# Coulter cleared of illegal-voting charges -- after her FBI ex-boyfriend intercedes **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 12, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864 "2007-05-12T20:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/1 "2007-05-12T20:22:52Z")
Story [here](http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/05/11/m2a_jose_col_0511.html) and [here.](http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4538) I never got too exercised over the charges in the first place, Coulter’s misregistration might well have been an honest mistake; at worst, it showed her for a hypocrite. But this abuse of authority is just plain wrong. **(Almost** as wrong as the idea of Coulter having a boyfriend.) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/2 "2007-05-12T20:30:29Z")
Aw, c’mon, even transgendered Satanists need a bit of nookie. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/3 "2007-05-12T20:39:17Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Aw, c’mon, even transgendered Satanists need a bit of nookie. [/QUOTE] What did the poor transgendered Satanists ever do to you? ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/4 "2007-05-12T20:52:40Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] What did the poor transgendered Satanists ever do to you? [/QUOTE] Yes! Do tell! Do tell! Better yet, start a MPSIMS thread on the subject. You’ll get a million hits! ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/5 "2007-05-12T21:07:30Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] this abuse of authority is just plain wrong. [/QUOTE] Yes it is. A _proper_ abuse of authority by this administration would involve Monica Goodling appointing Coulter US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Having an FBI agent intercede for Ann, even a ‘Supervisory Special Agent’ seems weak and half-hearted, when they could have used the situation to accomplish a much _greater_ abuse. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/6 "2007-05-12T21:28:16Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Aw, c’mon, even transgendered Satanists need a bit of nookie. [/QUOTE] In the words of Mrs. Rodney Dangerfield, “Be honest, would **you** let him touch you?!” ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/7 "2007-05-12T21:48:48Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Story [here](http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/05/11/m2a_jose_col_0511.html) and [here.](http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4538) I never got too exercised over the charges in the first place, Coulter’s misregistration might well have been an honest mistake; at worst, it showed her for a hypocrite. But this abuse of authority is just plain wrong. **(Almost** as wrong as the idea of Coulter having a boyfriend.) [/QUOTE] The newspaper story reports that the Palm Beach Sheriff’s office says: [ul] [li]The investigator assigned to the case based her decision to clear Coulter on poll worker Whited’s testimony[/li][li]Whited was the source of the original charges; he told the newspaper last year that Coulter dashed out of his polling place when he asked her to write a change of address and later said on a radio radio show that he witnessed her committing a felony[/li][li]To Villa three months ago, however, Whited said Coulter may have misunderstood him and that he may have had a hand in her voting in the wrong precinct[/li][/ul] That kills the investigation. When your only witness says completely contradictory things and admits that he may have been responsible for the violation, there’s no realistic way to establish a crime. So why does anyone assume the FBI agent’s call has anything to do with it? Again, we have **BrainGlutton** credulously repeating allegations he likes, never mind how flimsy the evidence is. Cut it out. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/8 "2007-05-12T22:02:44Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] The newspaper story reports that the Palm Beach Sheriff’s office says: [/quote] It also says: > [@](#): > > Villa’s report leaves the clear impression that Coulter’s attorney, Miami’s Marcos Jimenez, stonewalled Villa for five months — at times agreeing to make Coulter available, at others reneging, often not returning calls promptly or claiming not to be able to reach his client. > > But in one conversation with Villa, the White House-connected Jimenez said Coulter simply received bad advice from a previous lawyer when, in March 2005, she first moved into her $1.8 million home on Seabreeze Avenue. He said Coulter may have put the wrong address on record to protect herself from a stalker. > > Stalker? > > Enter Fitzgerald, who spoke with Villa by phone Jan. 18. He confirmed “he has been working a stalking incident” involving the best-selling author. He added that “he did not have information relating to the allegations of voting improprieties nor did he have any intention to sway the outcome” of Villa’s investigation. > > Still, Villa closed the probe April 12 without interviewing Coulter; a Realtor, whose Indian Road address Coulter used; or neighbors of Coulter’s Seabreeze homestead. **Not** what I’d call due diligence, regardless of the credibility of the original complaining witness. This is not how an innocent person cooperates with the authorities, nor is it how responsible authorities handle an investigation. Something stinks on ice. [QUOTE=Bricker] Again, we have **BrainGlutton** credulously repeating allegations he likes, never mind how flimsy the evidence is. Cut it out. [/QUOTE] Your “LA! LA! LA!” comments in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=420050) thread leave you with zero credibility in this regard, **Bricker.** (Thread in question locked; discussion resumed in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=420582) one.) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/9 "2007-05-12T22:08:18Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] Again, we have **BrainGlutton** credulously repeating allegations he likes, never mind how flimsy the evidence is. [/QUOTE] A Freudian would call that “projection”. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/10 "2007-05-12T22:12:19Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] So why does anyone assume the FBI agent’s call has anything to do with it? [/QUOTE] Perhaps because there’s no record of FBI agents routinely calling the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to express their ‘support’ of Coulter. The FBI certainly thought the incident was a little odd: > [@](#): > > when the bureau heard about this from Page Two, it immediately launched an internal review of the agent’s involvement. > > “We’re looking into it,” bureau spokeswoman Ann Todd said. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/11 "2007-05-12T22:15:40Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] Yes! Do tell! Do tell! Better yet, start a MPSIMS thread on the subject. You’ll get a million hits! [/QUOTE] At first, it was all very innocent, he took me out to Ba’al games… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/12 "2007-05-12T22:26:10Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] Perhaps because there’s no record of FBI agents routinely calling the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to express their ‘support’ of Coulter. The FBI certainly thought the incident was a little odd: [/QUOTE] Well, they might, but it’s silly in this day and age. Investigatging whether an agent had a relationship with a notorious female impersonator like Coulter is just _wrong_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/13 "2007-05-12T23:51:07Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] This is not how an innocent person cooperates with the authorities, nor is it how responsible authorities handle an investigation. Something stinks on ice. [/quote] A reaction at odds with advice given on these boards and elsewhere all the time. “The cops want to look in my car,” or “…want to read my e-mail.” If I were to say, “Don’t refuse – that’s not how an innocent person cooperates with the authorities,” I’d be vilified. And rightly so. > [@](#): > > Your “LA! LA! LA!” comments in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=420050) thread leave you with zero credibility in this regard, **Bricker.** You are a dishonest creep. A liar who lies to support your cause. You fuckng sicken me, you cheap piece of shit. Go away. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/14 "2007-05-13T00:13:43Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] You are a dishonest creep. A liar who lies to support your cause. You fuckng sicken me, you cheap piece of shit. Go away. [/QUOTE] You have no business practicing law. You are a disgrace to the legal profession and to the human race. If general intellectual dishonesty were against the code of professional conduct (there’s no way it could be, of course), I would report you to your state’s Bar and have your ticket pulled. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/15 "2007-05-13T03:23:57Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] You have no business practicing law. You are a disgrace to the legal profession and to the human race. If general intellectual dishonesty were against the code of professional conduct (there’s no way it could be, of course), I would report you to your state’s Bar and have your ticket pulled. [/QUOTE] Wow. I’m torn between amazement and amusement. I have to say that in my admittedly mistaken opinion, on this board I have a general reputation for fairmindedness and evenhandedness on issues. I think that the opinion you hold of me is more in the minority. Luckily, in case I’m wrong, I no longer practice law, so I’m safe either way. Whew. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/16 "2007-05-13T09:49:19Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] You are a disgrace to the legal profession and to the human race. [/QUOTE] Please pick one or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/17 "2007-05-13T13:55:02Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] I have to say that in my admittedly mistaken opinion, on this board I have a general reputation for fairmindedness and evenhandedness on issues. I think that the opinion you hold of me is more in the minority. Luckily, in case I’m wrong, I no longer practice law, so I’m safe either way. [/QUOTE] Sure, you’re pretty fairminded and evenhanded, but it sure seems like you’re trying to practice law, _every time you freakin post_. Did it occur to you that sometimes legal interpretations are not what’s being talked about in a thread, and sometimes are irrelevant to a discussion about morality and ethics? (Which isn’t to say that’s the case here.) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/18 "2007-05-13T14:39:44Z")
Well, ok, if the Coulter bashing festival is derailed, at least we can rag on the lawyers. Rather a step down from good clean fun, but, oh, well… ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/19 "2007-05-13T14:43:43Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Sure, you’re pretty fairminded and evenhanded, but it sure seems like you’re trying to practice law, _every time you freakin post_. Did it occur to you that sometimes legal interpretations are not what’s being talked about in a thread, and sometimes are irrelevant to a discussion about morality and ethics? (Which isn’t to say that’s the case here.) [/QUOTE] IOW don’t let legalities get in the way when the lefties that dominate these boards want do their Bush hating and conservative bashing ! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864/20 "2007-05-13T14:49:48Z")
I hasten to point out that if the public at large adopts a position you would describe as “lefty”, it is no longer “lefty” but “centrist”. My ilk and I regard that as progress, you ar free to view it with alarm and dismay, so long as you don’t get in the way. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-cleared-of-illegal-voting-charges-after-her-fbi-ex-boyfriend-intercedes/403864.md?page=2)