[Am-info] Add witness tampering to the list

[John J. Urbaniak]

"T.Guilbert" wrote:

> In a message dated 2002 April 17 (Wednesday), timestamp 08:32 AM,
>    on the topic [Am-info] Add witness tampering to the list,
>    "John J. Urbaniak" <jjurban@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> "|   http://news.findlaw.com/business/s/20020416/microsoftdc.html
>
> "|Microsoft Witness Sought a Favor From Gates
>
> "|HOW MANY CRIMES CAN GATES GET AWAY WITH!!!
>
> "|He gave evasive and misleading testimony under oath.  They
> "|manufactured evidence and submitted it.  Now they're tampering with
> "|witnesses.
>
> "|I shout WHY AREN'T THESE CRIMINALS IN JAIL???
>
> 1. The request for a favor was initiated by the witness, not offered
> by Microsoft.
>
> 2. There is no evidence that Microsoft agreed to do the favor the
> witness requested.
>

Sure there is.  Gates agreed to "talk to his people about [it]."

This is not a business deal that the two parties were negotiating.  This
concerned testifying in court.

Gates should have told the AMD guy, "Sorry, we can't discuss deals and
arrangements with a potential witness," and dropped AMD from its witness
list.  That would have been legal and honorable.

Instead, AMD showed up as a pro-Microsoft witness.

John


>
> On that basis, I fail to see how you reach the conclusion that
> Microsoft was tampering with this witness.
>
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