Jumping Habeas Corpus!!!
Andrew J. McDonald, Gov. Malloy’s chief counsel, just sent a letter to attorney Rich Rochlin suggesting that his clients, who have proclaimed innocence in the active state probe into state workers who may have fraudulently applied for federal disaster benefits after Tropical Storm Irene, should come forward. McDonald said that if his clients wish to, the governor and the state Department of Social Services would be willing to release their applications for D-SNAP relief to Capitol reporters. “Based on the circumstances you have developed through the media, I suggest we can best address your claimed clients’ assertions by examining their actual applications,” McDonald wrote in the letter that was released to reporters. McDonald referred to Rochlin’s “purported” clients, who have been appearing on TV in shadow and with their faces covered, claiming that DSS intake workers filled out erroneous income information for them and then presented them with the D-SNAP debit cards.