
Brian Williams
Over at Atlas Shrugs Pamela has a most disquieting report about legal maneuvering against Brian Williams, the Christian pastor who helped Rifqa Bary when she fled from her home in fear for her life after her conversion from Islam to Christianity was discovered. Now we know why the CAIR lawyer for Rifqa’s parents pursued the “unruly” charge to which Rifqa unwisely, at the insistence of her clueless attorneys, pled guilty. They hope to use it as a stick to beat Rifqa’s defenders.
Last week I reported on CAIR’s latest move to stop any converts out of Islam and any Christians who might try to help these desperate, brave victims.
Back on January 19th, Rifqa Bary was tricked into pleading guilty to the “unruly” charges against her in exchange for a dependency deal that the Bary parents and their CAIR-appointed attorney have since reneged on, there have been new developments in the case.
The prosecutor, under pressure from powerful and influential CAIR, is pursuing charges against Brian Williams, the pastor and friend whom she contacted after she ran away.
The prosecution is seeking to indict Brian Williams on two charges — contributing to the “unruliness” of a minor (eureka, now we understand why CAIR demanded a guilty plea in exchange for a meaningless deal with the kuffar) and a second charge of “interference with custody,” which carries a sentence of six months to a year.
So now we understand the change in strategy.
Brian Williams is being urged by Rifqa’s deal-making attorney, Stemberger-appointed attorney Kort Gotterdam, to plead guilty to a lesser charge. Gotterdam is following the direction of the lawyer who appointed him, John Stemberger, who also brokered broken deals for Rifqa….
But Williams will not do this. More power to him. You can see his remarks in the comments field at Atlas, confirming the veracity of the report there and giving the lie to those who have leveled the false charge that Pamela Geller is passing on rumors, innuendo and hearsay. Of course, the unfolding events of this case demonstrate who is dissembling and concentrating on saving their professional reputations rather than saving Rifqa, and who is telling the truth, more vividly every day.