Smith County district clerk jailed on charge of civil contempt of court
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Judge: ‘We found this issue in hundreds of cases before our court and before every district court’
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The judge is taking people’s civil rights seriously.
We need more that have a backbone.
I'm not sure. Didn't he say that if these issues continue that he would be arrested?
He only took such decisive action because he was under the threat of penalties.
@@cargopilotguy305 bingo lol I sat there and said the same thing the second he explained who he had to hold her in contempt. If he wouldnt have any consequences he was perfectly fine.
@@cargopilotguy305 Shit rolls downhill
Throw the book at her! Elected officials need to be held accountable for their incompetence.
They have Qualified Immunity. Yes. Qualified immunity applies to all government workers, whether local, state, or federal (some of them might get even greater protections, like prosecutors and judges, but all can take advantage of qualified immunity at a minimum).
@@jameswest9261 Qualified immunity can be revoked by any judge.
Sadly if EVERY elected official was held accountable like this....there would be a LOT of vacancies.
@@billtate6962 I’m OK with that. Government employees need to remember who they work for.
Small town elected officials are elected by small town morons.
Her guy found it put it on a drive and gave it to the court in less than a day. What on earth was she up to?
Apparently this is part of a long history of misconduct.
She's an idiot .
With holding information from the public defender' office.
She's just lazy. Simple as that.
@@transistorchip3132 There seems to be an issue of malice.
Weird that the employees were crying. Probably because they'll actually have to do their job now.
They might not have a job when a new clerk takes over
If she has been doing stuff like this her staff are likely to be close friends and family.
It's difficult to get away with this for so long without support. She will have hired them to protect her.
😅
@@lizcollinson2692
Exactly. If they were ordered to be there, it would've all been dry-eyes when she got arrested. Nope, this gaggle of food-pantries are true-believers. I'm sure there's a bribery-scheme or three in there that we don't know about and they're seeing their gravy-train being threatened.
I thought that was weird too!
I knew someone who'd committed a petty crime as a teenager, was put on probation, and while on probation he and some friends were accused of trespassing on private property, and the guy was charged with violating his probation. However, the property owner declined to press charges on the teens, and the probation violation was voided. The guy completed his probation without further issue, and never got in trouble again. YEARS later, in his 20s, he was stopped for a minor traffic infraction, and they noted he had a warrant. He had no clue what it could be for. They arrested him and took him to jail for the night. Later, everything was dropped because they learned that the warrant, which was more than five years old, was for the violation of probation charge, that had been voided by the probation officer. However, a Clerk of the Court had never updated that information, and this man had a warrant for more than five years without his knowledge. The probation office had even successfully ended his probation without issue, five years earlier. This warrant should never have existed. He was arrested, years later as an adult, for NOTHING. So, keeping court records updated is a VERY imortant matter.
How could he have a warrant for five years and nor be notified? I have some exp with this
I believe your account. I have heard of that happening before. These over paid officials should be punished for not doing their jobs. Other officials over look way too much laziness, corruption and just STUPID UNQUALIFIED people in these positions.
As someone who's had a lot of experience with the criminal justice system,It's not unusual for warrants to be dismissed but remain active in adjacent cities.I once went to court with an attorney over it,the judge suggested the baileffa arrest me ,then release me to "Re-dimiss"
The warrent
@@paulmccarter908 I don't know, and mind you, this was decades ago, before the internet, even. As I understood it, it was simply a clerical error, where the probation office was originally filing with the court to violate him, but then voided it. Thus, the probation office knowing he completed probation and was finished with his sentence. But, a clerk of the court went ahead and left the violation warrant active, and never updated when the probation office cancelled it. The guy only spent about 9 hours at the jail, and later was notified by the State Attorney that they'd realized it was a mistake and dismissed the charge. He still got arrested over it. He shoud have sued, but I don't think he ever did.
@@paulmccarter908 The is no notification in such instances.
