Councilor Turner Press Release 2/9/09

Dear Friends,

Today, we move beyond the first phase of my Campaign for Truth, Light,
and Justice by focusing national and international attention not just
on my arrest and indictment but also on the eight years of corrupt
practices of President Bush’s Department of Injustice.  With the help
of former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and his organization, the
International Action Center, a petition is being sent around the world
to enable people to speak out against the judicial atrocities of the
Bush administration.

(to sign the petition go to: http://www.iacboston.org/chuckturnerpetition.html)

We are asking that they send the online petition to President Obama
and Attorney General Holder asking them to 1) Drop the fraudulent
charges in my case; 2) Investigate all pending indictments of public
officials to determine which ones should be dropped because of
political and/or racially motivation; 3) Review all convictions of all
political officials indicted during the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzalez/Rove
administration to determine which ones should have new trials because
of political and/or racial motivation; 4) Initiate legal action
against those Attorney Generals who set up politically and/or racially
motivated indictments and prosecutions; and 5) Initiate legislation to
end collusion between prosecutors and media that destroys the

opportunity for a fair trial by distributing governmental allegation
as evidence before any arraignments, indictments, or trials have taken
place.

We believe that this petition drive is taking place at an excellent
time given the focus on corruption in the Justice Department locally
and nationally.  On Monday, January 26th, Federal Judge Mark Wolfe,
Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Federal Court, ordered Ass’t US
Prosecutor Suzanne Sullivan (not related) and US Attorney Michael
Sullivan to file affidavits by February 5th explaining why he should
not sanction either Ms. Sullivan or the US Attorney’s Office or both
for withholding evidence. The report in the Globe said that Chief
Justice Wolfe characterized Ms. Sullivan’s actions “as the latest
‘egregious failure’ of the US Attorney’s office to disclose evidence
that could have helped clear a defendant.” Chief Justice Wolfe also
listed in his 42 page ruling at least nine major cases he presided
over during the last two decades in which prosecutors working for
Michael Sullivan and his predecessors allegedly withheld importance
evidence.

Remember when Ron Wilburn said that the statements in the US
Attorney’s complaint that said he came to them and told them that he
knew of six instances where Senator Wilkerson had taken bribes were
lies. At that time I said to the media that they should locus on
whether the prosecutors were lying given Mr. Wilburn’s statements. The
media reaction, as usual, was that I was trying to hide my guilt.

Yet, so far the only newspaper response to the report on Justice
Wolfe’s action has been an editorial in the Globe saying that the next
US Attorney should be required to make a commitment before appointment
not to conceal evidence the way US Attorney Sullivan and those working
for him have done. Where is Howie Carr and the other columnists who
condemned me, now that the Chief Justice is condemning US Attorney’s
allowing evidence to be hidden yet again. Seems like a double standard
to me.

In addition to Chief Justice Wolfe’s action, Chair of the House
Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed Karl Rove to testify before the
Judiciary Committee to discuss his role in the firing of nine US
Attorneys allegedly for their unwillingness to cooperate with the Bush
administration desire to have them move aggressively against political
officials. Although these firings led to Attorney General Gonzalez and
nine top Justice Department officials, there was little if any
discussion of this during the focus on US Attorney Sullivan’s focus on
Senator Wilkerson and myself.

You can find the online petition on the www.supportchuckturner.com
website. For those who have been asking how you can help, please send
a petition to President Obama and US Attorney Holder and forward it to
your friends and neighbors and ask them to get involved. While it
certainly will be helpful to me, hopefully it will also play a role in
persuading President Obama’s administration to join Congressman
Conyers and his House Judiciary Committee in their attempt to
prosecute the prosecutors who brought Injustice to the Justice
Department.

Watch for announcements of our February rally where we plan to focus
on these issues as well as the historical attacks by the Justice
Department on African-American and other elected officials of color as
well as progressives. We also ask that you come to the Moakley
Courthouse on February 25th when my lawyers will attempt to stop US
Attorney Sullivan attempt to have Judge Hillman force me to sign a gag
order saying that I can’t talk publicly about any evidence that could
help convince the public of my innocence.

Sincerely,

Chuck

To sign the petition: http://www.iacboston.org/chuckturnerpetition.html