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Reynolds, Gerald A. - Chairman
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INCLUDED THAT THEY DID NOT SUPPORT THE CHARGES AGAINST THREE OF THE FOUR ORIGINAL DEFENDANTS NOR THE REMEDY ORIGINALLY SOUGHT...
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| 00:04:55 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> I DO. >> THANK YOU. MR. COATES, AFTER YOU RETRIEVE YOUR MIC, PLEASE PROCEED. >> GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIRMAN REYNOLDS, MADAM...
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| 00:55:07 |
Blackwood, David - General Counsel
DOJ WHERE DID YOU WORK? >> I FIRST LEARNED TO DO VOTING CASES. I TOOK A JOB WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS PROJECT OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
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| 00:55:21 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
AND ATLANTA, GEORGIA. IT WAS THEN KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE ACLU. I COMMENCED MY EMPLOYMENT IN MAY OF 1976 AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY...
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| 00:57:21 |
Blackwood, David - General Counsel
PUT THE THIRD LARGEST LANDFILL AND BEGIN THE MACKINAC COUNTY AND THE AWARD WAS FOR SUCCESSFUL REPRESENTATION IN THAT CASE. >> YOU ALSO HAVE WON A SIGNIFICANT...
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| 01:15:24 |
Yaki, Michael - Commissioner
MR. COATES WANTS TO STEER VERY CLEAR ON THE SIDE OF THE DELIBERATE IF PROCESS PRIVILEGE, AND IF YOU ARE MAKING REPRESENTATIONS TO HIM ABOUT WHEN AN...
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| 01:16:15 |
Blackwood, David - General Counsel
FRONT OF YOU. I WAS READING OFF OF AN INDEX PROVIDED AS PART OF THE JUDICIAL WATCH LITIGATION, AGAIN, THE DEPARTMENT, AND FOR THE RECORD, THE COMMISSION...
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| 01:16:33 |
Reynolds, Gerald A. - Chairman
TIME. >> BEFORE YOU GO ON, MR. COATES, IF THERE IS ANY QUESTION YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH, PLEASE, RAISE YOUR HAND, LET US KNOW IF WE ARE BRINGING...
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| 01:16:56 |
Blackwood, David - General Counsel
RISK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> YOU GAVE A GOING AWAY SPEECH ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 12TH OF THIS YEAR. I'M SORRY, IT WAS EARLIER
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| 01:17:08 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
IN JANUARY. >> I THINK IT WAS JANUARY 5TH. >> AND HE MADE A LONG STATEMENT REPORTED BY THE CIVIL CRITES DIVISION AND THE SESSION, IS THEIR RIGHT? >>...
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| 01:22:58 |
Gaziano, Todd F. - Commissioner
MR. COMMISSIONER AND VERY MUCH MR. COATES. I THINK THIS IS MORALLY RIGHT AND MORALLY COURAGEOUS THING COMING FORWARD TODAY, AND I THANK THE CHAIRMAN...
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| 01:24:37 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
THAT SECTION HOSTILITY THAT EXISTED IN THE VOTING CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION FOR THE RACE NEUTRAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE VOTING LAW? >> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE....
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| 01:28:25 |
Yaki, Michael - Commissioner
I HAVE ABOUT THE MEMO BUT I ASSUME BECAUSE YOU WERE AWARE THIS WAS NOT PRODUCED AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THE YOU REALLY CAN'T COMMENT...
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| 01:28:37 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT -- COULD YOU DEFINE WITH THE J MEMO IS? >> IT STANDS FOR JUSTIFICATION MEMORANDUM AND IT IS THE LAST MEMORANDUM THAT...
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| 01:34:03 |
Kirsanow, Peter N. - Commissioner
YOU, MR. COATES, FOR TODAY AND YOUR FORMER COLLEAGUE SAID THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST PROFOUND OR EXTRAORDINARY TESTIMONY YEARS ON THE COMMISSION AND...
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| 01:36:34 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
THE DOJ VOTING SECTION HAS ORIGINALLY POLICY OF NOT ENFORCING SECTION 8 OF THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT? >> I DO NOT LIKE THE CLAIM THAT IT IS...
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| 01:39:27 |
Taylor, Ashley L. Jr. - Commissioner
THAT STRUCK ME GET IN YOUR HISTORY STARTING IN 1976 WITH A REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE ACLU AND THE HIGHER THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND THEN BOTH PROMOTED...
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| 01:39:58 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
THAT THEY WERE -- TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AND CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, MR. KING, MR. ROSENBAUM HAD BEEN THERE A LONG TIME AND THEY...
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| 01:44:39 |
Yaki, Michael - Commissioner
DEPUTY VOTING RIGHTS.
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| 01:44:43 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
SO YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF A LOT OF THE ISSUES BEING BROUGHT UP WERE CONSIDERED FOR INVESTIGATION BY THE VOTING RIGHTS SECTION; CORRECT? >> YES...
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| 01:51:57 |
Melendez, Arlan D. - Commissioner
TODAY. I KNOW THAT THIS CAME ON REALLY SUTPHEN. I JUST RECEIVED YOUR TESTIMONY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THIS BUT WHY HAVE YOU DECIDED TO COME BEFORE THE...