And why were her employees there when they should’ve been working and not sitting there crying over spilled milk because they’re lazy boss won’t do her job
Good point! This woman IS THE DEEP STATE!
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They may have been subpoenaed to testify.
@@RustyorBroken they sound like supporters, not witnesses
@@maureenbuck4795 it's possible to be both or neither.
Hopefully the lawsuit filed in January to have her removed from office will succeed.
@matthorrocks6517 yeah, watch anything that go against your personal bias....you sound exactly like the clerk jailed 😂😂😂
@@ericjohnston7663 I'm not even going to watch the video. The courts are 100% corrupt.
@@matthorrocks6517The good guy?😂 She isn't doing her job and ruined multiple people's lives. Weirdo.
@matthorrocks6517
How does deliberately doing a bad job make you a good guy? By not updating and releasing the information, she is literally ruining people's lives.
@@matthorrocks6517people are being hurt because she didn’t do her job! The job she was elected to do by the people! You need help.
She destroyed numerous people's lives. She needs to be in prison.
Why are all her employees sitting in the courtroom? Don’t they have jobs?
We-e-ell...if *she* doesn't have a job...and they all work for her...
That Karen should be behind bars!!!!
She was 😂
It's almost like you didn't watch the bailiff lead her out in cuffs
@@Michael-s6d5tshe was out by 2:30 the same day. She should be in jail to this day. Her incompetence is messing up citizens lives!
Its almost like you didn’t see the part that she was released hours later.
@@ceeboi2092 okay, maybe we can put her in stocks in the town square as well.
@@Michael-s6d5t Rewatch you're wrong
Keep her in jail.
Action by an Individual like this can ruin someone’s life. She needs to go. And her office staff crying, I hope there crying for these victims.
She should still be in jail
...No, but her "Release Papers" should have magically & mysteriously "disappeared"... Just like what happened to all her VICTIMS !!! ...Would have been great dose of Karma for her to "get a taste of her own medicine".
Fire her this is what frustrates people with government employees
She’s an elected official, she can only be fired by the voters.
She’s an elected official and can’t be fired.
@@stephanieharris9126 anyone can be fired. And should be fired. Elected or not.
The clerk should’ve done her job. It may be a comfy government job where you only have to work for about 2 hours a day while getting paid for 8, but you still have to do what your job requires you to do.
And you don't get to pick and choose who you do it for.
It's not even a matter of laziness. She had the info the court was requiring her to produce but she was refusing to provide it. Rather than do what she was supposed to do, she wastes time and energy to be noncompliant.
You couldn't get a good job?
She should have been fired.
Clerk of court job isn’t a 2 hour job a day. You could work 60-80 hours a week and never catch up. Nothing cushy about that office. Having said that, she is suppose to follow court orders or show just cause. They need to audit everyone in that office and clean house.
She needs to be fired this is disgusting she is ruining innocent people's lives the lawsuit was filled in January its July why has it taken this long shocking
County clerks are typically elected so there are different processes that have to be followed to get rid of them.
Their pointy white hoods were at the cleaners. C'om, it's Tyler Texas. Prime KKK country.
Probably because the attorney has been stalling, since he's now complaing about the judge is interfering with her due process by not waiting 10 more days.
@@rogersmith7808 Euthanasia perhaps? lol
“innocent people”
Lol. These are criminals who committed crimes and got put on deferred adjudication.
They aren’t innocent.
From what I can tell. This lady should be removed. She isn’t doing her job and she is also ignoring the court. So she’s not upholding the law. Therefore she has already broken her oath to uphold the law.
Good on the judge! Get these servants off of their fat azzes and do their job!
Sounds to me we got a Judge that loves his country
She loves what she sees in her mirror , not America.
I wonder how much that leather, embossed chair costs.
You have no idea what you're looking at.
