Kevin Kenerly Pleads The Fifth - Video
Feb 10th, 2010 | By Editor | Category: All Posts, Government Representation, GwinnettGwinnett County commissioner Kevin Kenerly refused to testify before a grand jury, claiming the subpoena was “a fishing expedition.” The grand jury is investigating whether there’s anything shady about the millions of dollars paid to developers for future park land.
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Why in the world would the D.A. withdraw his subpoena? Let the commissioner’s motion go before the judge. This sounds fishy.
Yes, he (Kenerly) should be made to sit in the witness chair having taken an oath to God to tell the truth then state in front of the grand jury that he invokes his fifth amendment right and refuses to incriminate himself.
One would think it’s 1950 the way politicians continue to conduct “business”. When will Gwinnett County ever grow up?
Why does he feel that he needs immunity? Why won’t Porter grant him immunity in order to get to the truth?
Porter should NOT grant immunity to anyone for anything. A subpoena is not issued as a courtesy or a suggestion - compliance is not optional. Then again, recall the Grand Jury that was held to investigate the stadium deal - the co-foreman of that one was a participant in putting the deal together in the first place! The bottom line is that our current crop of elected officials reeks of corruption from top to bottom. This needs to be thoroughly investigated, and if nothing is found, we need to investigate the investigators, or at least equip them with white canes and guide dogs. The state ethics investigator that I worked with regarding some Bannister dirty deeds commented that the BOC surpassed all bad behavior that he had seen in his career to date. Gwinnett deserves better.
The AJC is quoting Porter as saying, “I withdrew the subpoena because I wasn’t prepared to grant Kenerly immunity. That’s basically what the motion requests. It means that any of the documents that he produced could not be used in a subsequent criminal proceeding against him.”
“I’ve withdrawn the subpoena,” Porter said, “but I expect that we’ll obtain the necessary information in other ways.”
So keep the subpoena in place, make him plead the fifth in front of the grand jury and then get the “necessary info” from your other sources.
If everyone ever subpoenaed played the game the same way Kenerly is and accepted the way Porter is allowing it no one would ever testify.