Wednesday, April 16, 2014

DC Superior Court final order issued regarding ANC 5B Commissioner Carolyn Steptoe

I have been asked to post this 04-16-2014 message:

You might be interested in this: attached is the final order issued yesterday in a FOIA case where I represented the Plaintiff.
 
In November, the Court ordered ANC 5B to produce a copy of a recording of an SMD meeting.  The recording was made by Commissioner Carolyn Steptoe, Vice-Chairman of ANC 5B and a recent candidate for Ward 5 Councilmember.  
                                                                   
Rather than produce the recording, Commissioner Steptoe deleted it.  Commissioner Steptoe then lied under oath about deleting the recording.  The Court is referring the matter to both DOJ and OAG for criminal prosecution of Commissioner Steptoe for perjury and for destruction of a public record.
 
The Court also found ANC 5B to be in contempt.  As a sanction, the Court ordered ANC 5B to pay the cost of hiring a forensic computer firm to recover the deleted recording.  My client hired Vestigant, who was able to recover the recording on March 24, 2014. 

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