He only acted because HE was going to be fined. He said so himself in the video
@@cargopilotguy305he acted because he found out because he was threatened with the fine and contempt himself that she’s just not doing her job, up to that point it had not come across his desk. Until after she was already in jail for contempt of another matter.
Because he held her in contempt for not giving the courts the requested information, she stupidly created her own landslide into how she has been doing her job, if she had just done as the court requested, it would have been a lot longer before she was finally outed at not doing her job, as it was because she went to jail it gave others an insight to the bigger issue when people started coming forward. As for her lawyer he’s a joke, if you cannot pull together all the required information in the small window that the judge gave then he’s not doing his job. She had been given enough time to do her job in the first place. It’s not the first time someone who appeared in court was held over night for contempt and it will not be the last time either.
Good on this judge.
Good job judge Jackson
She brought a herd of Karen’s with her
The funny part is that I know two people named Karen, and they're nice ladies.
Not so fast... I read somewhere that a group of Karens is a gaggle.
@@sh550You sure did! I saw it and 😂 as well! Gotta remember that in conversation!!!
@@sh550 ...bunch of *_Cows_* if you ask me :P
Probably a Swarm
Makes you wonder…why would she be so blatantly indifferent about the lives she has effected. What does she have to gain by NOT doing her job? I think the reason why she didn’t want to provide the court with the information was because it would show her incompetence
Not even incompetence. It's just a matter of following clearly spelled out procedures. She has an agenda other than incompetence, because her lawyer got the information easily from her computer. She had it, but refused to hand it over.
@@sblijheidIt's more than incompetence, because she isn't the only one in the office. She has employees who typically do the work, but she controls the information and is willfully attempting to control and withold it. Just like in the courtroom, she was ordered to produce the info or be held in contept. She chose not to provide it and go to a jail cell, even though she had the info which her attorney then provided to the judge.
It’s not indifference. She doesn’t like that cases got dismissed so she refuses to remove them from the records so those people are punished.
@@jeffclark5268 That's what it sounds like.
Honestly, I don't really understand what is going on in that office, and what they are doing or not doing. It's not a difficult job....are they short staffed?
A petty bureaucrat under the delusion that they have the right to do whatever they want with impunity and in this case mishandling records and her responsibilities to apparently just maliciously cause people trouble. Compying by finally releasing the information shouldn't get her off the hook. She should face real consequences for the damage she's done and for tying up the court.
Trump
She would be right there raising hell if she was the one being affected. Hold her accountable, remove her from office, and ban her from holding any public office again. She is a disgrace and embarrassment not only to that county but the justice system as a whole. The crybabies that were there can cry me a river. I have zero sympathy for lazy elected officials.
Why didn't she just do her job? It's not really a conspiracy against her for her basic job.
It isn't even about requiring actual work from her. It is requiring that the people that she hires to actually do their job, instead of using their government jobs as their book club hangout.
Thank you judge for protecting people’s rights!!!!!❤
Corruption and cover up!
BINGO 💯 She went to jail because she knew snitches get stitches. There are other people involved. i
I'm so sick of these sovereign citizen nutjobs who think they don't have to follow the same laws as the rest of society.
...ironic, considering that one of those same "laws" you love so much is the Right in Court to challenge the charges against you and the Right to mount a Defense: ...If you would deprive people of this very basic Right, then you're no better than *_Hitler_* or *_Stalin_* or *_Mao._* ...In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if those were your Heroes ??? ...Or, would that be *_Karl Marx_* ???
Trumpers, Texas is full of them. 😂🤦♂️
Okay, nowhere in this story was there any mention of a sovereign citizen. That is important to actually understand what's going on here.
I presume The Sovereign citizen was the defendant.
@f0xygem Sovereign citizens are loser idiots who think that the laws of America don't apply to them and they can do whatever they want. And it's even worse, because that person was in a position of enforcing American law!!!
