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D.A. most likely asked the Oregon Dept. Of Justice for Investigation of Lee

by Tryan Hartill

According to today’s article in the Daily Astorian, the Oregon Dept. of Justice is investigating Richard Lee.

Tom Bergin said the investigation has been going on for 2 weeks.

NorthCoastOregon was not able to speak with Page McBeth, the investigator in charge of the case, but did talk to the Justice Dept. Spokeswoman Stephanie Soden. She said that private citizens don’t go directly to them.

“Either the District Attorney or the Sheriff will turn a case over to us.”

“Usually it’s the District Attorney, and we work with them to see if we have to get involved with a case”, Soden said.

NorthCoastOregon asked Josh Marquis if the District Attorney office turned the case in and he said “I have no comment on this”.

Sheriff Tom Bergin said, “The Sheriff’s Office was not the one who brought it to DOJ because the allegations were not brought to us.”

See below for the rest of Bergin’s comment

Feb 12, 06:50 pm | Tryan Hartill
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1 On Feb 12, 09:03 pm, 007 wrote:

“I have no comment on him suffering the consequences”

2 On Feb 12, 09:15 pm, Patrick McGee wrote:

“I have no comment on this. The case is being investigated by the Department of Justice, not the Clatsop County District Attorney’s Office.”...The answer to my query to the District Attorney on this investigation.

3 On Feb 12, 10:01 pm, THartill wrote:

Well it’s nice that you included his views after he said “no comment”.

“No Comment” means everything following that is no comment in my book.

4 On Feb 13, 05:26 am, Smith wrote:

Shinanagans!

5 On Feb 13, 07:32 am, Patrick McGee wrote:

Well it’s nice that you included his views after he said “no comment”.

“No Comment” means everything following that is no comment in my book.

Riiiiight!

Whatever.

6 On Feb 13, 07:44 am, Patrick McGee wrote:

Oh! I forgot.

“The Sheriff or D.A. asked for this investigation?”

Where did this come from?

It wasn’t in The Daily “A”.

Can you quote the source specifically?

7 On Feb 13, 07:55 am, Uncle Walt wrote:

McGee – perhaps you need to reread the article? It’s not that long.

HINT:

NorthCoastOregon was not able to speak with Page McBeth, the investigator in charge of the case, but did talk to the Justice Dept. Spokeswoman Stephanie Soden. She said that private citizens don’t go directly to them.

“Either the District Attorney or the Sheriff will turn a case over to us.”

“Usually it’s the District Attorney, and we work with them to see if we have to get involved with a case”, Soden said.

8 On Feb 13, 08:03 am, Patrick McGee wrote:

McGee – perhaps you need to reread the article? It’s not that long.

HINT:

NorthCoastOregon was not able to speak with Page McBeth, the investigator in charge of the case, but did talk to the Justice Dept. Spokeswoman Stephanie Soden. She said that private citizens don’t go directly to them.

“Either the District Attorney or the Sheriff will turn a case over to us.”

“Usually it’s the District Attorney, and we work with them to see if we have to get involved with a case”, Soden said.

And your point walt?

Where is the source that specifically stated D.A. or Sheriff asked for a DOJ investigation and doesn’t DOJ turn the case over to D.A. when it’s ready to go to Grand Jury?

Once again, Your Point Walt?

9 On Feb 13, 08:24 am, THartill wrote:

That’s how the process works Patrick.

A citizen goes to the D.A. or the Sheriff and they look over the case and turn it over to the DOJ.

10 On Feb 13, 08:25 am, Uncle Walt wrote:

An investigation was asked for …

The spokeswoman says private citizens don’t go to them …

The spokeswoman says the DA or Sheriff will ask for the investigation …

Ergo, it’s a reasonable conclusion that either the DA or Sheriff asked for this investigation.

If you don’t come to that conclusion, perhaps you should state yours.

11 On Feb 13, 08:49 am, Patrick McGee wrote:

Ergo, it’s a reasonable conclusion that either the DA or Sheriff asked for this investigation.

“Conclusion” or “Assumption”?

12 On Feb 13, 09:01 am, 007 wrote:

Of course with Mr. McGee being a pseudo Jeopardy champion in his own mind. His answer will be in the form of a question.

13 On Feb 13, 09:16 am, Patrick McGee wrote:

OK, you guys win this one.

Just thought Tryan would be a little more accurate in his reporting.

No major fuss here, obviously just trying to make news out of nothing.

14 On Feb 13, 09:31 am, Smith wrote:

Considering Josh is now for “Open Government” as opposed to his former advocacy of “Independent Government”, you would think he would be forthcoming about being the “Generating Force” behind the criminal investigation.

How about it, Josh? Are you going to “Be a Man” and come forward with your involvement? The voters want to know the whole story.

15 On Feb 13, 09:43 am, THartill wrote:

From Tom Bergin:

You are correct and that is usually the case but what usually occurs first is that citizens from our community bring the alleged criminal activity to Law Enforcement or the District Attorney’s Office where then it is determined the best course of action is to be taken. In this scenario, the Sheriff’s Office was not the one who brought it to DOJ because the allegations were not brought to us. I was asked a few weeks ago by DOJ to provide him with some names/info that they were requesting for interviews. The info was provided as we would have done if any other LE agency would have asked for assistance within our community.

Changed the title in lieu of the Sheriff’s comment….

16 On Feb 13, 10:10 am, Patrick McGee wrote:

D.A. “Most Likely”?

Alright I give up.

I guess we can get away with this crap because we are not legitimate reporting agencies.

So “Most Likely” Richard Lee is…............?

I guess one could insert whatever he likes.

17 On Feb 13, 10:40 am, THartill wrote:

Patrick

2 questions

Is there any doubt in your mind who brought this to the DOJ?

If I offered you a wager of $500 that the person who filed this complaint did it through Josh Marquis, would you take it?

we are not legitimate reporting agencies.

In your opinion yes, others would say any number of news sources are not “legitamate”.....

18 On Feb 13, 10:52 am, Smith wrote:

So “Most Likely” Richard Lee is…”the victim of a conspiracy that was hatched by none other than Josh Marquis, as usual.”

19 On Feb 13, 12:35 pm, Bunny Von Munchausen wrote:

Dont you love Marquis? Now he’s using his office for personal political reasons by generating negative publicity for Lee. What a douchebag.

20 On Feb 13, 03:19 pm, The Guy Woh Writes This wrote:

I can not express my glee over the adoption of the word “Douchebag” here in Astoria. It brings a tear of joy to my eye with memories of my youth. Keep pushing on, Bunny.

21 On Feb 13, 08:29 pm, Patrick McGee wrote:

“The D.A. Most Likely Asked”?

And Eve most likely asked….Hey! You gonna eat that apple or what?

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