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This continues our reporting on the information regarding Josh McKoon's actions with the Georgia Republican Party (Inc.) They we believe they would prefer we not talk or ask about. (The cover of this article is made up of screen shots of the actual pages of the document as proposed to be sealed.)
In our last article we discussed the disclosure in court wherein the Georgia Republican Party, Inc. stated that they have no members:
You may review the entire article by clicking on it below.
Their admission is difficult to understand when the document which details the rules of the Republican Party uses the word member or members 100 times within the document. (full copies of these documents are available to download from within our first article linked above.)
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In the same court case that gave rise to their admission of "no members," Josh McKoon, through their attorney Alex Kaufmann, also requested that the actual Agreement document be sealed by the court so that no one in the public (nor anyone who previously thought they were a "member" of the Georgia Republican Party) would be able to view the agreement. Why?
Georgia typically provides that documents presented in court are available for review by the public following their production. The requirements necessary to have a document sealed from he public are typically quite rigorous. Consequently it is rare to see a document sealed.
When The Georgia Record learned that McKoon wished to seal the document, we, along with other interested Georgia parties, created an Amicus Brief which requested that the court consider our wish to be heard in the hope that the court would deny the request to seal the agreement.
Even John Padgett through his attorney agreed they had no objection to making the agreement public and that the Georgia Republican Party apparently had not met the requirements for sealing a court document as required by Georgia law:
Over the coming months, we appeared in court several times to see what the court's decision would ultimately be and hopefully be able to review the infamous Agreement document.
In the hours just prior to the December 3rd hearing on the matter, the Judge in the case suddenly decided to seal the document. After we appeared in court the next morning, monitors in the courtroom were turned around so no part of the document could be viewed by members of the public attending in the courtroom.
The Georgia Republican Party - Josh McKoon - even went so far as to criticize our reporting as in some way incorrect which it was not.
The GAGOP further stated that the agreement was protected by a confidentiality clause.
Going back to documents previously filed with the court, we learned from a document filed by Mr. Padgett's attorney that a confidentially clause did exist but that it was one way against Ms. Keith the original plaintiff.
It should now be very clear to the reader that John McKoon, acting through the Georgia Republican Party, Inc. wanted the Padgett Agreement to be sealed away from public view even though John Padgett himself stated he did not object to making the Agreement public.
Further, when faced with an Amicus brief asking the court's permission to submit reasons why the Agreement should not be sealed, McKoon took steps to ensure the Agreement was sealed "in perpetuity" meaning forever.
Even the JFK assassination files were not sealed "in perpetuity."