@@f0xygem ...No, it's just like TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome): These people are just SICK in the head: Hence, why he made the Freudian slip implying it. These people just cannot get over the fact that people have a *_Right_* to put forth a defense in Court: They think we should all just BOW DOWN to the State & worship them like they do. They're very sick people.
1:40 "we only had 2 days to prepare" sure, after she had 2 months to turn over the information requested in the May letter but lets play the victim card here smdh
I commend this Judge. He's a Good Man. That Clerk is either incompetent or corrupt.
Or both or something in between.
Do your job, or face the consequences. In our county, our clerk (or one of the deputy clerks) on order of the judge, they will take that file, and while the next case is getting underway, they will make the proper entries in the computer, scan the physical documents into the computer file, and tag the file for movement into its next location (closed, future hearing, notifications, follow-up, etc.) When the court takes a recess, they will go into their office and file the hard copy. EVERYTHING applicable to that day is done before the end of business that day. Expungements are entered before the individual leaves the courtroom, and the individual goes home with the verification. And our clerk does not have the gaggle as this one apparently does.
Thank you judge.
Finally, a judge that demands accountability.
They've been trying to get rid of this incompetent County Clerk since January 2024. This arrest might might expedite her getting fired finally!
That's what I hate about government workers. If she worked in the private sector, she'd be fired already and no one would remember her name.
@@sblijheidshe is elected, which means she has to be voted out
@@MetalGunNut ...Yep... she has to be voted out:
But, in theory, the *_Legislature_* could impeach (investigate) her:
Altho, in practice, this is extremely RARE.
This is outrageous! Incompetence and an apparently willful dereliction of duty.
Judge not, lest ye be judged?
@JLova82
Cut the bull. If her lawyer could get all the requested information off her computer and submitted within an hour, she literally had it ready to go, but refused to hand it over.
@@sblijheid And you don't know the circumstances surrounding the situation, the whole thing was literally to save the judge's ass, probably because of maladministration on their part. There may have been one or more exigent circumstances, you don't know. Now pipe down
She deserves to go to jail, this is a huge problem in Texas where stuff doesn't get filed right or things get lost and then people get arrested for not paying tickets that they actually paid, all sorts of crazy shit.
This poor lady has something on her record that shouldn't be there and it's destroying her life.
Here's a thought... If a CIVIL SERVANT refuses to do her damned JOB for SEVEN MONTHS, she should be FIRED! "PERIODT!" 🧐
Not that simple
Sorry but it is that simple, you pull a stunt like that in the privet sector you would get 2 warnings, if it came to a 3rd warning you were terminated from the company. End of story, you would be lucky if they would give you a reference to help when looking for another job.
Nope in the government sector they would transfer your bu tt onto someone else, and they would keep doing that. I’m sorry if a person cannot/will not do their job then give the job to someone who WILL do the job.
@@JLova82 Much like your comment... Yes. It IS. 🧐
She is an elected official. She can't just be fired. That isn't how it works. She can be voted out or removed from office but it isn't as simple as being fired.
Her job is elected do a different process has to occur to remove her. Now the other employees in that office can be fired if found incompetent.
Outstanding judge.
A rare bird.
FYI a group of Karens like that is called "a complaint of Karens"
bye bye job and off to jail she goes.
Did you watch? She was out by 1540 hrs. She was in jail for less than 4hrs.
@kpal2946 That's the way civil contempt works. Sometimes, it's a daily monetary fine until the respondent complies with the court's order. Sometimes, it's jailing an elected official or company owner until the office or company complies.
@@kpal2946 So, would YOU hire her after she spent 4 hours in jail?
@@Quakeboy02 NO, she is an elected official and she is not doing her job. Hopefully she is not reelected and peoples records are put in proper order.
@@karlrovey I'm aware how it works, her lawyer was complaining that they deserved due process yet the info was turned over within hours. My comment is her jail time was so little and she is elected, so she did almost no jail time and she still had her job.
That's the problem when you elect rather than select on merit an individual for an administrative role like that, there's no guarantee they're actually any good at the job and it's also very difficult to fire them if they're incompetent.
