Coming to Turner’s defense, Ramsey Clark blasts the U.S. attorney’s office

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

BOSTON- Former U.S Attorney General Ramsey Clark said Wednesday the prosecution of Chuck Turner is both politically and racially motivated and raised doubts about U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan's case against the Boston city councilor.

Clark, who was the attorney general under President Lyndon Johnson, said Sullivan has brought charges without sufficient evidence as the end of George W. Bush's presidency approaches.

"How is it that they've gone on for 18 months and at the end of the administration they come up with this?" he asked.

"They've overcharged mercilessly," he also said. "I mean, three counts on a $1,000 claim? Who are they kidding?"

Clark's remarks came at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. About 30 of Turner's supporters gathered at City Hall and walked with Clark and Turner across government center to the JFK Federal Building.

Clark, now a human rights activist, is a controversial figure who is revered by many on the left. Following his tenure as attorney general, Clark was a vocal critic of the Vietnam war and later took controversial stances against the United States government such as his signing on to defend Saddam Hussein in 2004.

Clark said he will "help any way" he can with Turner's defense but noted that he has other obligations as well.

The former attorney general said he was convinced that Turner will be vindicated and said that he is "outraged the public and he are hurt by this assault on his character." The public, he went on, has been "poisoned" by "selective leaks" from the U.S. attorney's office.

"Presumption of innocence for those that seek the truth is a way of life," he said. "Prejudgment is prejudice. A great segment of the press here has prejudged this case."

To this day, he said, the defense still does not know what evidence the prosecution plans to use against Turner.

"If [Sullivan's] got some basis for what he's done," Clark said, "he better start telling us cause we don't know what it is."

The prosecutions conduct has been deplorable, he said, and there should be a "moratorium on any further action until a new and independent prosecutor can come in here and review this whole matter."

That independent prosecutor, he said, would determine whether anyone in Sullivan's office should be prosecuted.

Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for Sullivan, declined to comment for this story or the ongoing investigation.

Jeremy P. Jacobs is a PolitickerMA.com Reporter and can be reached via email at noreply@politicker.com.

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