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Petters attorney decries 'rush to judgment'

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Tom Petters is not Osama bin Laden, his attorney said in an ad-hoc meeting with reporters today.

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P T Bull

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Up until this point, I thought he was osama bin laden. Thanks, mr lawyer, for clarifying things.

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P T Bull wrote:
Up until this point, I thought he was osama bin laden. Thanks, mr lawyer, for clarifying things.
No kidding. Not the best of comparisons to be used.
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Here's an idea--Let's have Tom Petters share a cell with those 4 animals involved in the Northfield beating...
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Uh...you're not helping your client Mr. Attorney. No. he is not Bin Laden. Your client is behind bars.
thissucks

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Of course he's not Osama Bin Laden. Osama destroys lives out of political and religious fanatacism. Petters, on the other hand, destroys lives out of good old American greed.
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Are you kidding me? what an arrogant jerk. We can judge however we want and although we, obviosuly, don't know all the facts, he is still guilty of cheating many hundreds of people out of THEIR hard earned money and blowing 10Mil in Vegas with NO concious whatsoever...he is Vegas blowing this money while his "girlfriend" is in rehab and a nanny is home with his 2 babies...what a nice guy huh? very caring...and now, all these employees who are working for him, their jobs and futures are in complete jeopardy becuz of this selfish pig. This is a case for a public lynching....everyone who he swindled should be given a free shot at this jaggoff....
IPM victims win 22 mil

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exactly - joe cole colleen wall IPM - DMW are of the same breed - take and take and claim they have no money. breaking news this just helps our case in so many ways with the authorities, aka FBI and IRS mean anything to you cole & wallin !
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Are you kidding me? what an arrogant jerk. We can judge however we want and although we, obviosuly, don't know all the facts, he is still guilty of cheating many hundreds of people out of THEIR hard earned money and blowing 10Mil in Vegas with NO concious whatsoever...he is Vegas blowing this money while his "girlfriend" is in rehab and a nanny is home with his 2 babies...what a nice guy huh? very caring...and now, all these employees who are working for him, their jobs and futures are in complete jeopardy becuz of this selfish pig. This is a case for a public lynching....everyone who he swindled should be given a free shot at this jaggoff....
P T Bull

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Planet Earth wrote:
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No kidding. Not the best of comparisons to be used.

Better comparison would be charles ponzi or ken lay.
gio

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There is only 1,2,or 3 witness problems to contend with. Like his internal informant turning evidence with his acknowlegement of the scam.
How Does his Lawyer expect to get paid???
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are you kidding mr lawyer??? THAT is your defense for this cheatin crook?? Hes not a Bin Laden!! your client Petters is headed for along long time in prison where he will have nothing but time to think about what his greed,cheating,stealing schemes (crimes) have done to soooo many innocent people, including his own family. Its appauling how selfish this man is.
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I can't belive they are letting Judge Mont. stay on this case after she has rulled in favor of Petters so many times in past years.
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The whole Judicial System is crooked. How many attorneys does Tom Petters have in his back pocket? What about his pal, and CEO of Petters Aviation,
T Jay Salmen? I am waiting for the FBI to bring him down. Talk about crooked lawyers, Salmen is right there in the top 5%. Did you know that he is co-owner of the Wild Onion on Grand Street in St. Paul with Joe Schaefer? Yes the same Joe Schaefer that owns Moose Country in Lilydale. Recently he was being sued for sexual harassment, but settled out of court. Schaefer, Salmen and Petters, just the cream of the crop.
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we were naming names on the trib site , lawyers, ect.. and they kicked us off, can't post there anymore, they are on someones payroll
WhatEver

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Oct 20, 2008
 
You better believe it! And it won't take long before this one is shut down. Get Laser over here and Alibi, and the rest. We got to keep these forums going. People seem to forget about these criminals. We need to keep the stats up and running.
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Oct 20, 2008
 
So where did they get the bin Laden reference from? Are they trying to scare us or prove that what Tom did wasn't/isn't soooo bad? What a crock!!! Now if he meant been laid in and it was just a misunderstanding...

And judge, will you comment on this case once it's over since you fail to on any of the other Tom Petters cases you've been in charge of? You know, the ones you ignored, dismissed, or whatever the PC term is for what you did? Wait, they mentioned bin Laden, the PC bus left.
Ballonguy

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Oct 21, 2008
 
Whatever are you allowed to post on the trib? I can't . If you can tell ai Gren Captin to come over here.
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gio wrote:
There is only 1,2,or 3 witness problems to contend with. Like his internal informant turning evidence with his acknowlegement of the scam.
How Does his Lawyer expect to get paid???
HIS LAWYER ALREADY GOT HIS RETAINER FEE HONEY - AT LEAST $1 MILLION UP FRONT - NOW HE'S JUST BILLING HOURS TO MAKE SURE HE USES IT ALL UP. THAT'S HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED. COMPARING HIM TO NOT BEING BIN LADEN, SAYING HE IS MORTIFIED FOR HIS EMPLOYEES - ALL ATTY HOPEMAN IS DOING IS TAINTING A POTENTIAL JURY POOL

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Ballonguy wrote:
Whatever are you allowed to post on the trib? I can't . If you can tell ai Gren Captin to come over here.
Ballonguy - I'm here!!!

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Lest we forget - the IRS and the SEC haven't even begun their stuff yet. Once the Feds are done, he has to deal with everyone else and ALL the lawsuits from investors, etc. that he wronged.
Hey Guys - Gren

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Oct 21, 2008
 
Sent me over here! Are we free to talk on this?
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