I guess Friday the 13th wasn’t Keith Kaneshiro’s lucky day.
“Holy cow!”
That was the reaction of Honolulu Police Commission member Loretta Sheehan, a former prosecutor, when she learned that the FBI served search warrants yesterday at the Honolulu Prosecutor’s office, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s report on the raid published this morning (“Agents search servers, seize computers as part of Kealoha investigation“).
The raid and search warrant appear to be related to the ongoing grand jury public corruption investigation involving deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha and her husband, embattled Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha.
The warrant allows federal investigators to search the computer server in the prosecutor’s office, which should provide access to emails and other documents.
I guess it shows that Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro’s refusal to cooperate when called before the grand jury was not an effective legal strategy nor an exercise in good judgement.
The search warrants follow letters notifying several people they are targets of the ongoing criminal probe, including the chief and a group of officers close to the chief.
Why all the fuss about a “stolen” mailbox?
Civil Beat reporter Nick Grube, who has been following this story since its inception, had a suggestive nugget in a story published on Monday, January 9 (“Is HPD Chief’s Departure Just The Beginning Of An ‘Ugly’ Mess?“).
Moreover, the investigation is bigger than just a missing mailbox, according to Alexander Silvert, the federal public defender who first uncovered evidence of wrongdoing that prompted the FBI to take action.
“The plea of guilty by Silva and the removal of the chief by the police commission is the tip of the iceberg,” Silvert said Saturday, referring to retired Honolulu officer Niall Silva, who is cooperating with federal investigators. “The grand jury investigation and the evidence we turned over is so much more far-reaching than what has come out to date.”
“There is a long way to go and a lot more that has yet to come out that involves HPD and that involves other officials in other departments of the city and county,” Silvert says. “We are only in the beginning stages of what’s going to be a long, messy, ugly part of Hawaiian law enforcement history.”
Silvert is suggesting the whole mailbox incident just a step along the way of a broader corruption case that’s about the engulf the city.
Holy cow!
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Hmm. Didn’t someone mention how strange Keith Kaneshiro’s behavior was when it came, not just in vigorously defending Kat Kealoha, but in how stridently he criticized and discredited the federal investigation to the press? And this person commented on Kaneshiro’s behavior TWICE on the very pages of this blog while the mainstream local media didn’t bat an eyelash. I wonder who that masked man was?
And while I’m on the topic of the people ignoring pink elephants in the room,…. does anyone have any comments to make about HPD Commission Chair Max Sword’s demeanor at the City Council hearing this past week? I mean, I understand if the man has to be careful about what he says in a public hearing in regards to Louis Kealoha’s retirement. But does anyone else find it disconcerting for Sword to be giggling like a school girl when he says “no comment.” Taxpayers having to pay a reported $250K payout (on top of the pension that he is already slated to get) is no laughing matter to anyone! Someone who personally knows Sword needs to tell him that a guy in his position can’t be having fits of nervous laughter when publicly discussing serious matters like this. Unless he wants to continue totally embarrassing himself and the rest of the police commission.
Frankly,I hope they nail Kaneshiro,too. I think he’s as dirty as the Kealohas,by covering up for them.
“. . . does anyone else find it disconcerting for Sword to be giggling like a school girl when he says ‘no comment.'” Yes.
Oh my goodness, all the knives are coming out, aren’t they? I’ve lived here a lifetime already and I still am surprised by the rumors and hatred that revolves through the community. Breathtaking.
Citing FBI policy regarding ongoing investigations, Laanui said the agency “will not be providing, at this time, any statements regarding the subjects of its investigation, identities of victims, or the purpose of today’s activity.
— SA
Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates disagreed with FBI Director James Comey’s decision to notify Congress about his bureau’s review of emails potentially related to Hillary Clinton’s personal server, law enforcement officials familiar with the discussion said.
They added it was contrary to department policies and procedures, one law enforcement source said.
Comey decided to disregard their concerns and sent the letter Friday anyway, shaking the presidential race 11 days before the election and nearly four months after the FBI chief said he wouldn’t recommend criminal charges over the Democratic nominee’s use of the server.
— that horrible CNN