Craddick Deposition: Talk to the Hand
Our intrepid web team at KVUE has posted raw video of parts of Craddick's deposition (see post below), but if you want to see the condensed version we put on TV, here's the 6pm video story. In this version you can watch the travel company owner, Phillip Marsteller, talk about the so-called "threatening" letter he received from Craddick and lobbyist Bill Messer.
Since we didn't post all eighty minutes, I took a snapshot for you of an interesting moment we didn't post online. This is Craddick talking with his attorney, in the middle of the deposition. Instead of taking a break to meet privately, the attorney put his hand over Craddick's face. Not sure why Craddick didn't put his own hand over his mouth.
"I've never seen anything like that before in a deposition," plaintiff's attorney Kevin Buchanan said. "I made clear that they could take a break."
in your story you said that he STORMED out? did you just completely fabricrate that part? if that's STORMING out, what is quietly standing up and walking away? No wonder the media gets accused of bias. sheesh.
STORMED out? come on
To there you go again -
I watched it, and I think you are right. "Stormed" is too strong an adjective. I think that's a fair assessment, and will be more careful in choosing my descriptors next time. I think given all the buildup in toward the end (which isn't seen in the 6pm story), and the surprise nature of it, I viewed the walkout as more dramatic than it might seem to others. Thanks for pointing it out, it's a fair point.
Elise,
Given his high profile in this matter, you may want to dig into Tom Thomas' background.
If this is the same Tom Thomas, he may have been involved in some capacity in the Sharpstown corruption scandal back in the day, which would definitely be newsworthy. After all, the heart of this particular lawsuit is Craddick's alleged abuse of office.
See these links to get you started down the trail:
http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/477/477.F2d.920.71-3599.html
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/mqs1.html
http://www.dallasarena.com/s050502.htm
It's nice to have a reporter around the Capitol who isn't afraid to do their job.