| Jay Lucas Arraigned in SDNY
After New Hampshire Arrest While
Indictment Still Sealed
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 22 – With both
copies of the Federal
indictment still sealed on
PACER, on December 22 in the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Inner City Press when to the
arraignment of Jay Lucas and
live tweeted, here
OK - now at
arraignment of Jay Lucas,
former candidate for New
Hampshire governor, private
equity investor and owner of
defunct Eagle-Times
newspaper
Defense counsel:
Mr Lucas is not CJA eligible
but I will represent his
interests today.
Judge: You are
charged in four counts. How do
you plead? Lucas: Not
guilty AUSA: We have
extracted his cellphones. We
are in the process of
notifying victims. Judge:
Discovery by January 19.
Defense: Conference in 60
days? Judge: February 18 at
noon
AUSA: He is out
on $1 million bond. A
no-contact with LBE persons
with exceptions. Judge: So
ordered. Three weeks instead
of two for signatures due to
the holidays Adjourned
Note: After Inner
City Press' article (and
tweets) noting the continued
sealing of the indictment, it
was belatedly unsealed.
The case is USA
v. Lucas, 1:25-cr-581 (Rochon)
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