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Does this all actually mean they are bringing the KBI in on the investigation against the newspaper? People responding as though this is a check on the police,

Does this all actually mean they are bringing the KBI in on the investigation against the newspaper? People responding as though this is a check on the police, but this sounds like it could instead be an escalation (maybe by law enforcement that isn't so ham handed, but not necessarily any more virtuous)

sambull 3y ago
It does sound like they want them to investigate the newspaper
JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> Does this all actually mean they are bringing the KBI in on the investigation against the newspaper? Police conducted the raid. The Marion County Attorney withdrew the search warrant on the basis of "'insufficient evidence'...to establish a 'legally sufficient nexus between this alleged crime and the places searched and the items seized'" [1]. Said attorney's brother, with his wife, "owns Marion’s Historic Elgin Hotel, where the restaurant Chef’s Plate at Parlour 1886 is located. The hotel’s liquor license is currently held by [the wife], but is only valid through Aug. 28. Newell owns Chef’s Plate and is seeking her own liquor license" [2]. (Newell is the proximate cause of this mess.) At face value, this looks like a conflicted party asking a third party to take over a tainted investigation. [1] https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article278300178.html https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article27830017... [2] https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article278388049.html https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article2...
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  > At face value, this looks like a conflicted party asking a third party to take over a tainted investigation. KBI is not a third party, they were active participants in the investigation leading to the raid, and released a supportive statement during the outrage over it. (The third party that needs to get involved is the US DOJ.) https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/13/kbi-director-on-marion-county-newspaper-raid-media-is-not-above-the-law/ https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/13/kbi-director-on-mario...
- anon84873628 3y ago
  So is the hypothesis that the Ensey's want to ensure Newell receives the new liquor license, but the reporting by the newspaper was going to interfere with that? Or more generally we could just assume that the Ensey's and Newell are friends due to their business relationship, so the County Attorney was simply attempting to protect his friend from bad press.
dragonwriter 3y ago
> Does this all actually mean they are bringing the KBI in on the investigation against the newspaper? Either that or against the people publishing the suppressed criminal history of the judge.

sambull 3y ago

It does sound like they want them to investigate the newspaper

JumpCrisscross 3y ago

> Does this all actually mean they are bringing the KBI in on the investigation against the newspaper? Police conducted the raid. The Marion County Attorney withdrew the search warrant on the basis of "'insufficient evidence'...to establish a 'legally sufficient nexus between this alleged crime and the places searched and the items seized'" [1]. Said attorney's brother, with his wife, "owns Marion’s Historic Elgin Hotel, where the restaurant Chef’s Plate at Parlour 1886 is located. The hotel’s liquor license is currently held by [the wife], but is only valid through Aug. 28. Newell owns Chef’s Plate and is seeking her own liquor license" [2]. (Newell is the proximate cause of this mess.) At face value, this looks like a conflicted party asking a third party to take over a tainted investigation. [1] https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article278300178.html https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article27830017... [2] https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article278388049.html https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article2...

dragonwriter 3y ago
> At face value, this looks like a conflicted party asking a third party to take over a tainted investigation. KBI is not a third party, they were active participants in the investigation leading to the raid, and released a supportive statement during the outrage over it. (The third party that needs to get involved is the US DOJ.) https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/13/kbi-director-on-marion-county-newspaper-raid-media-is-not-above-the-law/ https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/13/kbi-director-on-mario...
anon84873628 3y ago
So is the hypothesis that the Ensey's want to ensure Newell receives the new liquor license, but the reporting by the newspaper was going to interfere with that? Or more generally we could just assume that the Ensey's and Newell are friends due to their business relationship, so the County Attorney was simply attempting to protect his friend from bad press.

dragonwriter 3y ago

> Does this all actually mean they are bringing the KBI in on the investigation against the newspaper? Either that or against the people publishing the suppressed criminal history of the judge.