Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Morrogh

Liberals and Democrats have angerly denounced Loudoun Co. Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Plowman for taking an active role in investigating Mark Tate in the middle of a political campaign, taking sides with the woman he endorsed, Jill Holtzman Vogel.

Now, Ray Morrogh has done the same thing in this fake outrage over Chap Petersen's mailer. Silence. Well, good ol' Ray--who was never suppose to be challenged if you recall, becasue Bob Horan was going to slide him in under the radar subverting the democratic process--seems to be unable to make up his mind on the issue of political prosecutions.

And don't listen to me, an admitted Republican partisan and newly dubbed "King of the Morons," read the steadfastly Democrat blog Blueweeds:

I could not help but think of the family of Steve Cornejo as I watched acting Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney and current CA candidate Ray Morrogh participate in the Chap Petersen press conference yesterday. Ray Morrogh announced his office is launching a criminal investigation into the mailers sent by the JMDD campaign, adjudged the mailing had "crossed the line," and then in the next breath offered up the following sound bite for the assembled media: "We need to keep it clean. Even the mafia doesn't touch the families."

For two years the Fairfax CAO has balked at providing information about the shooting death of Falls Church resident Steve Cornejo. A death in which the CAO refused to issue a direct indictment and failed to obtain an indictment using the grand jury process when it took the extraordinary step of allowing the case to be presented to the grand jury without a recommendation from the prosecutor. When a civil jury returned a $2 million dollar judgment to the family of Steve Cornejo, in case in which the CAO could not find probable cause and made no recommendation for prosecution, the CAO received requests for information from at least: the family of Steve Cornejo, groups of friends and teachers of Steve Cornejo, three separate private attorneys, the Falls Church Chief of Police, numerous members of the media, the law firm of Delegate Dave Albo, the Falls Church City Attorney, two requests from the Mayor of Falls Church, and the Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.

The CAO has stonewalled these requests. The acting CA Ray Morrogh has continued the stonewall policy of the CAO. Only under intense public scrutiny in the context of the current election, has Morrogh made the recent minimal concession that the Steve Cornejo matter is worthy of being reevaluated and promised if re-elected he would look at the case.

Morrogh has angrily defended his actions on the grounds prosecutors should not politicize criminal investigations. Morrogh has taunted his opponent Patrick McDade as a "rookie" for even bringing up the Steve Cornejo shooting in their Reston debate.

The image yesterday of Morrogh standing in the rain next to candidate and fellow Democrat Chap Petersen, outside the campaign headquarters of JMDD, actively participating in a press conference just ten days from Election Day, in which he, as the chief acting prosecutor and current candidate for CA, not only announces he is launching a criminal investigation against his ticket-mate's opponent, but also offers his opinion in advance of any investigation that he believes the suspect has "crossed the line," is jarring in its hypocrisy.

Tonight I am meeting with the family of Steve Cornejo. Steve's father called me recently and asked if I could meet with members of his family to help them understand the legal and political status of the investgation into Steve's death. It is a meeting, candidly, the family should be having with the Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney's Office.

It is dificult to imagine how Morrogh can possibly reconcile refusing for two years to provide information to the family Steve Cornejo on the grounds providing such information would "politicize" a criminal investigation with what he just did in the Chap Petersen matter.

The corrupt Fairfax Democratic Party has hit a new low. Chap Petersen is crying over the names family on a mailer despite teh fact that he has published the names on his own mailers and given his address out on his own blog, and Ray Morrough is attempting to use his non-partisan office to help a fellow Democrat win an election. Is there nothing left in the tank? Is Chap REALLY that desperate to win public office?

Its time to keep our state senator and throw the bum out of the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office and re-elected Jeannemarie Davis and elect Patrick McDade.

Comments

[J]

The perception that Morrogh put out there that there may be an investigation is not good. He looks like he is only a politician now. Not what we need. For him to even get in that press conference is appalling.

Morrogh at that press conference was appalling. It showed he isn't a politician and doesn't realize when he is being used.
What is more appalling is Chap's request that he be there. Chap's thought apppears win at any cost and use whomever is out there.
The VA Coalition of Police and Deputy Sheriffs has decided to stand by their endorsement of JMDD. Sounds like they have more commonsense than Morrogh.

[L]

How is a person like Morrogh, who allows himself to be used like that, even capable of being the CA? I don't want a man like him "looking out for me". Get him out if you want a safe Fairfax.