Zach Scruggs Rebuttal: Todd Graves Ratchets Up The Rhetoric

Zach Scruggs rebuttal memorandum to government response to his separate motion to dismiss. It’s hard to see how this could succeed; it steps up an attack the government has already termed “gratuitously inflammatory” and splits hairs over matters of intent that would almost surely be left to a jury. At the same time it ignores the broader context of the transcripts–that Zach Scruggs was discussing an order that had been written by the firm for Judge Lackey, and that Zach Scruggs was discussing the order with Timothy Balducci, who was not the firm’s attorney in the case. Perhaps Zach Scruggs’ current intent is to discover any additional information, from taped conversations, that was not presented to the grand jury.

The deadline for pleas in this case is March 17, with the trial scheduled to begin March 31. Judge Biggers has scheduled a pre-trial conference for March 14 and will rule on any outstanding motions. It may be an eventful week.