Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 20:01:50 -0700 (PDT) From: apfanning@yahoo.com (Alan Fanning) Subject: [lpaz-repost] Fwd: McGuckin Case To: lpaz-repost@yahoogroups.com
> FW: INTERVIEW W/EDGAR STEELE, MCGUCKIN ATTY. 10:00PM 6/4/01
> Date: 6/5/2001 12:28:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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> Many thanks to Billie Nix for this transcription. Remember, 8pm tonight for
> another live on-air session with Roger. I picked this up on my laptop
> while waiting for a plane change here in Portland, enroute to SF. I'll
> forward other interesting stuff as it comes in....
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> -ed
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 7:36 AM
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> Subject: INTERVIEW W/EDGAR STEELE, MCGUCKIN ATTY. 10:00PM 6/4/01
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> From: Billie Nix, Central Point, Oregon
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 1:06 AM
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> This interview with Edgar Steele, Joann McGuckin's atty.
> was just aired (9:50pm pacific) on the Roger Fredinburg
> radio show: (I'm transcribing as I go...no grammar/spelling
> police, PLEASE!)S=Edgar Steele, F=Roger Fredinburg.
>
> S: I was her lawyer until Friday morning when the local
> authorities cut off all contact between me and my client.
>
> F: Is that what happened?
>
> S: And it was demanded that I communicate with them in
> writing through the court appointed attorney.
>
> F: We have the attorney in exile, Edgar Steele. First and
> foremost the information is that you were fired by Joann
> McGuckin, true or false?
>
> S: False.
>
> F: How does the state remove a lawyer from representation?
>
> S:The STATE does not remove a lawyer from
> reperesentation..... I withdrew ... They refused to let me
> talk to her.....I said I gotta talk to her in person. They
> said, well you're not the lawyer, and I said but I AM. They
> said no, this other guy is.......I said he is the criminal
> defense lawyer, I am her personal civil lawyer....people DO
> have more than one lawyer for things in life. They said,
> sorry, we are under orders of the Bonner County prosecuting
> attorney, Phil Robinson, to NOT allow you to talk to her.
>
> F: Well, that's just plainly idiotic! So what's his phone
> number so people can call him and tell him what an idiot he
> is tomorrow??I'm Serious!(laughter from Mr. Steele) S: Oh,
> I LOVE it!.....I'm not going to subscribe to that, of
> course (faciously).
>
> F: You can't, no, let me do it. Let me call him an idiot!
> You're an idiot, PHIL!
>
> S: His phone number is 208-263-6714.
>
> S:You see this was at the time the standoff was still going
> on. Now, I could of gone into court, I could have gotten an
> order and I could have forced them to produce my client,
> Joann McGuckin, in person. But, I felt that was non
> productive, given the sensitivity of the situation at the
> time. And I still think that was appropriate, however,
> given the representation that she wanted to communicate to
> me only in writing and ONLY through the court appointed
> attorney, according to bar ethics rules, I had to comply
> with that even though she hadn't personally told me. I
> didn't want to do that. She hired me and by God, she was
> the one I was going to talk to. I wasn't going to open my
> files to this guy, I wasn't going to take order from this
> guy.
>
> F: NO! Oh, I'm with you 100% on this, Edgar, that' good
> representation......
>
> Let's talk about the child abuse garbage that Joann has
> been accused of, any reality, any truth there?
>
> S: I think you charactarized it just right. I don't think
> there's any reality to it at all. Consider the following:
> The kids were spirited out of that house Saturday night,
> taken directly to the hospital and the word that came out
> of the hospital was that they were quote" in good
> condition".
>
> F: Did they force vaccinations or anything on those kids
> that had otherwise been disallowed by their family?
>
> S: They haven't announced that, but, what do you think??F:
> I think that probabaly they did.
>
> S: If they were in good condition after 5 days being hold
> up in the bathroom , WHICH is where they WERE, because they
> were convinced that any moment the storm troopers were
> going to break in and kill them. The same way that they
> thought their mother was already dead! SO, AFTER 5 days of
> THAT, they are in good shape..clearly...what WAS the felony
> injury to these children for which she was originally
> arrested??S: It's not real clear, but it appears that it's
> the oldest daughter, Erina (sp??)who had returned from out
> of town, was somewhat estranged from the family,and
> contacted the local authorities.....they were on the outs
> because they considered that she had abandoned them because
> she left home just as the father was really sinking into
> the final part of his illness.
>
> F:...So, we need you the MOST, and YOU'RE gone!
>
> F: The property. Who bought it?
>
> S: It was bought in May 25, 1999, by Bonner County for
> $8700.00 in back taxes. A year and 3 months later, Bonner
> County then sold it to some people with the last name
> Korengutt(CHECK SPELLING!), who we have not been able to
> track down.
>
> F: I called JT Deihl's office several times, he refuses to
> return my calls. What do you know about him?
>
> S: YOU TOO!! He won't talk to me either.
>
> F: It looks to me like there was a little , uh, of "help my
> friends make money" deal goin' on here, but I can't prove
> it until I find the evidence.
>
> S: Yea, it would be inappropriate to speculate in that
> regard, however, it stinks to high heaven.
>
> F: Did the McGuckins own the property?
>
> S: Yes, free and clear, worth half million dollars,
> minimum, it's gorgeous property.
>
> F: So, we KNOW what the motivation is, we just have to find
> the evidence. How about redemption laws in Idaho?
>
> S: Idaho has a one year redemption law. It's cut off once
> the county vends the property, so it was cut off when they
> sold it to these Korengutts. However, my staff and my
> lawyers and investigators have been booking on this, even
> over the weekends since I've been in exile as the lawyer,
> and we've identified a number of points upon which we feel
> we can not only file a lawsuit but survive demurers
> (sp!!)and we think that there is a reasonable chance of
> success in undoing this sale.
>
> F: Have you looked at the federal law?
>
> S: ..There are federal statutes, I think the most
> interesting one regards the violation of her CIVIL RIGHTS.
>
> F: My focus would be to generate revenue by using the
> national show and asking people to donate to the trust
> fund, if the money was going to be used for something we
> could all be sure of.
>
> S: Well, the money's been coming in, my wife added it up
> tonight, comes out like $2500.00 that came in over the last
> 2 days and my prime motivation in calling you up was to say
> THANK YOU for publicising it and to thank your listeners
> for being so kind. AND I want to guarantee you, I will
> PERSONALLY see, with my last dying breath that every penny
> of this goes to JoAnn. There will NOT be any of this paid
> EVER to any lawyer or ANY court, as long as I breathe.
>
> **********************
> Submitted by Billie Nix, Central Point, Oregon
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===== "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting he labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." --Thomas Jefferson
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