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Did you get one of these?
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We are told a goodly number of letters have been received by persons who may have spoken with Atkinson during that period and have now received this notice required of federal prosecutors to tell them that they were listening to their conversations.
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"During the period of authorized interception, wire communications to or from your telephone were intercepted," the letter signed by Ass. US Attorney Jody L. Young, reads.
Since being charged with the counts, federal prosecutors filed a sealed motion that many observers say is a motion to revoke her bond pending trial after she attended a Brownsville Independent School District board meeting in apparent violation of her conditional release.
That hearing is scheduled for July 30 and will be via Zoom. Since the U.S. Constitution dictates that hearings in federal courts are open to the public, local court observers are wondering when the court will make the pass word known to those who may wish to see the proceedings.
Think hard. If you got one of those letters, did you talk about a movie?
Did you get one of these?
Depending on how many people Dr. Sylvia Atkinson spoke to on her cell phone during the period from February 12 to May 13, 2018, they probably got a letter like this.
We are told a goodly number of letters have been received by persons who may have spoken with Atkinson during that period and have now received this notice required of federal prosecutors to tell them that they were listening to their conversations.
"During the period of authorized interception, wire communications to or from your telephone were intercepted," the letter signed by Ass. US Attorney Jody L. Young, reads.The letter also informs the recipients that the "Honorable Andrew S. Hanen authorized the interception of wire communications over the above captioned phone."
What was hot on the BISD boilerplate then?
Let's see, we had a $120 million facilities budget to approve and contracts to let out, the rotten barbacoa scandal was causing a stink, there was a move (stymied) to make indicted trustee Carlos Elizondo board president, board president Cesar Lopez filed for port commissioner, and vendors were complaining of apparent "favoritism" in the BISD procurement process to favor some above others.
Pretty much the usual, it seems.
Prosecutors obviously cast a wide net in their investigation which resulted in a federal grand jury issuing eight federal counts of conspiracy, bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, and violation of the Travel Act-State Law Bribe.
What was hot on the BISD boilerplate then?
Let's see, we had a $120 million facilities budget to approve and contracts to let out, the rotten barbacoa scandal was causing a stink, there was a move (stymied) to make indicted trustee Carlos Elizondo board president, board president Cesar Lopez filed for port commissioner, and vendors were complaining of apparent "favoritism" in the BISD procurement process to favor some above others.
Pretty much the usual, it seems.
Prosecutors obviously cast a wide net in their investigation which resulted in a federal grand jury issuing eight federal counts of conspiracy, bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, and violation of the Travel Act-State Law Bribe.
Since being charged with the counts, federal prosecutors filed a sealed motion that many observers say is a motion to revoke her bond pending trial after she attended a Brownsville Independent School District board meeting in apparent violation of her conditional release.
That hearing is scheduled for July 30 and will be via Zoom. Since the U.S. Constitution dictates that hearings in federal courts are open to the public, local court observers are wondering when the court will make the pass word known to those who may wish to see the proceedings.
Think hard. If you got one of those letters, did you talk about a movie?