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Donville Inniss Denied!

On January 16, 2020, a jury in the Eastern District of New York found Donville Inniss (“Mr. Inniss”) guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h), and two counts of substantive money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(A). Mr. Inniss now moves for a…

On January 16, 2020, a jury in the Eastern District of New York found Donville Inniss (“Mr. Inniss”) guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h), and two counts of substantive money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(A). Mr. Inniss now moves for a judgment of acquittal on all three counts of conviction, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29(c)(2) (“Rule 29(c)(2)”). For the reasons set forth below, Mr. Inniss’s motion is respectfully DENIED.

-Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto

On the 24 July 2020 Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto of the United States District Court Eastern District of New York in the matter United States of America v. Donville Inniss denied Inniss’ request for acquittal on all three counts of conviction – see Donville Inniss GUILTY as Charged. As a human being AND Barbadian the blogmaster feels some sympathy for the disgraced former member of parliament for St. James South. It is reported Inniss could be sentenced to a maximum of 25 years for crimes committed.

A read of Judge Matsumoto’s Summary of the Matter raises again the question about the local players fingered in the corruption which originated at ICBL. Will they ever have to face trial in the USA or Barbados? It seems incomprehensible to the average John Citizen that a former minister in the Barbados government was arrested and found guilty in a foreign land for a crime that had its incubation in Barbados and no punitive action taken by local authorities.

Relevant Link

– See Judge Matsumoto’s Summary of the Donville Inniss MatterDownload

The blogmaster anticipates the communication machinery of the Barbados Labour Party is already being tuned – three years before the general election is constitutionally due – to take full advantage of the incarceration of former minister Inniss. It is interesting to note this week the Integrity in Public Life Act (2020) was passed in parliament and prime minister Mottley indicated she expects the Integrity Commission to be established by next year. If it is one thing the blogmaster is sure about is that the commission will be established before the bell rings to call the next general election.

The blogmaster’s calender has been updated with the 23 November, 2020 at 11AM. What ever happens it will be a date that will admit Barbados officially to political infamy.

58 responses to “Donville Inniss Denied!”

  1. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    That is the talk of the town, omitting judges from any integrity in public accountability, ensures that corruption continues in the supreme court by design. It was deliberate.

    Grenville elevated himself to FB stardom. Everyone can now deny the know him. Lol.

    “One of the most dangerous people in Barbados is Grenville Phillips, he is not dangerous because of his impact on the citizenry of Barbados, but he is dangerous because he is a “Well defined Slave.” He is the perfect “White Negro,” who once the other slaves are trying to get off of the plantation, would do his best to keep us on the plantation. Grenville is dangerous because he incoporates religion into his doctrine. Grenville Phillips is Lord Admiral Nelson’s perfect little slave.”

  2. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    At least the citizenry are awake and aware that they can never ever not even in a moment of total madness, elevate Grenvile the colonizer’s faithful slave to that parliament.

    Ah wish the fowls would go out there and put on that noxious slaveminded display, the forum would have a field day.

  3. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    lol…so the private sector racists accused the civil servants on Facebook of being racists and a sitting minister is reminding us all about how corrupt the private really is….lawd….as long as he knows that the private sector should not in any way nor by any means have any control over the parliament, the legislature NOR over those who work for the TAXPAYERS in their capacity as servants of the people sitting in the parliament.

    “Walcott said Arthur had made the observation that some of those accusations were “being made by persons in the private sector who were indulging and encouraging these manifestations of corruption by those in the public sector”.
    “I must say that though we speak about this issue, I would not want members to be deluded into the sense that in the private sector there is not extensive corruption,” Walcott said.”

  4. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Has anyone noticed how the Bajan narrative has changed SIGNIFICANTLY over the years..even on FB…..it is inspiring and finally something to really be proud about…i can take a well deserved break and watch Bajans come alive and wide awake, with total pride…it took a collective effort to get this far, despite the weak slave minded and their nothing inputs…..

    Theo, Donna, Miller, TSLN…i really need to read your thoughts.

  5. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    This person’s writing is inspiring.

