(From the diaries! - promoted by Eric B.)
Today's Detroit Free Press Editorial poses some of the questions Mike Cox MUST TRUTHFULLY ANSWER under oath before he can hope to return to his gubernatorial campaign. It will be solid evidence that Cox is crooked if Cox continues his rope a dope strategy of changing the subject or attacking the reporters or questioning the competency and motives of 3 career Michigan State Police investigators whenever Cox is questioned about his obstruction of the Manoogian Mansion investigation.
The Free Press questions include:
• Did the AG's office condone DPD's refusal to provide evidence sought by state police investigators, as Krebs asserts -- and if so, why?
• Was the state police attempt to subpoena hospital records investigators hoped would identify the alleged Manoogian assault victim a fishing expedition involving the records of "thousands of African-American women at Detroit Receiving," as Cox has previously asserted, or a narrowly focused inquiry into one three-hour period, as Krebs testified? And if Krebs' version is correct, why did the AG's office refuse to authorize the subpoena?
• Why did Cox close down his investigation and pressure the state police to conclude its own before Krebs and his colleagues were satisfied with its thoroughness?
• What did Cox hope to achieve by interviewing Kilpatrick himself, without placing the mayor under oath or making a record of the interview?
A few other question that should be asked of Cox:
-Who was the intermediary who cut the deal between Cox and Kilpatrick that Cox would take the investigation over and then close it down and clear Kilpatrick?
-What was the quo that Kilpatrick traded in return for Cox ending the investigation?
-Did Cox end the Kilpatrick investigation in return for behind the scenes support in Cox's 2006 re election campaign or was Kilpatrick blackmailing Cox with threats of distributing Courthouse security video tapes of Cox caught in flagrante delicto with some of his employees?
Cox told the Free Press that issues related to his hindering the Manoogian Mansion investigation was like "gum stuck on his shoe" and that he was just going to keep walking to get off. Cox must have skipped a lot of law school classes or he would know that engaging in some kind of obstruction of a law enforcement investigation for some yet to be learned benefit is a serious ethical if not criminal problem and not just gum on his shoe. Apparently Cox did not pay attention to his oath of office to uphold the laws of the state either. |