She needs to be removed from office and her entire staff needs to go under review.
this is a good judge, theres so few of them
He clearly said he's holding her accountable because he doesn't want to get himself in trouble. She's been a problem for a while.
Why, because he had some grandstanding monologue? You come that cheaply, eh?
Awesome Judge. He seems a no nonsense Judge.
It no damn wonder it takes so long to get anything done at a county clerks office. Do you see what I see?
All women.
@@fernarias You're an idiot.
I actually never had issues at any county clerk's office in NYC. They seemed competent and did their job swiftly. The only pain was for them to answer the phone. Since I lived nearby, I just walked in to ask questions.
She needs to be removed and her staff.
A good judge is always appreciated by the people.
When you have to put your own staff in jail something is seriously wrong. Circus 🤡 FULL!
WRONG WRONG WRONG. Do your homework for gods sake. The judge has zero to do with who occupies the role of County Clerk. For starters, the County Clerk doesn’t sit in the Judicial branch of government it sits in the Executive branch to provide external oversight of the Judiciary specifically to ensure the separation of powers and avoidance of influence on the Judiciary. Second, the County Clerk of Courts is an *elected* position, voted on by the residents of that county. The Judge has absolutely nothing to do with who becomes County Clerk. Nor does he have any power or right to terminate individuals in the Clerks office. Disciplinary actions against elected County officials are proposed and carried out by County Administrative entities such as Boards of Review or County Mayoral leadership.
Sounds like she needs to get it together. This is turning into a big mess that she created.
Maybe she had her reasons, you don't know.
@@JLova82 Like drug problem??
@@12pope Weed is not a drug problem.
As government always says to us. Just submit, comply and follow the law!
Yes, but we are the common people. We are on the first level of the justice system.
Yes, but mostly the laws are just so we should be following them.
What's your point? We have laws for a reason. If not, the freedoms that YOU also enjoy would not be there. You probably agree with the ridiculous conspiracy theory SovCits, who are very dangerous people.
I certainly hope you don't ever get into a serious traffic crash with a SovCit moron. I did and it cost ME a LOT because they didn't have a license, legal registration and NO insurance.
@@CJOlin ...Me personally, I generally don't agree with everything these "SovCit" espouse, but I wouldn't go so far as to deny them their Basic Human Right of putting forth their own Legal Defense in Court. Furthermore, your "story" makes no sense: How TF did you get their information to SUE if they didn't have registration ??? ...Furthermore, if they couldn't afford a Legal representation, then it's likely that they just Googled some shyt before Trial, rather than being a genuine "SovCit": Also, the "no insurance" screams that as well: Same thing happened to me: "Hit'n Run" by some drunk illegal alien named *_Luis Heinandez._* There a lot of them out there with no license & no insurance: Where you also hit by an illegal alien ??? And to add insult to injury, the Cops never showed up either... So, "GO" Law Enforcement /sarcasm ??? lol
0:05 The Tyrant(s) who think they are Beter than everyone else, play the victim while being rude when you need their help or simply trying to get some answers on what you can do or need to do and they make you jump through unnecessary hoops to get things done. So, I'm not sure if I feel sorry for any of them
basically if the judge didnt have potential consequences he was fine with it. LOL
@@kcindc5539 sir comprehension is key..... the point I made is the judge didnt care about what the clerk did until it became a big enough complaint that came with consequences for his known negligence. He explained it had been happening for YEARS. meaning HE IGNORED FOR YEARS. So you are wrong wrong wrong wrong lol. Try again next time lil buddy. He only acted after years of her behavior when it came to the point that he would be sanctioned and or arrested himself.
@@kcindc5539 Be honest, you cant read can ya? lol
@@Rome__king he must be the judge's husband anyone with sense can understand exactly what you said and agree 🤣
@@cherrymoneytalks1855 lmaooooo it has to be the husband for sure!
