Ex-Criminal Court’C’ Judge Gbeisay defends against US Treasury’s Report
One of several judges that handled Senator Varney Sherman’s bribery case before the US Treasury Department accused them (judges) of receiving a bribe from Sherman to rule in his favor, on Tuesday, March 16, surfaced at the Civil Law Court where he provided clarity on his judgment.
Even though the Treasury’s report did not mention his name or the role he may have played, Judge Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, during the formal opening of the sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, disclosed that he was one of the judges that found Sherman not guilty.
Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe, President, Liberia National Bar Association
Weeks after both the Supreme Court of Liberia and the National Association of Trial Judges in Luberia claimed that there was no sufficient evidence to punish any of those named in the US Treasury Department’s report of corruption against some judges and Grand Cape Mount County Senator Cllr Varney Sherman, the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA), has cautioned judicial actors and the Liberian Government not to take the issue lightly. The LNBA is the umbrella body for lawyers and judges in the country.
A release issued by the Supreme Court and the National Association of Trial Judges of Liberia earlier, challenged the Treasury Department to produce evidence in its possession based upon which the accusations against Cllr Sherman and the judges were obtained.