The stenographer in the ex parte non-public Mokay trial was the Facebook friend of a subpoenaed witness, the presiding judge's law clerk

Yesterday, I've learnt an interesting fact about the Mokay trial that was conducted on April 7, 2015, in an ex parte manner, in my absence as the defense counsel, despite my documented medical leave and back injury, and that was conducted without presence of the public and while duping members of the public into believing that the trial did not proceed after the jury was dismissed.

The stenographer on the case was a Facebook friend of a subpoenaed witness, the presiding Judge Kevin Dowd's law clerk Claudette Newman - and the even more interesting fact is that as soon as I published a blog about several stenographers being listed as Facebook friends of Claudette Newman, Claudette Newman made her friend-list private.

Nothing like - I cannot even say a little - a LOT of "appearance of impropriety" going on, don't you think?

With these details and even without more (and, as far as I know, there is much more), it is very clear that the integrity of the Mokay trial was compromised.