The messengers have been indicted. Yesterday, Mary Lou Keel’s grand jury indicted David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt for their involvement in the Planned Parenthood investigation. Keel, the judge of the 232nd District Court is currently running for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
This result was foreshadowed by District Attorney Devon Anderson’s prior decision making. As you likely know, Devon Anderson was appointed by Rick Perry to the position after her husband, Mike Anderson, passed away months into his first term. Following this appointment, Devon was placed on the 2014 ballot to complete her late husband’s term. On December 20, 2013, after she knew that she did not have a primary opponent, a Harris County grand jury no billed Douglas Karpen, a local doctor accused of performing late term abortions. Four former employees of Karpen accused him of delivering live babies during the third trimester and killing them by snipping their spinal cords or twisting their necks. The evidence was compelling and any decent prosecutor from the DA’s office could have taken the case to trial with these witnesses. Anderson of course no billed Karpen. Anderson decided to stick with capital murders on video. That is the level of evidence that she is comfortable with.
Devon Anderson has highlighted the work of Ann Johnson, hired by Mike Anderson to “specialize and combat human trafficking.” In 2012, Ann Johnson ran as a pro-Planned Parenthood Democrat against State Representative Sarah Davis.
Anderson has never been called to task about her judicial bypass record as a District Court Judge.
Here we are and Devon Anderson is again on the ballot. Now, she seeks a full term as District Attorney – again, without a primary opponent. Devon Anderson and her arrogance have succeeded in going where no DA has gone before. Can you imagine a sitting Harris County DA going to the left of the Los Angeles District Attorney or the Manhattan DA’s office? Is this Texas Justice?
While we wait for the records to appear on the Harris County District Clerk’s website, you may research Devon Anderson on Big Jolly. You need to ask yourselves why Dan Patrick, Ryan Patrick, Jared Woodfill, Hotze, and others have been such big supporters of the Andersons. Hate to say I told you so, but . . .
https://bigjolly.com/devon-anderson-cancels-debates-2/
https://bigjolly.com/voted-kim-ogg/
https://bigjolly.com/harris-countys-tough-crime-da-devon-anderson/
https://bigjolly.com/da-devon-anderson-delay-victor-trevino-trial/
Can you document former District Judge Devon Anderson’s record on judicial bypass? These are all very confidential as the legislature intended. Mary Jane Smith .
Mary Jane Smith, are you defending Devon’s judicial bypasses, or just seeking to cover them up?
I am not defending or accusing. I am asking you the question. You stated in your fifth that she had a questionable judicial bypass record. I just want the facts. And how did you acquire these facts as they are suppose to be very private matters.
should have read … your fifth paragraph (above)
Mary Jane Smith, I have people in her court when Devon was a Judge present during judicial by passes, same with Judge Susan Brown too!
Very good information Don. I have called the district attorney’s office, Judge Brock Thomas’ District Court 338, where this case originated and Keel’s 232nd office. Finally someone took my name and number and said Mrs. Anderson would call me personally to discuss which Harris County prosecutor took on the case. A call to any of these offices today will be met by exasperation from the staffer that answers saying “it’s so crazy today!” but they have been instructed by Mrs. Anderson not to answer any questions.
The Chronicle mentions this case originated at the request of Dan Patrick in August when Mrs. A defended Lauren Reeder. Keel’s grand jury was not seated until October 2nd, the last one of the year.
I see a need for the Texas Rangers to step into the Harris County District Attorneys offices and do some sniffing around.
Great information Dan! Thank you! The Rangers sniffing around is how we got here with Devon.
Hmmm-with knowledge of its falsity make, present and use a government record with the intent to defraud (and harm another). Do undercover investigations by the Feds or police ever involve the use of a governmental record ie; driver license made, presented and used with a similar intent? To deceive and arrest? If so, what happens to previously adjudicated cases where the knowingly fraudulent governmental record was a part of the case?
And as to the “covert recordings” reported in The Federalist may I ask if undercover Feds or police investigations, “stings”, “crackdowns” ever involve a recording device? Government must demonstrate probable cause and obtain a warrant. What are the potential implications for citizen journalists (or anyone for that matter) recording unlawful acts in a one-party consent state and making those recordings public?
Yvonne gets to the rub of the indictment. If you have a judge’s permission (see Judge Keel’s resume’ where it relates “In 2009 she was appointed the wiretap judge for the Second Administrative Judicial Region of Texas.”) you can do exactly what these two did to try to catch law breakers.