@@kcindc5539 wrong wrong wrong wrong
Notice how the cuffs are in front! Special privileges for insiders. Remember how they treat the people with orange jumpsuits and shackles on our ankles and hands cuff behind our backs.
The defense attorney goes out in the hall and tells reporters that the Clerk needs ten days to organize and provide the information in issue. Then, the judge puts the Clerk in jail until the info is provided to the Court, and the same attorney within a couple of hours delivers a flash drive with copies of the documents and info required directly to the judge's chambers. Looks like they may need a jail suite for two. Although county clerks (court clerks) are elected, and there are literally no qualification requirements t hold the office, in my 40+ years as an attorney, I never ran into a court clerk who was not capable and helpful. Just lucky, I guess.
All these comments and no one actually saying what this is actually about. There has been so much judicial malpractice these last few years that I reserve judgment until I know more about this.
I don't know how many times clerks just
Don't obey the law...
They all believe that they are above the law because they work for the police department....
Good on the judge for holding her in contempt....😂🤣😂🐷🤬
They work for the county government..not the police department. And they are elected to their position by citizens.
You have no idea *why* she agreed to go into contempt in the first place, you're a simple sadist.
@@JLova82Well provide us with some insight. What possible legitimate reason might she have for refusing to produce the information/documents, as per her job description, not only from this court case but in all the other instances she has refused to do so as well?
@@brt5273 Who knows, maybe administrative, maybe falling on her sword, maybe out of sheer principle because of an overall rot in her higher ups for which she is unable or unwilling to expound upon in public? What I do know is that people, by and large, *pretend* to be skeptics when they are anything but the sort!
@@JLova82 lol stop trying to attribute some noble cause to this wench. She's a scumbag. End of story.
That Oompaloompa judge isn't messing around. They better do the right thing.
Why are they sobbing?
Government officials hate being held to the same standards as citizens.
Accountability hurts!
😹😹😹because they just realised that they are going to actually work now, and not sit around gas-bagging all daylong😹😹😹
*_Cows_* are easily scared & thus easily manipulated via FEAR:
...They're simply scared because they think they're going to be NEXT !!! (in JAIL).
Thank you judge and 👮🏻 heroes 🙄
The judge is correct
There is no excuse for that level of incompetence. She obviously doesn't care how her incompetence affects people's lives. .
Does she only employee females? Not a male employee in sight. Where's the equality ?
DEI hires, forget about hiring based on competency, hire on skin color or what’s between their legs, OR, willing to delete between their legs….doesn’t matter that they can’t do their job…..just as long as they are are not heterosexual white male….you’re hired!
I think citizens are finally done with this 💩 and are clapping back, not everyone wins a prize, do your damn job, or, GTFO!
The guys are working real jobs.
The guys are back at the office minding the store.
Most males don’t want clerical low paying jobs
@@user-peach408 ...i applied, but it was readily apparent in the interview that they were going to discriminate against me based off my gender.
1:36 What about the due process of the people she is affecting, by not doing her job?
That judge is straight out of Thunderbirds !
Haha! Brilliant observation!
Ha! Lol
lol I am sooo glad I was not the only one thinking that as I watched him talking😹😹😹
Yes. Alan Tracy - Thunderbird 3.
Based solely on his looks I thought he looked make believe, but he handled himself well.
That judge needs an award!!
The clerk of court is the steward of court bound by laws. They are not the gatekeepers of information they deem releasable as they feel necessary. Clarkston found out she is not above the law.
Excellent judge!
Why does she get her torture-cuffs in the front? Why didn’t the officer twist her arms behind her back like they do everybody else?
If you notice all offenders who are appearing in court from the cells are all cuffed in front, or they have the leg, waist and wrists shackles on which keeps their hands down at the side of the body. So they would nit cuff her behind her back when leaving the court.
