I think Judge Gildea should be reminded that the "Proctor panic attack leak" from June 26th, 2026 happened at 28 State St in Boston which, per Aidan Kearney's photo as well as another anonymous tweet, was done so via security camera footage.
This building, which has 40 stories, includes many tenants including Sheehan Phinney (Karen Read's attorneys). It is in the heart of the Financial district located right next to Boston City Hall and the Old Statehouse as well as across from Quincy market. This particular part of the city is very busy and popular amongst tourists.
Perhaps someone, unrelated to the case, recognized Proctor while he made Karen's team wait around for him to be ready or in the various breaks he needed during his 4.5 hour deposition. It is easy to argue that Proctor's face is as recognizable as Karen Read's, Jennifer McCabe's, Brian Higgins, and Kerry Roberts - all of whom were important figures in the John O'Keefe death investigation.
Important to note:
The Albert's, McCabe's and Higgins' attorneys, Hinckley Allen, are also housed in this same building.
Perhaps... the call is coming from inside the house?
🇺🇸Something is happening right now
President Trump made an urgent
unscheduled return to the White House
and intelligence officials were ordered
to be present immediately after reports
of an emergency situation began
circulating.
The details have not been confirmed
publicly but the speed of the response
and the level of officials being called
in is not something that happens
over a minor development.
This comes at one of the most active
moments of this entire administration.
Iran and the United States are actively
exchanging strikes and assassination
plots against the president have
been confirmed by Israeli intelligence
and the Strait of Hormuz situation
is still unresolved. Any one of those
threads developing further would
qualify as exactly the kind of
emergency that pulls a president off
schedule and back behind closed
doors.
Whatever is happening right now the
people who need to know are already in
that room.
Updates are coming and when they do
the weight of this moment will make
a lot more sense.🇺🇸
Normally I don’t reveal sources, but I was sent this photo by someone working with the house defendants, who they think is on their side but no longer supports them. There is a leak on the O’Keefe/McAlbert side. Will they figure out who it is? Time will tell.
I've been thinking a bit about Greg Connor lately. As previously mentioned by others, his name was on the subpoena that I received on December 22, 2023 which required me to testify before the grand jury. After recently seeing witness James Sullivan post his subpoena, I went digging for the original copy of my own. Some things stood out to me.
1) Where my subpoena states, "Please report to Special Assistant District Attorney", there is a blank box with no name, whereas Mr. Sullivan's subpoena lists AD Adam Lally's name, and has his accompanying signature. This piece is interesting because Ken Mello stood strong in his claim that he had no idea that corrupt Brian Tully was going to blindside me with a subpoena.
2) The witness on my subpoena is Michael Ricciuiti, Esq. who just so happened to be appointed as the Chief Justice of the Superior Court on the same exact day that he was the witness to my subpoena. This could mean nothing but is interesting to point out nonetheless.
3) On Mr. Sullivan's subpoena it states that any correspondence should be sent to Steve Nelson, the victim/witness advocate. On my subpoena, it says that any correspondence should be sent to, none other, than Gregory P. Connor.
But why would any correspondence be sent to Greg Connor when the entire reason that a special prosecutor was assigned to @DoctorTurtleboy's cases in the first place was because the Norfolk County District Attorney's office was conflicted out?
@VoteGregConnor Could you enlighten us?
Default or Dismissal? Why did Judge Gildea warn about It at the July 1, 2026 hearing in Plymouth Superior Court?
Many people watching the July 1 hearing questioned why Judge Gildea warned lawyers and parties that future violations of court orders could result in default or dismissal. The answer may lie in Rule 37 of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure.
Rule 37 governs sanctions when a party fails to comply with discovery-related orders. If a judge concludes that a party or attorney has violated an order governing the handling of discovery materials, Rule 37 authorizes a range of sanctions.
Those sanctions can range from relatively minor consequences to much more serious penalties, including limiting discovery, preventing the use of certain evidence, delaying proceedings, entering a default judgment, or dismissing a case entirely.
In Massachusetts, dismissal and default are considered the most severe civil sanctions available. Massachusetts appellate courts have repeatedly emphasized that such sanctions are reserved for extraordinary circumstances and generally require a showing of willfulness, bad faith, or other serious misconduct by a lawyer or party. Courts have often described these remedies as "draconian" because they effectively end a case without a decision on the merits.
When a judge expressly warns lawyers and parties that certain conduct will not be tolerated, the judge may be creating a record demonstrating that everyone was placed on notice of the potential consequences of future violations. If additional misconduct later occurs, that warning may become part of the record supporting more serious sanctions.
But there is another side to this discussion that should concern lawyers and non-lawyers alike.
If a court is creating a record that could later support severe sanctions, that record must ultimately be grounded in reliable evidence. That is why many who watched the hearing are troubled by the fact that attorneys were warned about alleged leaks without being told what specific evidence exists or why it is considered reliable.
Critical questions remain unanswered. What evidence does the court have? Who provided it? What evidence exists showing a lawyer or party disclosed it? What investigation was conducted to verify that the alleged leak involved protected discovery material (the impounded information) rather than information already in the public domain? And what opportunity will the affected parties and lawyers have to challenge that evidence on the record?
Warnings may be part of building a record but evidence is what ultimately supports it.
Grant more good solid reporting. You did your job. MA Uniform Rules of Impoundment 2(a)(3) provides that the motion and affidavit seeking impoundment shall be public unless otherwise addressed by the court. Attorneys need to be cautious in drafting these documents with this in mind. The sensitive material needs to be separately submitted in camera. Otherwise, good reporters can and should shine light on it. The judicial culture in MA needs to get comfortable with public scrutiny. Thats what the framers envisioned 250 years ago. I wonder if the court didn't read the rule. Happy birthday America! Good job Grant.
Today Judge Mark Gildea threatened to find Karen Read in default, and therefore liable for the death of Officer John O'Keefe, without a trial. He did so without a hearing or even allowing her attorneys to speak.
What's more, he instructed her attorneys to go back to their respective offices and prepare a document that would enable the Judge to enter that default through violation of a consent order, thus eliminating any possibility of an appeal or other recourse.
In effect, he directed Karen Read's attorneys to tie the noose by which the Court would hang her.
This is an absolute outrage. Not only shouldn't Ms. Read and her attorneys stand for it, her adversaries shouldn't stand for it either.