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Jan. 9, 2013 2:19pm Madeleine Morgenstern

D.C. Attorney Generals Office Expects Decision on Whether to Pursue David Gregory Case Soon

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The Washington, D.C. attorney general’s office expects to announce “pretty soon” whether it will pursue a case against NBC’s David Gregory for apparently holding up a high-capacity ammunition magazine on national television last month, a spokesman said.

Ted Gest, public information officer for D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan, told TheBlaze Wednesday the office is “looking into it” with an announcement possible by the end of the week.

“We are looking into it and I can’t give you some exact time [on announcing a decision whether or not to pursue],” Gest said. “Pretty soon.”

Gest’s comment came after a spokeswoman for D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier told the Washington Post Tuesday that the department “completed the investigation into this matter, and the case has been presented to the OAG for a determination of the prosecutorial merit of the case.”

Gregory pulled the magazine out during a “Meet the Press” interview with National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre following the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn. In D.C., where “Meet the Press” tapes, it is illegal to possess a magazine capable of holding 10 or more rounds of ammunition. Violations are punishable by a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Lanier previously said D.C. police were investigating the incident to determine whether the magazine Gregory brandished was real.

NBC reportedly sought permission to bring a magazine on the show but was denied.

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mrunner
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:08pm
Gregory inadvertently demonstrated that the gun laws on the books are not enforced so any further gun laws would be pointless.

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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:40pm
  Does anyone honestly believe anything is going to happen to Ms. Gregory?
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:47pm
  I believe they will do something minor adding up to no more than a slap on the wrist just so they can say…see, we even went after an anti-gun advocate for breaking the rules.
  
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- Lee_in_PA
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:51pm
  Nope. And he proved that existing laws don’t mean a thing, if you ain’t got that swing.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:54pm
  NBC vulture/lawyers will get him off. No intent, blah blah GE will donate some light bulbs for the locals to shoot out of street lamps and nothing will happen to Ms. Gregory.
  
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- ltb
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 5:51pm
  I don’t see what the big fuss is, since everybody knows that laws don’t apply to Liberals.
  
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- ALL4FREEDOM
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:47pm
  Excellent point!
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:52pm
  “”D.C. Attorney General’s Office to TheBlaze: We Expect Decision on Whether to Pursue David Gregory Case ‘Soon’”"
  
  Alrighty then…We’ll just be here holding our breath…
  
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woodyee
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:58pm
They’ll castigate Gregory ONLY to set a legal precedent; then they’ll pardon him, because he’s a loyal hack for the Obama regime. The rest of you get caught will get no pardon. It’s the way of DC.

Governors of 35 states have filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.
This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass it on.
This is an idea that we should address.
For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that passed … in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn’t seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. I truly don’t care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever . The self-serving must stop.

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ginger100
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:55pm
party members are excluded

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- cosette
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:42pm
  “No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”… George Orwell, Animal Farm, ch.10.
  
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GETLIFE
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:49pm
Oh yeah! Like there’s such a market out there for FAKE magazines!
Must be a fake! Best laugh I’ve had all day.

Still laughing….

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TwoLazy
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:43pm
I’ll hold my breath, wait, no I won’t that’d be death by anticipation, or assault anticipation with a full automatic assaultpation … I suppose a semi-auto anticipation would work …. Yeah ..that’s the ticket

Whilst we wait anyone for watching the grass grow?

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HI_Don
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:33pm
“Looking into it” Translation – we are waiting to see if the issue will go away on its own or if we will be forced to pretend we are doing something about it, so quit bothering us about it.

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No-Really
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:27pm
If they don’t prosecute him they better let free and pay restitution for the other people they nailed with those stupid gun laws. Especially Army Specialist Adam Meckler.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/guns/2012/jul/1/miller-dc-arrests-vet-arrested-unregistered-ammuni/

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blazingaway
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:18pm
well if they were denied permission and did it anyway then a fine is certainly in order and perhaps jail time would be a good thing too just to let the liberals know what a stupid, idiotic ass-wipe law they have created

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- naughtycal
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:32pm
  Fact is gregory has the same Constitutional rights as any other gun owner. And Unconstitutional law used to threaten a lawful Conservative gun owner is UnConstitutional to threaten a liberal dou*he like gregory.
  
