EXHIBIT “A”: The Jerry Kassar >>> Version <<< of Justice Edgar Walker’s Decision --- BUT WHY IS IT “TEDDY GHORRA V. CRAIG EATON” AND NOT “MARTY GOLDEN V. CRAIG EATON” ???

If ever somebody like Preet Bharara ever did a set of Charges and Specifications against somebody like, let’s say New York State Senator Martin Golden,  the August 23rd “Common Sense” column by Golden’s NYS-paid Chief of Staff Jerry Kassar would make an excellent  >>> Exhibit “A” <<<  in a multi-exhibit pathway to a brick walled federal cell around the Brooklyn GOP state senator 

Maybe that’s why Jerry Kassar thought he was being sly in not mentioning  his boss State Senator Marty Golden’s name in his August 23rd column about the Brooklyn GOP Convention decision by Justice Walker  ---   even though Judge Walker, in his 40+ page written decision, specifically referred to the opposing sides as the  ”Golden Faction”  and  the “Eaton Faction” 

BTW, in spite of any attempt to be sly, the biggest blunder by Kassar might have been in linking the Brooklyn GOP Convention decision part of his column with another part of his column mentioning the “…activation of an FBI investigation coordinated with the office of Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara …."

According to Jerry Kassar’s telling of the story,  “New York State Supreme Court Judge Edgar Walker came down with his decision in the election law case concerning control of the Kings County Republican Party that was waged between forces loyal to Teddy Ghorra vs. forces loyal to Craig Eaton. And Ghorra won!...   As many political observers had anticipated, Judge Walker threw out the election of Arnaldo Ferraro as chairperson and ordered a new convention which is to take place within 60 days of his order being filed….” (See  “On the Kings County Republican Party and Teddy Ghorra vs. Craig Eaton” .by Jerry Kassar, 8/23/16,  The Brooklyn Reporter/ editorial@brooklynreporter.com  [http://brooklynreporter.com/story/on-the-kings-county-republican-party-and-teddy-ghorra-vs-craig-eaton/]).

So far, Kassar is just very wrong in his coverage of the decision of Justice Edgar Walker about the Brooklyn GOP convention.  Maybe that's because Kassar isn't a lawyer, nor does he play one on television; however, I think it's because Kassar is very comfortable playing fast and loose when it comes to legalities, the election laws and election matters generally.

THE REMAINDER OF JERRY KASSAR'S AUGUST 23RD "COMMON SENSE" COLUMN ABOUT THE BROOKLYN GOP CONVENTION COURT DECISION IS  >>>  SIMPLY A TISSUE OF LIES & MISREPRESENTATIONS

 I’ll give you almost all of the remainder of Kassar’s creative fiction untouched, as follows:

“….  Judge Walker, in just one of many comments on the original convention called by Craig Eaton, said, ‘Given the number of irregularities that occurred in ruling on proxy votes, it is still highly probable that the Ghorra slate would have had more votes than the Ferraro slate but for the said irregularities and improper conduct on the part of the Committee in ruling on the validity of the proxies.’ The Credentials Committee chaired by attorney Gene Berardelli was as required by party bylaws also appointed by Eaton….   Inasmuch as, for the past 10 months, around three quarters of the Brooklyn Republican Party district leaders and officers have been attending regularly called meetings by Ghorra, it seems clear that they had, on their own, rejected the outcome of the now tainted convention. In fact, Ghorra with his committee nominated candidates in most districts in Brooklyn and even provided State Senator Simcha Felder with an authorization to run on the Republican line….   As for the Eaton/Ferraro team and its followers, they will need to be very careful in any involvement they have in a future convention because a state Supreme Court judge has in a detailed 40-page ruling outlined with great specificity countless problems in the manner in which then County Chairperson Craig Eaton called and conducted a convention that elected the unpopular Arnaldo Ferraro chairperson, a chairperson so unpopular that few district leaders and party officers would even attend the rare meetings he called.” 

The main problem with the passages above are the whole swaths of fact finding that Kassar simply left out of the Justice Walker decision; and almost equally deceptive are matters that aren’t part of the decision whatsoever; and some by implication completely contrary to the Walker holdings.  

First, and foremost is the fact that Kassar’s report doesn’t mention that Justice Walker’s  decision(s) refer to the two sides as the “Golden Faction” and the “Eaton Faction.  Kassar also completely fails to mention the existence of an earlier written decision, whose findings and rulings are the underpinning of Justice Walker’s  most recent 40+-page decision. Taken together,  the two written decisions make clear that the proxies personally tendered by NYS Senator Golden at the 2015 GOP Convention were part of a complex scheme involving one of Mr. Kassar’s subordinates on  State Senator Golden’s staff, James McClelland.  Judge Walker’s own recitation of McClelland’s testimony indicates that James McClelland made a series of robocalls on behalf of the Golden Faction that admittedly contained false information about the nature of the proxies and the process of proxy voting.  The earlier decision had ruled that the Gene Berardelli “Credentials Committee” was not authorized to invalidate any of the proxies based upon the proven frauds perpetrated by the Golden staff employees. 

Another significant omission by Mr. Kassar  >>> is the quite relevant holding by Justice Walker that no body was authorized to conduct any vote to elect Golden’s chosen candidate for County Chairman, Ted Ghorra.  <<<   Therefore, no meetings called by Mr. Ghorra had any authority to conduct any business for and on behalf of the Brooklyn GOP  [It is especially odd that Mr. Kassar specifically mentioned the completely illegal authorization of Simcha Felder to run for State Senator on the Republican Party line  ---  especially since that illegal authorization was not even executed by Mr. Ghorra  [but instead that Wilson -Pakula Authorization was executed by Mr. Kassar’s immediate subordinate on State Senator Golden’s staff,  John Qaglione]. 

Lastly,  there was no express or implied admonition as to how Mr. Eaton and/or Gene Berardelli and/or Arnaldo Ferraro and/or any others associated with any faction concerning how they need to conduct themselves with respect to any future GOP convention. pursuant to Justice Walker's decision. 

THE FUNNY THING ABOUT SEARCH ENGINES.....

If you were to put in a GOOGLE search for .” Ghorra Eaton Walker Preet Bharara”; . ; or  “Simcha Felder Ghorra Walker Preet Bharara”; or “Kassar Ghorra Walker Preet Bharara”  ---   at or near the top of the items that pop up is  “On the Kings County Republican Party and Teddy Ghorra vs. Craig ...  brooklynreporter.com/.../on-the-kings-county-republican-party-and-teddy-ghorra-vs-...  Aug 23, 2016." I'm sure several other similar searches would probably yield a similar result.

About the only “smart thing” that Kassar did in his coverage of the Justice Walker decision was to leave the name of his boss “Marty Golden” out of his August 23^rd column…..   However, in spite of that, if you put in the terms, ” Golden Eaton Ghorra Walker Preet Bharara”  guess what comes up as the number two item  ---  you’re right if you guessed  “On the Kings County Republican Party and Teddy Ghorra vs. Craig ...  brooklynreporter.com/.../on-the-kings-county-republican-party-and-teddy-ghorra-vs-...  Aug 23, 2016“  [Right after one of my own earlier posts about Justice Walker’s Brooklyn GOP Convention decision; and it will  probably drop a spot because of this very post].