@@dawsie ahhh..but they are coming from the dungeon, she was just arrested there. She hasn’t been strip searched, cavity searched….with her hands in the front, she would be able to sneak her hands down the front of her pants and pull a gun out or ya know, anything could happen…officer safety is in jeopardy while she’s getting that pampered treatment that no one else gets.
I find it curious that the defense atty says "we didn't have time to prepare" but *suddenly, miraculously,* they find the information the Court requested later that day. Like they were hoping to further delay the case and not have to comply. All those Crying Karens need to be fired as well, or re-assigned to a real job like digging ditches and picking up trash.
Its about time somebody buckles down on these clerks!!!
That ain't happening anytime soon.
Who’s at the office working, while they all wipe their noses in court 🤔 Probably the only dude employed at the office is the one actually working.
She also refused to handover key evidence in a murder trial, the info was needed because it looks very very like she helped both setup jurors to be threatened in order to get the killer off and to get plants on the jury to try and nullify it
Who would have thought that an elected official would skirt the law then claim they are being persecuted for their lawlessness !
District and county clerk offices all over seem to be staffed with slackers. I had a situation where a hearing that had to be rescheduled because the date the officer had written on a traffic ticket was a date courts were closed due to some judges' training event or something. .
1- The case was not rescheduled until a couple weeks after I called to ask about the reschedule that I had never been notified of.
2- The new date assigned was for a few years before the ticket had even been written, meaning that at that moment records actually could have shown me as a failure to appear, subject to arrest.
3- When I called to get the error corrected, the only person in the clerk's office who could fix it, supposedly, was on vacation for two weeks - during which time records indicated I had not appeared at a hearing I could not possibly have appeared at.
I finally did get a new and valid case, presented to an arrogant young jerk of a judge, with a ridiculous poodle perm, a copy of insurance, got the ticket dismissed - but for months afterward I expected every cop I saw to stop me and arrest me for failure to appear. just because of a series of bungles in the clerk's office.
Outstanding judge! I have never seen anyone actually care enough to intervene as seriously as the honorable Judge Jackson.
Garbage judge. If you listened to the whole video the issue had been going on for years and the reason he was upset was because someone higher up in the legal food chain found out and he was warned that HE would be facing consequences if he didn't fix his court.
Did you see the smirk on her face when she was walking out in handcuffs? That tells you her true nature. Also, the lawyer had what the judge was asking for but wouldnt give it to the judge until after the clerk was taken away in cuffs. There seems to be a lot more to this then we can see.
Slightly sloped roofs everywhere.
"Do you know who is held in contempt? ... Me." So, this judge has a personal interest in this case? Why is he still sitting up there?
YES, if she refuses to follow orders and HE allows it he then is held in contempt. Its like if you knowingly allow your employee to commit a crime. You get busted too. Dont be an idiot.
Yeah, i caught that too... That was a very strange statement by a Judge: I was like, WTF ???
If it was as simple as submitting the info on that thumb drive, why the heck didn't she just do that ahead of time? I'm thinking there is likely willful misconduct on top of the evident incompetence of the district clerk.
Awesome job judge hold these crooked politicians accountable.
That’s not only cruel, it’s lazy.
That judge is without a doubt Directly related to Colonel Sanders is absolutely no denying it😂
...Me personally, i was getting strong *_Agent Smith_* vibes :P
Dysfunctional public employees, ineffective management, ballooning budgets were all predicted in the early 60’s when public employee unions were granted collective bargaining rights. America loves our short term memory. If you don’t review history, every idea is a good idea
Way to go judge. All govt workers should know their placeces and what their jobs require without showboating look at my power type of attitudes. She must me fired and charged.
...The only thing these *_Cows_* can keep track of is _LUNCH TIME_ !!!
...For everything else, they're totally incompetent !!!
