Update: Indiana Judge: “You Have a Strong Case”

BALLOT CHALLENGE TO OBAMA’S ELIGIBILITY DENIES DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS

by Sharon Rondeau

(Sep. 26, 2012) — Earlier today, Atty. Orly Taitz appeared in the Marion County, IN Superior Court for a hearing on a challenge to Obama’s presidential eligibility.  She  quoted Judge Sherry Reid as having said, “I believe you have a strong case.  I believe in your argument.  I would have given you an injunction, but I need evidence.”

While Taitz was in court, a clerk for Judge Larry D. Hendricks from a Kansas court left three messages on her cell phone regarding her lawsuit filed there.  “She wanted to do a status hearing today, but because I had a hearing in Indiana, my phone was off.  It was a lengthy hearing.  We are having a status conference on Friday.  The hearing is Wednesday at 1:30.  The judge is a serious judge, and he said that he would be willing to listen to witness testimony:  ‘Bring the witnesses, and I will listen.’  He said he needs to know by Friday at 12:30 Pacific time the number of witnesses coming and how long their testimony will be.  It’s going to be even better than Georgia.  Remember in Georgia, the judge said, when I brought all the witnesses, ‘I’m giving ten minutes to Van Irion, twenty minutes to Hatfield, and one hour to Taitz’? and that’s it.  But this judge is better, because he is asking how many witnesses and how much time they will need.  It looks as if he will give us time; he will not rush us.  That might be our best chance,” Taitz said.

The hearing in Indiana lasted approximately two hours.  Afterward, Taitz was a guest on a radio show, “Crosstalk,” which is carried on 92 stations across the country.  She told the host that she is asking Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose office investigated Obama’s long-form birth certificate and Selective Service registration card and found them both to be “computer-generated forgeries,” to travel to Kansas next week to act as witnesses.  Both Arpaio and Mike Zullo, the lead investigator of the group which conducted the investigation, have submitted affidavits to Taitz stating their findings about Obama’s documentation.

Zullo and Arpaio held two press conferences, the second of which was July 17, at which time Zullo said of Obama’s birth certificate, “That document is a forgery.”  Arpaio had asked Congress to investigate, and recent reports have claimed that Speaker of the House John Boehner has refused “three times” to do so.

“Arpaio could have been the person who could have given that to us today,” Taitz said.  “We would have had him [Obama] off the ballot; we would have started the ball rolling today.  I subpoenaed him [Arpaio] three times in different courts.  So on the show, they put Arpaio’s phone number online and on the air and they told the thousands of people listening to the show to call Arpaio and demand an answer from him as to why he hasn’t shown up,” Taitz said.

Taitz filed a lawsuit in Kansas after attending a ballot challenge hearing in Topeka on September 17, but a Kansas objector withdrew his objection to Obama’s name appearing on the state ballot the previous Friday.  Taitz had forwarded information to Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office prior to the hearing which she said showed evidence of criminality.  She spoke for a few minutes at the hearing, but Kobach stated that since the objector had withdrawn his objection, he could not keep Obama’s name off the ballot.

On September 17, Taitz sent an email to Kobach which reads, in part:

Dear Secretary of State Kobach,

Either today or on Monday you will be served with summons and complaint in regards to a legal challenge to Candidate Obama. I am emailing you the complaint and exhibits to give you an early notice and to conduct a “Meet and Confer” in regards to October 3rd hearing. I would like to know, whether you would stipulate to a preliminary injunction, barring Mr. Obama from the ballot, pending production and expert examination of several documents in light of Prima Facia evidence of forgery in those documents.

I am seeking:

1. original application for Connecticut Social Security number 042-68-4425, which Obama is using, while E-Verify and SSNVS show that it was not assigned to Obama

2. original application to the Selective Service in light of the laughable forgery posted on line by Obama, which shows a 2 digit year postal stamp instead of a 4 digit  year postal stamp

3. original long form 1961 birth certificate and original microfilm of the birth certificate in light of the forgery provided.

Taitz claims that Obama has committed identity fraud.  Zullo has said that Obama has aliases.

Taitz named Kobach as one of two defendants in the case to be heard by Judge Hendricks on October 3.  Exhibits include the affidavits of licensed private investigator Susan Daniels; John Sampson, a former deportation officer with the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency, having retired in August 2008; and other experts in various fields.  The aforementioned individuals testified at a ballot challenge hearing held on January 26, 2012 in Atlanta, GA, after which the judge stated that Obama was eligible to run for president because he was born in Hawaii, rendering him a “natural born Citizen.”

“I have to tell you that I am exhausted; I did not sleep for three days.  I arrived in Mississippi late at night and I had a hearing in the morning so I stayed up all night to prepare.  Then I had to travel from Mississippi to Indiana, and then the Indiana deputy attorney general sat on my motion for three weeks and didn’t respond.  Then one day before the hearing, he filed a lengthy brief in opposition, so I didn’t sleep again for two nights to do research and write a response.  Today, in the morning, I delivered the response to the judge,” Taitz said.

During the Indiana hearing, the deputy attorney general asked the judge to reconsider Taitz’s pro hac vice status and to dismiss the case for lack of standing.  The judge denied both motions.  “They said I’m not an Indiana resident, so I can’t be a plaintiff.  They want to get rid of me, because they know that if I’m not there, the case is going to fall apart.  But the judge denied it.”

Taitz said that Judge Reid is willing to consider an expedited trial.  “We might have another chance in Indiana,” Taitz said.

“I really need help.  I need people to donate,” Taitz said.  She is seeking not only funds, but frequent flyer miles in order to help potential witnesses travel to Kansas for the hearing next Wednesday.  Taitz is also hopeful that supporters will show up before the hearing, as she understands that protesters to her legal actions to gain access to Obama’s original documentation will be assembled in Topeka on Wednesday.

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Update, September 27, 2012:  Atty. Taitz’s interview with Crosstalk can be heard here.