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Canton Cover-Up Part 83: Judge Cannone Denies Motion To Recuse Herself But Still Hands Defense Small Victory

 

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The more I reflect on yesterday’s hearing in Norfolk Superior Court the more I realize it was a massive win for Karen Read and her defense team. If you missed it, the results were as follows:

  • Judge Cannone denied the motion that she recuse herself as the judge in this case
  • The motion to gag the defense was taken under advisement by Cannone
  • The motion to revoke the pro hac vice status of California Attorneys Alan Jackson and Elizabeth Little was not even addressed
  • Adam Lally was pressured by Cannone to hurry up and hand over John O’Keefe’s clothing to the defense for DNA testing
  • Adam Lally accused the defense of not responding to an email he sent regarding getting consent to go through Karen Read’s cell phone, but he admitted that he only sent the email to Attorney David Yannetti (not Jackson or Little) who was out of the country on vacation when the email was sent

Going into the hearing I thought there was a 0% chance Cannone would recuse herself. Alan Jackson repeatedly stated that he was not accusing her of actually actually knowing Sean McCabe, the brother of Matt McCabe who threatened to bury me in the backyard of her seaside cottage. He was simply pointing out that the rules require a judge to recuse of herself if there is an appearance of partiality, which there clearly was based on the hundreds of people outside with signs demanding that Cannone recuse herself. I must say that I never imagined that when I messaged Sean McCabe in May that the contents of our conversation would end up on white boards displayed as evidence in a murder case.

One thing I haven’t written about (it was on my list but just never got around to it) was the Venmo screenshot from Julie Nagel that was presented in court yesterday as well. Julie Nagel was inside 34 Fairview Road when John O’Keefe was murdered, and has been lying to police about what she saw and didn’t see. She evidently sent money to her brother last June with the message “Frank and Beverley.”

I didn’t write about this because the screenshot doesn’t prove anything, since there are many people named Frank and Beverly in Massachusetts. But how many of them are married? Not many as it turns out. And the only couple with those names that owns property on Cape Cod is Cannone and her husband Frank.

Again, this doesn’t PROVE that she knows Julie Nagel, but it may give the appearance that she does to an unbiased observer, which fits the standard for recusal.

It’s also highly suspicious why Nagel suddenly decided to delete all of her transactions after people began posting about it in a Facebook group that the Alberts and McCabes monitor.

I was expecting her to deny the motion to recuse on the spot, but instead Cannone took a 15 minute recess to think it over. When she came back we saw actual human emotions from her for the first time. She very defensively insisted that she did not know Sean McCabe, and never rented her summer home out to Julie Nagel (or anyone else). She pointed out that her name is not spelt Beverley either.

For what it’s worth people can misspell names, and the Google machine says that Beverley is something she also goes by.

But again, this doesn’t prove anything, although it does give the appearance of partiality to many.

In her written denial Cannone had the nerve to refer to me simply as a “blogger,” when in fact I am an award winning journalist, and said that I am not subject to the same high ethical standards as members of the press.

The mainstream media anointed Monica Cannon-Grant a civil rights icon in 2020 while we were exposing her fraud, racism, and threats of violence. Now Monica’s going to federal prison for exactly what we reported she was doing. So please, spare me the lecture about the high ethical standards of corporate controlled media.

Regardless, from that point forward Cannone was a different judge. Cannone 2.0 was visibly rattled by the implication that she wasn’t fair or impartial, and seems to be moving forward cognizant of the way she appears. It seems as if she does in fact care about her reputation, and knows that recusing herself would be an admittance that the defense’s allegations of partiality were legitimate. Therefore her best move was to not recuse herself, and comport herself differently moving forward.

In other words, although the motion was denied it was a huge wakeup call to her, and may be a turning point in the case moving forward.

Towards the end of the hearing Lunchbox Lally (who carries 500 manilla folders into court with him because he apparently can’t afford a briefcase) seemed noticeably on edge when Cannone demanded to know when he was going to hand over John O’Keefe’s clothing to the defense for DNA testing. She also seemed to like Attorney Little, who informed Cannone that Michael Proctor had not handed over 25 pieces of evidence, and that Lally had not copied her or Jackson on an email to Yannetti that was sent to him while he was in Italy.

The highlight of the hearing was Attorney Yannetti’s impassioned, fire and brimstone opposition to the gag motion, in defense of the First Amendment. In a speech that will go down in history as “How Dare They,” Yannetti pointed out the plethora of incidents in which the DA’s Office leaked information to the public for the purposes of turning public opinion against Karen Read. The sharp contrast between the passion you felt every time Karen’s attorneys spoke, compared to the monotone nonsense that Lunchbox Lally read off of a piece of paper, was impossible not to notice.

Let’s be clear – if Judge Cannone 2.0 continues to be fair then that is a direct result of our movement. The Sean McCabe screenshots were embarrassing for her, and must make her dislike the McCabe family for putting her in this position after protecting them for so long. But those screenshots would not even exist if we weren’t writing about this. McCabe posted that because he was frustrated with how effective our reporting has been on influencing public opinion. We pushed him over the edge and he reacted accordingly. Now as a result Judge Cannone was forced to change her behavior, and Karen Read may have a fair chance after all.