    “Kids against broken homes-Barbados
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    If we were civilized and educated would we not be calling for mass resignation, and a possible criminal investigation? Let’s get this straight, you pass a Population reduction Act via Parliament in 67. By 1985-89 the administration of the act being funded heavily by government and run on the ground by population enthusiasts hidden as Women’s rights groups, was going amazingly. In fact it was going so well that the birth rate of black Barbadians was by majority sub replenishment. At that stage in order to preserve the natural population a humane government would have started to consider long term plans to replenish and safeguard the continued existence of the majority black Barbadian population… But our two party governments didn’t. Instead they delivered more funds to the population enthusiasts, ramped up their toxic food imports, destroyed our natural drinking water with the addition of international recommended chemicals, delivered sub standard public healthcare to the poor, furthered the secondary education divide, and increased overall black reliance on the state. By 2016 our governments (both pretty much the same) introduced legislation that arguably attacked marriage and traditional family. Now after doing all of that and more, then Minister of Education Ronald Jones recognising the looming population crisis, and in the absence of any financial incentives or security, stated “Bajan women need to go an get more children”. Not ‘Barbadian families who consider adding to their families will be supported to do so by the state, by way of tax breaks on essential baby items, state subsidised maternity and paternity leave, start up nursery school payment vouchers etc. No “Bajan women need to go an get more children” . There was no severity in the statement and it was a distraction from the real reality of ‘we’ve managed you guys so far into population decline that if you don’t go an breed you gine be extinct’. Now our current PM who commissioned some sort of population committee to investigate and provide a report, returned to the bajan people and basically said…the population situation dread we ain’t got nuh plans on you lot breeding up de place, so hear what we just gine bring in yuh replacements through migration, we been doing it for years anyhow, you keep doing what ya doing an having 1 child per 2 people and just soon as de much lighter skin migrants start breed yuh, yuh just gine get bred out… Problem solved!(Mia Mottley did not use those exact words). Basically our government is asking the current majority but realistically soon to be minority to sit down, shut up and accept years of what is arguably state sponsored genocide! Every vote cast at the ballot box in favour of these historical parties is a vote against your heritage, race, and continued existence.”

  6. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/07/31/lawyer-barbados-lags-in-setting-up-ganga-industry/

    lol..don’t even know why they are still bothering, government greed and hatred to see Black people on the island progress and grow wealthy has already put paid to their grand plans to enrich themselves and their business partners while robbing the population their right to have access to the marijuana business…..Canada pulled out of the marijuana business in the Caribbean, they should ask them why, and it was not solely because of the plague.

    That ship sailed over a year ago, they can content themselves with researching the plant, they may actually finally learn something, it can take a good 40 years or more, but that’s no big deal, they have criminalized their own people longer than that for an innocent plant, so happy researching i say..All the marijuana slave plantation land and growing tents they gave the whites both foreign and local on the island to proceed to employ low paid workers while pretending they are slave masters can always become tourist attractions….after they are all exposed everywhere and hopefully JAILED for modern day slavery….watch muh nuh..

  7. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    Inniss acts like a Karen. He thinks that immigrants from the South are entitled to some kind of black privilege: The privilege of committing serious crimes indefinitely because these crimes are not prosecuted in his home country.

    It is good that Lord Barr is now Attorney General of the USA and not this weak Holder. Who knows if Holder would not have shown solidarity with Inniss for the wrong reasons.

  8. David Avatar
    David

    Ex-Minister disappointed over criminal convictions

    Article by
    Wade Gibbons

    Published on
    August 11, 2020

    Convicted on money laundering charges he strenuously denies, former Government minister Donville Inniss has pledged to fight the USA judicial system with every sinew in his body to prove his innocence.

    Inniss, who faces sentencing in November, lost a motion last month to have his conviction overturned based on the insufficiency of the primarily circumstantial evidence presented by the prosecution. In her judgement, District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto said such motions rarely succeeded and in determining whether to grant a motion for judgment of acquittal, the court not only had to view the evidence in the light most favourable to the prosecution but had to be careful not to usurp the role of the jury. Inniss indicated that he has not had the opportunity to discuss the Judge’s recent ruling with his lawyers.
    But in an exclusive conversation with Barbados TODAY, Inniss said he was neither bribed by Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL), influenced the issuance of insurance contracts from the Barbados Investment Development Corporation (BIDC) or had any meetings with ICBL personnel regarding BIDC insurance contracts.
    Full article –
    Ex-Minister disappointed over criminal convictions

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