La Increíble Chapucería de la Fiscalía Federal en el Caso de Aníbal Acevedo Vilá

Tras haber leído la transcripción de la teleconferencia entre el juez Barbadoro, las fiscales María Domínguez y Rosa Emilia Rodríguez, y el abogado de defensa de Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, el Lic. Bradford Berenson, me he quedado sorprendido ante la incompetencia, ineptitud y chapucería con la que la fiscalía federal de Puerto Rico ha tratado el caso de las acusaciones de corrupción contra Aníbal Acevedo Vilá.  Puesto de otro modo, si usted va a acusar a un gobernador hágalo bien, porque se está jugando todo su prestigio profesional en el asunto.  Mi conclusión es que Aníbal Acevedo Vilá saldrá absuelto de todos los cargos que pesan en su contra.

A continuación cito los pasajes (en inglés) que mejor demuestran la incompetencia de fiscalía federal.  Las citas son de la transcripción de la teleconferencia. 

Barbadoro no entiende la chapucería acusatoria de la fiscalía federal:

I've carefully read and reread the briefs. I've reread the transcript of the motion hearing. My clerk's been talking to me about it, and I'm still not sure I understand the government's position. So that's why I'm trying to clarify them during this telephone call.

María Domínguez, brazo de recho de Rosa Emilia Rodíguez, quien participó en la conferencia, admite su ineptitud: 

To the extent that the count is not I think well drafted, I would concede that, your Honor, and I take responsibility for that. Even though I did not draft it, it was my responsibility to ensure that it was properly done. If given the chance, I probably would have identified the other lines where the income from Puerto Rico should have been reported. Although my suggestion to the Court was that the indictment as fairly read, 26 and 27, says that the income -- the only income that was reported on line 22 and does not suggest that the additional income should have been reported on line 22, but I concede that it does not indicate where it should have been reported.

Domínguez concede que ya perdió en uno de sus argumentos:

Your Honor, while the representations that I made to you during the hearing are true, that there is a technical argument available to us that results from the commingling of U.S. sourced contributions with accounts here in Puerto Rico from which money was taken from Acevedo-Vila, we are not going to be proceeding on that argument.

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Domínguez enfatiza su ineptitud: 

Judge, again, in all candor to the Court, I believe the count should have specified the other areas in the federal return where the income should have been included, and it does not.

Barbadoro le dice a Domínguez que está equivocada en uno de sus argumentos: 

And as a result, you have a problem with notice then because the indictment, at least the way it would have to be reasonably construed, would be referencing line 22 and not the other lines that you are now identifying in your briefing.

Fiscalía federal admite que los cargos serán desestimados y que tendrán que acusar a AAV nuevamente:

That's correct, your Honor. And further, I mean, the government believes that if it's a matter of drafting, that that is a matter that can be corrected, but there is still the issue of materiality, and we would look to the Court for guidance on the issue of materiality before going through the steps of seeking a new indictment with the substantive tax counts and moving to join.

Barbadoro admite que tendrá que desestimar los cargos:

If your indictment as charged is not sufficient, the response should be for me to dismiss it without prejudice to your right to seek a new indictment with respect to those charges.

Domínguez enseña la costura de la relación de estas acusaciones con las elecciones en Puerto Rico:

And, Judge, were we to do anything on that, we certainly wouldn't be doing anything until after November the 4th.

Barbadoro anuncia que no tomará ningun decisión antes de las elecciones:

...the parties should not anticipate rulings from me one way or the other in this matter before November 4th.

Lea la transcripción completa de la teleconferencia AQUÍ.