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| 01:52:10 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
NOW AS OPPOSED TO EARLIER WAS THAT A PREVIOUS TESTIMONY THAT HE WANTED TO GET ON RECORD? I WAS JUST WONDERING TYDEUS BEGAN LOOKING AT -- LOOKING AT...
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| 01:54:47 |
Heriot, Gail - Commissioner
YOUR TESTIMONY. I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS I THINK. YOU TOLD COMMISSIONER KIRSANOW YOU DID NOT BELIEVE THE POLICY AGAINST ENFORCING SECTION
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| 01:54:59 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
8 CASES WAS RACIALLY MOTIVATED. BUT YOU DIDN'T SAY WHEN YOU THOUGHT DID MOTIVATED. COULD YOU COMMENT ON THAT? >> I THINK THAT WHAT MOTIVATES THAT IS...
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| 02:00:33 |
Gaziano, Todd F. - Commissioner
WOULD MAKE IT BACK TO I WAS NOT IS NEITHER PEREZ ANYONE HIGHER AND YOU AS YOU STATED IN HER FAREWELL SPEECH THAT WAS HOSTILITY TO THE RACE MITCHEL ...
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| 02:00:58 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
MAN HAS OUR RATIONAL. MAYBE THEY DIDN'T CARE WHY HE THOUGHT THAT. IS THAT POSSIBLE? >> I NOT ONLY THINK IT'S POSSIBLE, I THINK IT'S PROBABLE. >> I THEN...
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| 02:06:03 |
Reynolds, Gerald A. - Chairman
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SELECTED TO WORK ON BOTH THE NOXUBEE CASE IN THE BLACK INTERPARTY CASE. IS THAT CORRECT? >> IT WAS
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| 02:06:11 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
ONE EMPLOYEE. >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HIS CAREER -- HIS CAREER WILL BE A ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY HIS DECISION TO WORK IN YOUR CASES? >> I DON'T KNOW, BUT...
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| 02:07:12 |
Blackwood, David - General Counsel
IN MR. ADAMS TESTIMONY, THAT MR. JINGLE
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| 02:07:18 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
IN THE VOTING SECTION CDT DURING A TRIP TO INVESTIGATE THE CROWN CASE, CAN YOU BELIEVE ARE BEING FED DOWN TO MISSISSIPPI TO HELP A BUNCH OF WHITE PEOPLE?...
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| 02:08:33 |
Yaki, Michael - Commissioner
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NOT A VICE CHAIR. MR. COATES, I'M STILL FASCINATED BY THE END ARE OF THE VOTING RIGHTS SECTION. SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. YOU WERE...
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| 02:09:07 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
INTIMIDATED. I BELIEVE THAT A COMPLAINT WAS RELAYED TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE DISPOSITION OF THAT COMPLAINT WAS? >> YES,...
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| 02:13:58 |
Kirsanow, Peter N. - Commissioner
BEHIND BRINGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S CASE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> ALL FOUR DEFENDANTS IN THE INJUNCTION BELIEF. IS IT YOUR POSITION THAT DISMISSAL...
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| 02:15:17 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
DID ANYONE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONTACT REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD BE TESTIFYING ON NONPRIVILEGED MATTERS? >> KNOW, THE...
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| 02:19:00 |
Taylor, Ashley L. Jr. - Commissioner
MR. TAYLOR. >> I BEG TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE LOBBYING BY THE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO IMPACT THE DISPOSITION OF THE CASE. YOU INDICATE...
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| 02:19:24 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
AND FOR END OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. CAN YOU EXPAND UPON THE STATEMENT AND WAS THE BASIS THAT HE'S CORRECT FAIRFAX OPPOSED TO APPLICATION OF THE LAW....
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| 02:22:38 |
Yaki, Michael - Commissioner
ENFORCEMENT. >> OKAY, MR. YAKI. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME GO BACK TO WHERE WE'D WERE. IN DECEMBER 2008, YOU STILL HAD THE AUTHORITY IN THE VOTING...
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| 02:23:03 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
SOMETIME IN EARLY 2000 AND A THAT SHE SAY THAT YOUR AUTHORITY STARTED TO GRADUALLY -- YOU REACH AWAY AS SOME PEOPLE SAID, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S...
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| 02:33:22 |
Heriot, Gail - Commissioner
ONE CLARIFICATION GOING BACK TO YOUR TRANSFER OF SOUTH AIRLINER. A.B. PARTY SAID THIS AND I JUST DIDN'T PICK UP ON IT, BUT DID YOU CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY...
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| 02:33:32 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
THAT WOULD BE LESS DESIRABLE FOR YOUR FAMILY IN SOUTH CAROLINA? IS THAT PART OF WHY HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE TRANSFER THAT YOU DICTATE? >> THAT CROSSED...
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| 02:37:23 |
Gaziano, Todd F. - Commissioner
IS YES. >> I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THAT SEPTEMBER 29 LUNCH MEETING THAT JULIE FERNANDEZ, WHOSE THE POLITICALLY APPOINTED DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL...
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| 02:39:07 |
Coates, Christopher - Acting Chief
UNDER YOU. DID ANYONE COME TO ANY DIFFERENT CONCLUSION ABOUT WHAT MS. FERNANDEZ WAS ORDERING? >> NOW, THE PEOPLE THAT CAME AND TALKED TO ME AND I DON'T...
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