” attempt to get a handle on DC’s gun [...]
They give no-one else second chances. Why should he be the exception?
[...] Gregory of MSNBC will not be charged with a crime for displaying a high-capacity magazine on TV. William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection has the [...]
[...] Le*gal In*sur*rec*tion, William Jacobson noted that NBC’s David Gregory will not be prosecuted for possession of a high-capacity ammunition magazine he displayed on television, and that the [...]
The famous quote by Bill Ayers after he was acquitted, “Guilty as sin, free as a bird — what a country, America” applies to David Gregory as well.
[...] broke the DC gun laws. However, D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan issued a letter explaining why there will be no prosecution of David Gregory despite a finding that there was a clear violation of the law. HUH? Justice is supposed to be blind [...]
[...] we learn that Mr. Gregory (who sends his children to a school with armed security, by the way) won’t be prosecuted. From Legal Insurrection, quoting the D.C. Attorney General (emphasis his and [...]
[...] DISAPPOINTMENT WITH JACKIE CHAN. To be fair, while America isn’t “the most corrupt country in the world” now, we are making progress as fast as we can. [...]
I have posted, with illustration, David Gregory’s and Irvin Nathan’s biggest nightmare: The Million Magazine March.
[...] As expected, David Gregory has been given a pass. [...]
[...] David Gregory skates on his “30 round magazine’ [...]
[...] Jacobson had a lot of fantastic posts on the Sandy Hook aftermath. Among them is the story of the non-prosecution of David Gregory and putting pressure on Gannett corporate, the parent company of Journal News, to take position on [...]
[...] David Gregory will walk away from the crime he committed in front of hundreds of thousands of witnesses because he has friends in high places. Maybe it is an admission that the law is pointless but if you or I were caught in DC with a high capacity magazine we would be arrested and imprisoned. [...]