Haven't we seen these allegations before?:
I'm more interested, frankly, in the weird and marginally ethical ads running in the Star Tribune, paid for by an organization called the Stop the Petters Scam Foundation. You can view the ads here at their Web site. They purport to tell the REAL story behind the Petters case and how it's being handled in the courts. The ads make thinly veiled allegations of impropriety against public figures such as Norm Coleman, Amy Klobuchar and in today's ad, federal District Judge Ann Montgomery.Here's a quote from Doug Kelley from MPR:
Today's ad, for example, doesn't actually say that Montgomery did improper judicial favors for a former colleague, Petter's attorney Doug Kelley, but it absolutely implies it, leaving the reader with the impression that Montgomery's a crook (just like Kelley, et al). The ad concludes with a reference to "one national bankruptcy law expert" -- of course, unnamed -- who says Montgomery's conduct in regard to judicial immunity for Kelley "is unprecedented in the bankruptcy context."
That trustee, Doug Kelley, said the allegations in Bills' ad are preposterous. "To base a serious ad on testimony which has been so thoroughly discredited is irresponsible," Kelley said. "I would expect a serious candidate for high office in this state to go out and be careful about allegations such as that." Kelley, who said he is a lifelong Republican, said Osskopp approached him earlier this year to see if he had anything the campaign could use against Klobuchar. Kelly said he told Osskopp he was barking up the wrong tree.Doug Kelley's law firm is representing former Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton which makes this tweet from Sutton's wife ironic:
Also read about the guy making the allegations over at Left.mn.
