Chuck Turner Statement 12/15/09

December 15, 2009

Dear Supporters,

In the holiday spirit, I decided to Not put out the call for my
supporters to come to the Moakley Court House for this afternoon’s
hearing. The focus of today’s hearing was scheduling so it seemed that
it wasn’t necessary to bring people to the court.

Judge Woodlock who will be the trial judge presided over the hearing.
He moved the tentative date to begin trial from April to June 21st. He
made that decision because of a case before the Supreme Court
regarding the constitutionality of the payment for public services law
that is used in the Wilkerson case. While he set the trial date for
June 21st, the trial might actually begin on a later date depending on
the timing of the Supreme Court’s decision.

Judge Woodlock also set January 22nd as the date by which we will have
to file all of our motions. Asst U.S. Attorney McNeil will have to
file his response to our motions and Senator Wilkerson’s motion by
February 19th.  On March 17th, Judge Woodlock will hear the
presentation on the motions.  So finally we are off and running.

Happy holidays,

Chuck

PS  I can’t talk about the specifics of the “evidence” now that we
have accepted it. However, my view after seeing the evidence is the
same as it was before. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE. Since I did not commit
the crimes they allege, I should not be surprised at the lack of
evidence. However, my lawyers and I thought they might fake some
information in order to build a case.  The fact that they didn’t
fortify their case with “faked evidence” supports, I believe, the
theory that they assumed that they could push me off the Council
without going to trial.