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jd9215
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:09pm
Nothing will happen to this douche. His lips are locked firmly on Obama’s anus.

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:49pm
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They will not punish one of Obama’s Boy Toy’s……

That last interview Dave did with Obama I thought I was gonna have to send Dave towel to wipe his mouth……

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- tharpdevenport
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:54pm
  But if they do, he’ll become Tiny’s boy toy. Don’t drop the soap, David!
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:01pm
  Yeah, if the have to “think about it” it means they are stalling because they intend to let it slide! What a Crock our Justice system is! It seems it only applies to Conservatives.
  
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- BoyScout_Mom
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:21pm
  True. If this were uncle Ted, they’d have his “compound” surround by 500 ATF tonight, trying to smoke him and his family out, just like the Branch Davidians.
  
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yiska8
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:48pm
The $1000 fine is small potatoes to Gregory. he spends that on Friday nights out to dinner with his Bolshevik colleagues. I’d like him to get the year in jail. Now that would be something. He’d be bought and sold for a pack a ramen noodles within 48 hours!!! Ha!!!!

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Top_Contributor
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:46pm
You people care about the dumbest sh\t.

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- TIMEBOMB
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:59pm
  As your magniifcent ruler I value your support but you don’t have to get on your knees and worship me every time you’re in my presence.I know it’s difficult for my subjects to keep from getting on their knees before me but come on. Praise be to me BHO.
  
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- BoyScout_Mom
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:23pm
  Lol… these are becoming priceless…
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:59pm
  Thanks Bomb
  
  Top Con
  Which laws should we abide by? Illegals aren’t illegal; most laws seem to be just hot air for libs and progs to maintain power and obtain “revenue”. Glad you don’t use the same ranges I do.
  
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PapaJohannesPatriot
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:43pm
He is not above the law. Arrest him, fine him and/or put him in jail.
He could have easily avoided the situation and still gotten his point across. He could have shown an actual size photo of a high capacity magazine.

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WildschweinJager
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:41pm
If David Gregory doesn’t have to answer to the law then who among you should?

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WildschweinJager
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:39pm
My bet is that they will not pursue because the media is above the law and the administation condones and expects them to not be held to the laws imposed upon the common American. The media elite must be protected at all costs because they sing the praises of the Obama administration.

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Blazen420
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:39pm
Anyone one else would be have been processed and bonded out of jail by now.

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TIMEBOMB
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:35pm
David has been a shill to my regime for years so there won’t be any case brought against him. I’ve stood behind David many times and I’ll always have his back side. Praise be to me BHO.

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asybot12
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:34pm
He will not be prosecuted, why??

The Washington PD cannot find enough witnesses who saw the show!

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- Vickie Dhaene
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:10pm
  Your right. LOL
  
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MikeinIdaho
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:33pm
NOTHING will come of this, NOTHING.
The communists in this country protect their own at all costs.

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DougHuffman
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:31pm
Has anyone checked at Intrade for the odds for action?

Oh, yeah, Obummer shut Intrade out of the American market.

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- WildschweinJager
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:14pm
  Mr Huffman
  
  We must become informed as to what exactly are the POTUS’s actual limitations. I have never seen anything like the “Obama is gonna do this and Obama is gonna do that” with any other President so I have to ask the question, “What the heck was Pres Bush doing when he could have been a ruler like Obama?”
  
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The-Monk
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:29pm
SOON

Something Our Office Negates

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RAW1
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:29pm
David Gregory should be prosecuted for breaking D.C.’s own gun control laws and be forever discredited as a professional journalist, since David Gregory knew 1) for a fact that the assault weapon was definitely not used in the massacre, 2) that the Newtown Police Department told all press to not link that weapon to the murders (because it wasn’t used), and 3) that the dramatic theatrics of displaying the weapon, though an outright lie and breach of the public trust, would help keep people in the emotional reactive state of hysterics longer so the corrupt politicians that want to disarm the People can have more time to work on their goal, without the common people returning to a state of logic.

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seanscythe
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:27pm
Wonder if he wants to sell that Mag, if he still has it that is…?

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Tri-ox
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:26pm
As if there’s any chance that he’ll be charged with the felony he committed. Lame kabuki.

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CWPrequired
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:23pm
My azz you are. Right….gotta bridge…when hell freeze….you get the picture.

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