The “Hey, you did it too!” Defense
Just a follow-up on the last post regarding the challenges facing Chris Herion in his “Donations” (read “Bribery”) case below. After Herion filed a motion to recuse the entire Benton County bench from presiding over any hearings in the case, he got into a nasty on-the-record argument with the judge. The judge threatened Herion with contempt and at one point apparently pointed to Herion’s record of having accepted such donation deals himself while acting as a judge pro tem. Whereupon both parties denied knowing that such deals were taking place. The argument seems to be that judges are too busy to ask questions or to know everything that is going on in their courtrooms. Sad commentary if true.