Thread: Glenn Beck Interviews Gilmer Hernandez, then Ted Poe

But first, in this country we have a real problem along our southern border. And I`m not talking about the stream of illegal immigrants waltzing into this country to the tune of half a million a year.

I`m talking about the shameless U.S. attorneys like Johnny Sutton who are spending their days and your tax dollars prosecuting our border agents, most of which are honest Americans who are just trying to keep our border secure and our country safe.

Sutton has already damned Ramos and Compean to decade-plus prison sentences for trying to stop a drug smuggler. He also went -- went after Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez for shooting at the tires of a van full of illegals who tried to run him over.

I believe these three men -- Hernandez, Ramos and Compean -- are our first political country -- political prisoners. It is sad news.

Now, there are some in Washington doing what they can to end the travesty of injustice and prevent it from happening again. We`ll get into that here in just a second. One of these three brave men is finally home. I am proud to be joined now by Gilmer Hernandez.

Gilmer, first of all, sir, thank you for all that you have put up with and all the service that you have provided our -- our country. You were released yesterday. Last time you saw your baby daughter, she was four months old. She`s now 14 months old. What was that like to be home?

GILMER HERNANDEZ, SHERIFF`S DEPUTY: It was pretty hard, you know, not seeing my daughter. But when I got home, it felt real great, you know, holding her and spending time with her.

BECK: You say that Johnny Sutton and the prosecution used lies and their -- I believe you said usual tactics to put you behind bars. What do you mean by that?

HERNANDEZ: Well, the tactic lies that I saw through the -- there at the court and actual having an investigation, they used prior -- a month before the -- for the court time because my court was in November. And it was like the end of September when they just did the investigation. Because I was never interviewed by the FBI.

BECK: Hang on just a second. FBI never talked to you?

HERNANDEZ: Never talked to me, interrogated me or interviewed me at all.

BECK: You are a deputy sheriff. You discharged your gun. You were going to a federal prison and the FBI never interviewed you?

HERNANDEZ: Never talked to me or asked me any questions about the case. The only thing was the Texas Ranger who actually cleared me from the case.

[b] BECK: Is it true that they offered you a plea deal to where they asked you to change your report?

HERNANDEZ: That is correct. They offered me a six months probation to stipulate with the story that they wanted.

BECK: And what did they ask you to do to your report?

HERNANDEZ: They had -- I mean, they -- it was sent on paper with the plea bargain. And they had to -- like the incident that happened that night and they wanted me to just agree and agree with that report.

BECK: OK. And so you were supposed to change the report to say that you fired into the van and not at the tires?

HERNANDEZ: That sounds correct.

BECK: What did you think when your government actually asked you to lie on a report?

HERNANDEZ: It was tough. That`s why I didn`t take that plea bargain, because it was all a lie. It wasn`t, you know... [b]

BECK: Gilmer, God bless you, man. God bless you. Thank you very much.

Let me go to Congressman Ted Poe now, Republican from Texas.

Congressman, we just heard that Gilmer was offered a plea deal if he would change his report. Is that even legal?

REP. TED POE (R), TEXAS: Based on what I believe in the law is no, of course not. If you change your report, it`s not the truth. So that`s very disturbing news, Glenn, that you have just relayed to us.

BECK: OK. Let me -- let me give a quote here from you. You said the Mexican government wanted a Texas deputy sheriff prosecuted, and they got - - and they got their way. What do you mean by that?

POE: Well, Gilmer Hernandez, after this episode occurred, the situation was investigated by the sheriff`s department, the Texas Rangers. Then the Mexican government wrote a letter to our government, demanding prosecution of Gilmer Hernandez.

And then our -- you know, our Justice Department was quick on the scene and a year later, prosecuted him for this alleged civil rights violation.

BECK: There doesn`t seem to be any justice coming. And I hope I`m wrong on that. We have a new attorney general coming in. I know you`ve written him a letter asking his help on this. What have you put in that letter?

POE: Well, we`ve asked that the new attorney general review this whole situation about why is the Justice Department continuing to seek out and prosecute border protectors and seeming to give a pass to human smugglers and drug smugglers in some of these cases? We want him or her to reevaluate this entire situation.

BECK: But you -- you know as well as I know it`s been a tight little circle of ring. It`s been -- it`s been our attorney general, Johnny Sutton, and George Bush. These guys have known each other forever. I mean, how are you going to break up that ring? How are you going to get in and prove that anything was going on with the Mexicans?

POE: Well, we just have to bring the truth to light, Glenn, as you continue to do. And maybe in the confirmation hearings before the Senate, we can convince some of our senators to ask some very pointed questions to the new nominee about these cases -- Gilmer Hernandez case, Ramos and Compean case -- and get a perspective from this candidate.

BECK: I know that your bill passed in the House to sever the appropriations for the prison term of Compean and Ramos, but it`s going to the Senate now, and you have two supporters that say they don`t want this. It`s going to set a bad precedent.

What`s going to happen in the Senate?

POE: We don`t know what will happen in the Senate, but it did pass the House overwhelmingly by voice vote. So regardless of what the Senate passes when it goes to conference committee to come up with one bill instead of two, we hope to have that in the conference bill, to make sure that they`re defunded -- their incarcerations defunded.

BECK: Stay in touch with us, Congressman. Thanks very much.

POE: Thank you, Glenn.

Glenn Beck interviewed the attorney for Mr. Hernandez this evening on his television show on CNN. It will be repeated later this evening.

Psalm 91

Dis-bar Sutton .... charge him for Federal Crimes: Allow Gilbert to Sue Sutton and the Federal Government blind

Convict President Bush and Johnny Sutton stick thier corrupt A_S in Federal Prison - Hard Labor with no chance of Parole

Nuff Said