My hunch is these two are in trouble for doing exactly what law enforcement does everyday. Except they didn’t get a judge’s approval because they are not part of a government law enforcement agency. Devon and Keel know this and are using this against them. Because they can, not because its right.
They are using Alinsky’s tactics in reverse. Not allowing others to use the same rules they use.
http://www.maryloukeel.com/#!about-judge-keel/cjg9
The need for a warrant in the case of law enforcement is due to the provision in the Constitution which requires them to obtain a warrant. The Constitutional protection against unreasonable search and seizure in the 4th amendment. . They can still make the recordings without a warrant it is just not admissible in court. There is no such restrictions placed upon the private sector. In fact recording made by private citizens are admissible even without a warrant.
They are being charged with felonies for using fake IDs. IOW they were undercover but outside of legal protection that affords law enforcement to use the same tactics.
Ronnie Earle 2.0. You have to be careful when ever you expose corruption in organizations with strong political allies.
I’m thinking Harris County may be going the way of Houston. I was sitting at a neighborhood breakfast and an invited speaker was the Chairman of the Harris County Hospital District, I think they call it Harris County Health now. The guy was a total shill for Medicaid expansion. He had mathmagical figures that were so easily debunked it took all of his staked crowd of Bethel Baptist Church and other such plants to quell the counter points being asked.
Devon just got a democrat elected to DA. Hope Kim is okay in that spot. Probably a huge PPer like Devon but at least honest about it. Never saw Devon as such a opportunistic lib..
Wait so the biggest names in the Houston social conservative, pro life, social conservative scene support Anderson, and Anderson’s office just indicted the people who exposed mass murder?
I’m confused.
I am so glad, I walk away and closed the political door behind me…and I have not missed it. I learned to much, heard lots and seeing things I wish I had stayed an infant. Now … I run from all candidates.
good night, light are out, David, Yvonne and the rest.
Thanks Don for the quick report on this travesty of justice. Who were the two persons indited intending to defraud in the making of the recordings.to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal activities. As I understand it, the making of the recordings themselves aren’t illegal.. And, if the two persons indited were supposedly attempting to buy fetal body parts in violation of the law, why weren’t those employees of Planned Parenthood willing to sell the fetal body parts also indited?. It’s like catching a john and a prostitute in the middle of making a transaction and arresting the john but letting the prostitute go. Except, the john was not intending to hire the prostitute, just expose her. I can’t imagine DA Anderson being able to explain this action away. It smells to high heaven. The defendants are sure to get big time defense representation for this case. Expect Harris County to be ridiculed over this. It already drew mention on Rush today. . .
Don, oh the story gets much better. I always save the best for last and knew much more at the time of my writing. I wanted to see who we would smoke out as Devon supporters participating in the spin, see above MJS. The next article has far more information about how, who, and when.
I can’t wait to see it, Don. I’m no lawyer but this indictment doesn’t make sense just like Don Sumners pointed out.
Question: What portion of the blame goes to the Grand Jury, the DA and Judge Keel and why?
Cypress, if you look at Lisa Falkenberg’s article in today’s Chronicle you will see where the indictments came from. Reading the comments from the Planned Parenthood lawyer Josh Schaffer he tells you he was dealing with the DA’s office, not a grand jury investigation. I promise to cover all of it.
I guess that Planned Parenthood is more difficult to indict than a ham sandwich………..
PP is like so many other g’ment subsidized initiatives. They pay off enough people with other people’s money and those that are bought become advocates. This phenomena is playing out with ethanol as well. They claim any reduction in the RFS will cut into employment. But since the major employment of corn production is farm labor, we have to keep our borders open to accommodate the demand for cheap (ahem subsidized) labor.
PP is embedded into our health care subsidization so deeply the claim of cutting their funding results in screams of eliminating health care for women. Our tax paying citizens are being played and we have been going along with the game.too long.
I plan to write in “Don Hooper” for Harris County District Attorney in the Republican primary election on March 1. So what if he is not a lawyer; he is an effective investigator. Plus, he is not a lying crook.
I often have to defend social conservatives and right-to-life folks from my many pagan acquaintances who claim that they are dim-witted and simple-minded, but this incident gives the pagans fresh ammunition.
Don, I asked you yesterday in a different thread to cover this and you wrote a doozy. Thank you, thank you for responding so quickly with great info. I live in California but have family in Texas. I will help out in any way that I can. Keep the good info. coming and thank God for people like you and David Daleiden.
You are welcome, more to come:-)