J.D. Tomlinson
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I was flabbergasted because I was kind of so confident in their inability to ever get anything like that on me that I was kind of boasting in the sense that, hey, all you had to do was go to a Leary Municipal Court, grab a complaint, you can do it, never thinking that it would actually happen. Yeah, because I was very confident that I did nothing illegal. So...
What occurred was on October 4th, it makes the papers on October 1st. October 4th, the woman that I had a relationship with, she sees it in the paper. She's walking in the store and she sees it in the paper and she sees me and my chief of staff, who she was very close with. And her instinct was to go, well, what did they do?
What occurred was on October 4th, it makes the papers on October 1st. October 4th, the woman that I had a relationship with, she sees it in the paper. She's walking in the store and she sees it in the paper and she sees me and my chief of staff, who she was very close with. And her instinct was to go, well, what did they do?
What occurred was on October 4th, it makes the papers on October 1st. October 4th, the woman that I had a relationship with, she sees it in the paper. She's walking in the store and she sees it in the paper and she sees me and my chief of staff, who she was very close with. And her instinct was to go, well, what did they do?
Like she had no idea that the conduct that they had interviewed her about was actually the conduct they had used to charge me. So she was wondering like, what the hell did we do? You know, she had no idea. So that very same day, she sent text messages to the detective in charge. And she said, what are you guys doing? These guys, J.D. never bribed me. These are false charges.
Like she had no idea that the conduct that they had interviewed her about was actually the conduct they had used to charge me. So she was wondering like, what the hell did we do? You know, she had no idea. So that very same day, she sent text messages to the detective in charge. And she said, what are you guys doing? These guys, J.D. never bribed me. These are false charges.
Like she had no idea that the conduct that they had interviewed her about was actually the conduct they had used to charge me. So she was wondering like, what the hell did we do? You know, she had no idea. So that very same day, she sent text messages to the detective in charge. And she said, what are you guys doing? These guys, J.D. never bribed me. These are false charges.
All this is on text message. He never bribed. What are you doing? You turned our personal life into charges against J.D. This is crazy. And she was emphatic. that she wanted to speak with me. And the problem was I had an order by the court that I was not to speak to her because her lawyer had represented that she didn't want to speak with us.
All this is on text message. He never bribed. What are you doing? You turned our personal life into charges against J.D. This is crazy. And she was emphatic. that she wanted to speak with me. And the problem was I had an order by the court that I was not to speak to her because her lawyer had represented that she didn't want to speak with us.
All this is on text message. He never bribed. What are you doing? You turned our personal life into charges against J.D. This is crazy. And she was emphatic. that she wanted to speak with me. And the problem was I had an order by the court that I was not to speak to her because her lawyer had represented that she didn't want to speak with us.
So she was trying to get to me to tell me what had happened, but I couldn't speak with her. And so she was growing more frustrated, more frustrated. Eventually, she spoke to our lawyers. But what happened was that I was charged 30 days before the election. And and that's devastating.
So she was trying to get to me to tell me what had happened, but I couldn't speak with her. And so she was growing more frustrated, more frustrated. Eventually, she spoke to our lawyers. But what happened was that I was charged 30 days before the election. And and that's devastating.
So she was trying to get to me to tell me what had happened, but I couldn't speak with her. And so she was growing more frustrated, more frustrated. Eventually, she spoke to our lawyers. But what happened was that I was charged 30 days before the election. And and that's devastating.
I mean, and so what happened was on October 4th, when she sent the text message in, I was entitled to those text messages. Those are exculpatory. I was entitled those immediately. And they waited a month and they waited till two days after the election on November 7th. And then they gave me the text messages that showed everything I had said was true.
I mean, and so what happened was on October 4th, when she sent the text message in, I was entitled to those text messages. Those are exculpatory. I was entitled those immediately. And they waited a month and they waited till two days after the election on November 7th. And then they gave me the text messages that showed everything I had said was true.
I mean, and so what happened was on October 4th, when she sent the text message in, I was entitled to those text messages. Those are exculpatory. I was entitled those immediately. And they waited a month and they waited till two days after the election on November 7th. And then they gave me the text messages that showed everything I had said was true.
I was going through hell. I had been kind of attacked. They'd been trying to get special prosecutors on me for a year.
I was going through hell. I had been kind of attacked. They'd been trying to get special prosecutors on me for a year.
I was going through hell. I had been kind of attacked. They'd been trying to get special prosecutors on me for a year.
I had to completely self-preserve. I get it. And because I had thought that I was going to be a politician for a long time, Joe. I was really passionate about it. And so it was really important to me. And I had never dreamed that I would ever be charged with felons. It's insane. So it really we had been Jim and I had been fighting, though, for a year. I mean, we were battle torn.