THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE ... - The Putnam Pit

1 Mr. Davidian had a traffic ticket case that I didn't
2 know anything about. Didn't have any information about.
3 And he attempted to use the subpoena power that people
4 have in that case to bring me to a deposition to discuss
5 an ongoing or an open file, an open investigation, which
6 was of great concern to everybody.
7 Q. And what do you say to the accusation
8 that the city attorney worked to... It says, "Billed the
9 city ten thousand dollars for his work in keeping the
10 files of the killing closed, protecting District Attorney
11 General William Gibson". First off, you know Mike
12 O'Mara, don't you, I guess?
13 A. I do.
14 Q. Did you have any discussion with
15 Mike O'Mara with respect to your criminal files in your
16 office as district attorney general about keeping them
17 closed or protecting you from testifying?
18 A. No, no discussion whatsoever. There
19 was no need to protect me at all. We did feel a need to
20 not open those files generally to the public scrutiny or
21 to Mr. Davidian at that point in time for very valid
22 reasons. Leads were still being pursued and the matter
23 was still under investigation by the T.B.I.
24 Q. Would it be the practice of your office
25 as district attorney or for that matter of a prosecutor's
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