She denied a FOIA request she broke the law
Anyone wanna guess how she votes??? $100
Democrat? Will you send a check or transfer the money on my Account?
she is a republican--doh!!😛
Penny Clarkston (Republican Party) ran for re-election for Smith District Clerk in Texas. Clarkston was on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022
Just me guessing she is a MAGATARD
Had she not been Rep., screams from that side of the aisle would be "DEI".
She needs to comply , this is insane what is she hiding ?
If citizens are held accountable for elected and unelected officials mistakes. Then our country is toast.
I believe the officials should be held for 10 days for every 100 dollars the citizens has to spend to correct the issue.
Or be subject to total restitution including damages to the citizens.
This whole. “Us vs our collective tax dollars”. Has got to end
lmao 10 days for every $100, tell me youre poor without telling me youre poor 😂
I don't know who told you that you have certain inherent _rights_ as a Taxpayer, but they lied to you.
@@JLova82 paying taxes has nothing to do with it kid, im a divine being and i will do as i please
@@ppstorm_ I'm not your "kid," so, let's get that straight, and taxes have everything to do with it - just not in the way you believe them to.
@@JLova82 u mad?
It's about following the law. Thank you, Judge Jackson.
About time these un constitunal bs they do to the public ,what is she hiding .we kow she is
0:11 since when are cell phones allowed to be turned ON in court? That's a contempt of court charge on that lady
Ummm put her back in Jail
They are crying because they know they are about to get locked up too 😂😂
So what is the actual problem? Does the clerk have a beef with the court? Is she incompetent? Is she an alcoholic on the sly? Can someone give me the lowdown? 😄😄😄
Someone said that she's accused of *_Jury Tampering._*
Even if I was accused of a crime this is the judge I'd want to hear my case through, facts and fair assessment judges are hard to come by. Definitely a King Solomon of wisdom judge 👍
What a minute….he complains that he doesn’t have time (10 days) to prepare the info but has it on a flash drive right there for the interview….why the hell did he not just had it to the judge in court?!
...You misunderstood: He meant as a matter of fairness, they should be allowed 10 days notice [to prepare for the Hearing]: NOT 10 days to prepare the public records request.
Good for the Judge!
Is this the beginning of the system eating itself alive?
WRONG WRONG WRONG. Do your homework for gods sake. The judge has zero to do with who occupies the role of County Clerk. For starters, the County Clerk doesn’t sit in the Judicial branch of government it sits in the Executive branch to provide external oversight of the Judiciary specifically to ensure the separation of powers and avoidance of influence on the Judiciary. Second, the County Clerk of Courts is an *elected* position, voted on by the residents of that county. The Judge has absolutely nothing to do with who becomes County Clerk. Nor does he have any power or right to terminate individuals in the Clerks office. Disciplinary actions against elected County officials are proposed and carried out by County Administrative entities such as Boards of Review or County Mayoral leadership.
No, someone just made a fvcking GENIUS legal maneuver here: Normally, you goto the Clerk (of Court) to get a FOIA request. But here, some 200 iq Chad actually subpoena'd the COURT itself, which meant that the JUDGE was legally "on the hook" for noncompliance: Which is what motivated him into actual ACTION here. Otherwise, the Judge would have had ZERO incentive to do anything.
Good on this judge for not tolerating this crap, this woman was literally ruining lives by not doing her job.
I’m sure her court buddies have a back door for her. This is nothing but a pony show.
WRONG WRONG WRONG. Do your homework for gods sake. The judge has zero to do with who occupies the role of County Clerk. For starters, the County Clerk doesn’t sit in the Judicial branch of government it sits in the Executive branch to provide external oversight of the Judiciary specifically to ensure the separation of powers and avoidance of influence on the Judiciary. Second, the County Clerk of Courts is an *elected* position, voted on by the residents of that county. The Judge has absolutely nothing to do with who becomes County Clerk. Nor does he have any power or right to terminate individuals in the Clerks office. Disciplinary actions against elected County officials are proposed and carried out by County Administrative entities such as Boards of Review or County Mayoral leadership.