Doc Cogburn

Well, a gun that's unloaded and cocked ain't good for nothin'

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

Hell’s bells. A Deputy Marshal gets put on some secret list-no notice, no hearing, no chance to look a man in the eye and call him a liar. Just for telling the God’s honest truth under oath? And they fire him for it? That ain’t justice. That’s a bushwhack with a pen.#BackTheBlue

[Law Enforcement Legal Defense @LELDF]

Former Deputy U.S. Marshal Cory Novick was stripped of his career, not because of misconduct, but because he told the truth.

While serving as a Deputy Marshal, Novick testified in the high-profile prosecution of MPD officer Terence Sutton—a case that depended on portraying Sutton’s conduct as reckless and indifferent.

But Novick, called as a government witness, did what every law enforcement officer is sworn to do: He testified truthfully.

His testimony was consistent with standard policing practice and directly undermined the narrative federal prosecutors wanted to advance.

For that, Novick paid the price.

Shortly after his testimony, and without warning, explanation, or any record of disciplinary issues, Novick was abruptly placed on the so-called “Lewis list” — a secretive designation of officers whose credibility the government claims is impaired.

Placement on that list ended his service with the U.S. Marshals. He was never given notice. Never given a hearing. Never even told the factual basis for the action.

This was retaliation — plain and simple — for testimony that conflicted with a political prosecution.

The decision came during the Biden Administration, under the leadership of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

In their drive to secure convictions in the Sutton case, prosecutors abused the Lewis list as a weapon against one of their own witnesses, effectively ending a law enforcement officer’s career for doing the right thing.

If this stands, the precedent is devastating: any officer who testifies truthfully but fails to support the government’s case can be destroyed.

That is not justice. That is politics. And it sends a chilling message to every law enforcement officer who might be called to the stand.

Cory Novick’s record speaks for itself. He served as a Metropolitan Police officer, a Calvert County Deputy Sheriff, and later as a Deputy U.S. Marshal. He has no history of misconduct.

His only “offense” was telling the truth.

This is a gross miscarriage of justice.

The misuse of the Lewis list to retaliate against a government witness is as dangerous as it is unlawful.

Novick deserves reinstatement, restoration of his career, and full exoneration. Anything less rewards political abuse and undermines the very foundation of the justice system.

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@DeltaTheBravo @FairfaxGOP He would if daddy Soros paid him to..

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

I got this one, Nick.

Sept. 28, 2021, Fairfax County Courthouse. Sheriff’s report said Steve Descano and Chief Deputy Kyle Manikas cursed at security, Descano threw an umbrella into the X-ray, and said “Don’t you know who I am? I’m the top law enforcement officer in Fairfax County.”

Lts. Christopher Blaine and Mona Williams wrote it up. Descano’s office then put them on the Brady list. Sheriff’s IA later cleared both deputies. They stayed on the list anyway.

FOX 5 on the Brady listing:
https://t.co/iUmxg3BiHG

FOX 5 on the clearance that didn’t get them off the list:
https://t.co/PXsq53XjED

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@VerverkS Did you hear?

Steve “Don’t you know who I am?” Descano Brady-listed the deputies who wrote up his courthouse blowup.

Now the same day Congress moves to subpoena him, Fairfax pauses new Flock cameras.

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@ShultzLarr66243 Did you hear?

Steve “Don’t you know who I am?” Descano Brady-listed the deputies who wrote up his courthouse blowup.

Now the same day Congress moves to subpoena him, Fairfax pauses new Flock cameras.

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@SoftwareGuy3 @fox5dc Money is on Shifty Steve Descano…

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@LELDF Honest lawmen don’t forfeit due process because a U.S. Attorney’s office prefers they stay silent.

Reinstate Novick and put statutory oversight on these lists so rogue prosecutors can’t ruin careers in secret.

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@DrunkRepub

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@txiokatu

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@MDBayNews Sure does seem like the Justice system dispenses “justice” unevenly.

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

Descano throws a tantrum at courthouse security. Deputies write the report. Then he puts THEM on the Brady list?

That’s not Brady. That’s a man with a pen settling a score.

A lawman looks you in the eye. A prosecutor with a secret list never has to.

[Law Enforcement Legal Defense @LELDF]

🚨 NEW: Our latest study of all 50 states and 50 large prosecutors' offices finds that Brady Lists are largely unregulated and subject to abuse.

Local prosecutors make up their own rules—and can kill careers on a whim.

Even those states that do regulate Brady Lists offer limited protections to officers—denying them the same due process rights that Brady v. Maryland enshrines for criminal defendants. https://t.co/9roeeBHUID

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@LELDF Descano throws a tantrum at courthouse security. Deputies write the report. Then he puts THEM on the Brady list?

That’s not Brady, that’s payback.

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

The comments on other posts claiming Fisher “illegally detained, assaulted and robbed” a man, that the killer was just delivering “justice” because the system wouldn’t, are disgusting.

They spit on a dead officer, his widow, his 12-year-old daughter and his toddler son so they can keep their favorite narrative. An officer doing a lawful stop, recovering guns and drugs, getting assaulted, and then being hunted down in his car is not the villain. People who celebrate or excuse that ambush have nothing useful to say about justice.

[Law Enforcement Legal Defense @LELDF]

“I was in my twenties, living in the DC area, working as a police officer. Our phones started to ring and our department was activating 12 hour shifts, so that we would have basically half the department working at any given time... so I went to my dry cleaners you know, to get uniforms and things. And and it was the same dry cleaner I'd been to and many other police go there. It was a Korean couple that owned it and when I walked in she was crying—and she wouldn't let me pay...

There was no crime. Like there was just no crime. And I worked in a tough neighborhood where there's generally always crime going on. There was no crime.

And the people you would see would would wave with all five fingers. And if you talk to them, they were they were genuine and appreciative.

And it didn't matter what where they what their background was—they could have just gotten out of jail and they would still be like, thank you for your service.”

@LELDF_President remembering 9/11

[David Pollack @DavidPollackUSA]

Police officers were targeted by Obama‘s DOJ for arresting illegal aliens. Seriously. Check out this latest story featured on my weekly Weaponization Watch segment, every Wednesday on David Pollack Primetime only on @OANN.

[Dennis Spaulding @Spaulding3030]

Christina, Thank you for sharing our story!

[One America News @OANN]

The Obama DOJ sent Connecticut Police Officer Dennis Spaulding to jail, fighting illegal alien fraud. Listen to his story.

Catch David Pollack Primetime with host @DavidPollackUSA, weeknights at 10 PM ET/7:00 PM PT

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@Spaulding3030 @OANN @DavidPollackUSA Your story in Law Enforcement Today should be required reading.

And the Holding the Line interview:
https://t.co/WcZdb6UMXg

You and the other three did the job. Obama’s DOJ punished you for it. A pardon is overdue.

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@EROWashington

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@MichelleMaxwell

[Doc Cogburn @DocCogburn1789]

@FOXBaltimore Most of the parents raising school-age kids right now were children themselves on 9/11. They remember it. If the schools won’t teach it, they should. That’s how “Never Forget” actually gets passed down.