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20 Comments

  1. I’m thinking about those spies who hiding behind things and taking pictures of people at the protest. Hos long, do you think, until the Sisters and Brothers of the Turtle Watch expose them?

  2. One more thing . . . Unc now seems to have some folks helping out with media and graphics. It just dawned on me that a LinkedIn page showing a gig with TB Daily News has become a hugely positive reference.

  3. I said it on another thread, don’t count your eggs before they hatch. Auntie Bev was obviously feeling some pressure yesterday. I hope I am wrong but I believe she will continue to railroad Karen Read behind closed doors, when the cameras are off. I have lived and witnessed Massachusetts political corruption for decades. I have seen this movie before.

    1. You’re likely correct. But at a minimum hopefully there is nothing Heavy Bevy can do about exonerating Karen. There is no way they can get a conviction on her with the evidence (or lack thereof) that is going to be presented. Unless the state somehow has a huge bombshell up its sleeve. Very doubtful.

      1. Zero chance KR is found guilty in a courtroom in this state. Jury would have at least 1 turtle rider and they wouldn’t allow this miscarriage of no justice. Also, they cannot let conflicted Proctor on the stand, it would be a bloodbath. I would pay money to watch Alan Jackson and how dare you Yanetti dismember the states case. Lunchbox would be tapping out begging for mercy. The state is gonna find some b s technicality and dismiss against her, they know they have no chance.

    2. Exactly. This is about covering for Proctor to prevent a tidal wave of appeals, new trials and overturned convictions if it is shown he participated in framing an innocent woman in this case. Every case he ever touched would be called into question. The MA judiciary can’t take another State crime lab fiasco.

      1. They can’t take another state crime lab fiasco? I reckon that they have one already. Everything Proctor has done in his career will be examined with a fine tooth comb.

    3. After being responsible for butchering the Chesna case and having “the blogger’s” reporting show back up in her courtroom, something that defines her career… she may have understood, at that time, she’s fucked.

      Auntie Bev and her lack of Justice for dead cops. Weird…..

      She’ll side with whomever makes her look better in the end. There’s no way people in her inner circle haven’t started saying shit to her

  4. In too deep. Trooper Proctor, The Mass State Police, Canton Police, Former Chief of Canton Police, District attorney Lally, ATF, Boston Police Officer Albert and his son Colin, Jen McCabe, and the other 8 people who gathered at Officer Albert’s house that night and all fled at same time…. many of the people at the house that night have retained council even though not named as suspects or persons of interest. They know what’s coming down the Mass pike from D.C.

    Case must go on and it is obvious the Norfolk DA Lally is incompetent and willing to take the “L” to keep those involved out of jail , but that does not bother the State because now they want to lose the case and say ” Well we HAD the Murderer Karen Read and she escaped justice with High Paid Hollywood attorneys.

    That’s The END of the story all are Banking on. However I believe it is Just The Beginning for everyone involved.

    God Bless Turtle Boy and Angela Chan-O’Donnell

    P.S. Angela Please run for Canton Selectman Tuesday, April 2, 2024
    Canton Annual Town Election

    1. “They know what’s coming down the Mass pike from D.C.”

      That part aroused me…?

      Everyone, prepare to be fucked by the long dick of the law

  5. The judge distinguishing a blogger and a member of the press was pretty bogus. A lot of news organizations today are online only. Does Judge Cannone think that only big online news organizations have journalists, whereas small organizations just have “bloggers”? Turtleboy is obviously not just a blogger. His primary occupation is as an investigative journalist and members of the public are paying subscribers to his site, which reports on the news.

    Turtleboy: have you considered filing a lawsuit for declaratory judgment to clarify that you are a member of the press? I’m not sure how it would be structured, but that lawsuit would cite to Judge Cannone’s ruling and ask the court to clarify that you are, in fact, a journalist.

    Judge Cannone’s written ruling casts doubt on your status as a journalist if you are sued in the future, which is very much not okay. It means that, if you are not a journalist, you are not entitled to the “actual malice” standard for libel which would be extremely messed up.

  6. The judge’s argument that a blogger shouldn’t be able to force recusal was nonsense, anyway. The critical statement here was made by a family member (Sean McCabe) of an alleged perpetrator in the third-party culpability defense (Jen McCabe). The critical statement was not made by the blogger. The basis of the recusal motion is Sean McCabe’s statement, not Aidan Kearney’s. The legal question should have been, when a family member of the target of a third-party culpability defense states a relationship with the judge, is that a basis for recusal? The legal question was not, when a “blogger” reports on that statement, is it a basis for recusal? Her argument focusing on a “blogger” had no basis in logic and obfuscated the key issue. The recusal motion was about what Sean McCabe claimed — and threatened! — not what Aidan Kearney reported.

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