Yes, we are back after several years and refreshed and ready again to expose corruption throughout the state.
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| Jack Thorpe Wagoner Cty D.A. |
But our first story in the newsletter is an update on an old story, the Tyler Paulsen persecution out of Wagoner County. Right now Commissioner James Hanning and several others are being sued for abuse of authority basically and the most concerning part is the AG office fighting tooth and nail to protect an accused child molester that they have refused to prosecute. I get it, bodies will be dug up when you take down one of the powerful corrupt public officials. But refusing to clean house just spatters all public officials especially those that are refusing to do their duty or protecting the corrupt.
Why would a representative of the Attorney Generals office attempt to prevent the truth from coming out in a corruption civil case where one of the defendants is a public official and has had credible accusations of child molestation against him? If the alleged acts of the defendants were not part of their official duties, why would the AG office even get involved? Below is a cleaned up version of most of a transcript, with line numbers removed to make it more readable, and the cross exam at the end was omitted again for readability and discussion purposes. We will gladly provide the entire transcript in its original form to anyone that requests it.
Our comments in larger text are interspersed where needed to ask questions or explain the significance of the line of questioning. In this case Tyler Paulsen is suing Wagoner County Commissioner James Hanning and his brother Arron Hanning. Jack Thorpe is the Wagoner County D.A. who also covers a total of four counties in is judicial district and Eric Jordan is the lead ADA in Creek County, one of Thorpe's four counties. Last week we ran a story on the transcript of the deposition of Jack Thorpe. Reading that story will explain some of the significance of Jordan's answers. Understand that when Thorpe was being deposed in this case James Hanning was sitting in the room listening along with all of their attorneys and the AG lawyer.
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| Commissioner James Hanning |
DEPOSITION OF ERIC JORDAN, taken on behalf of
the plaintiff pursuant to the following stipulations,
on the 5th day of May, 2023, at 15 West Sixth Street,
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| Eric Jordan, witness |
Tulsa, Oklahoma,
Present in the room were Wagoner County Commissioner James Hanning and Wagoner County District Attorney Jack Thorpe and a representative from the AG office.
Bunson is the AG representative and Starr is James and Arron Hanning's lawyer.
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| Jon Starr, Hannings attorney |
Q. Sir, you're a licensed attorney; is that correct?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And you understand that as an attorney, you are considered an officer of the court and your
statements are under oath; correct?
A. Yes.
Q: How long have you been an attorney?
A. Approximately 26 years.
Q. And –
A. A little short of 26. It will be 26 in, I guess,September of this year, so 25.
Q. Were you in the military?
A. No.
Q. How long have you been working for District 27?
A. My last stint started in June of 2018, and then I
had a stint that began in April -- I think it was April of '15.
Q. All right. You heard Mr. Thorp. He was trying – he wasn't sure and he was trying to identify time
periods when you were working for his office. Was his time accurate?
A. I mean, you'd have to tell me what time he stated. I mean, I listened to part, but I wasn't listening
to everything.
Q. All right. Let me do this then. When did you first start working for District 27?
A. I believe, to the best of my recollection, it was April of '16.
Q. And did you have a gap at all from April of '16 to today?
A. Yes.
Q. All right. And what period was your gap?
A. That would have been roughly from February of '17 until June of '18 where I went back to private practice.
Q. And then you came back in -- when in 2018 did you come back?
A. June.
Q. So if I understand this correctly, April of 2016 until February of 2017, you were working District 27?
A. That's correct.
Q. And then there was a gap until June of 2018?
A. That's correct.
Q. And there was a time period that I don't want to get into a whole lot or really at all, but there's a time period where you had to take some time off of work for a legal situation; is that correct?
A. I was in private practice.
Q. So you were in private practice when that happened?
A. Yes.
Q. Okay. When the incident happened or when you had to take time off of work?
A. When what incident happened?
The “incident” that Mr. Bunson is going to be upset about below this comment was the drunk driving arrest and one of the only statements by Jordon was that this was his first traffic accident. Jordan was “fired” from Wagoner County D.A. Office in February of 2017 and rehired by Jack Thorpe around a year later it seems from his answers below. And sent to another county that Thorpe is the D.A. in. You can't make this kind of stuff up... Jordon of course received special treatment by the judicial system, his case was sent to Muskogee county where the possible felony charges of leaving the scene of an injury accident and injuring someone while driving drunk were downgraded to misdemeanors. Jordan ultimately received one year deferred sentences for two charges and a $1000 fine for both charges plus court costs. Jordan and his buddies in the judicial system quickly sealed the case but you can find online copies of the docket for his case. Mr. Bunson is frantic to prevent the jury in this case of levring of this DUI/leaving the scene of an accident because it shows with glaring certainty that there are two judicial systems in Oklahoma, one for the powerful and connected and another for we the peons.
MR. BUNSON: I'm going to object. That's well outside the specific topics of which the judge has
allowed testimony.
Q. (By Mr. McHugh) Okay. I'll just ask you when you -- when you took time off of work, you were in
private practice; correct?
A. I'm not sure I understand your question. What I did is, I left employment with District 27, went into private practice for a period of time, and then came back in 2018.
Q. All right. So the situation I was alluding to, that situation occurred while you were in private
practice; correct?
A. What situation?
MR. BUNSON: I'm going to advise you not to answer. This is outside the scope.
Q. (By Mr. McHugh) I'll just ask it this way; this might be easiest. Mr. Thorp didn't use h
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