ALLEDGED OBAMA ASSASSIN FACES SENTENCING Fate Rests in Prosecution’s Ability to Prove His Intentions (Rene Sandler is in Eastern Time)
ALLEDGED OBAMA ASSASSIN FACES SENTENCING Fate Rests in Prosecution’s Ability to Prove His Intentions (Rene Sandler is in Eastern Time)
After pleading guilty last September to possession of a destructive device, as well as to a related charge of attempted carjacking, 20-year-old Collin McKenzie-Gude of the Bethesda, Maryland, area is preparing to face sentencing in a federal court today.
On the surface, it would seem like a run-of-the-mill news story . . . except that there is a rather high-level dynamic to the case, in which prosecutors have evidence and testimony they believe demonstrate McKenzie-Gude’s intentions to kill Barack Obama back when he was campaigning to be President.
Available for interviews to provide an inside perspective on this story currently gripping the Washington area is high-profile attorney, Rene Sandler—a key role player in the case as the counsel for 19-year-old prosecuting witness, Patrick Yevsukov.
Yevsukov is a former close friend and confessed bomb supplier to McKenzie-Gude, who is likewise in custody and awaiting sentencing for having pled guilty to making and possessing pipe bombs.
His statements to authorities have combined with evidence found in McKenzie-Gude’s home to build the prosecution’s case that McKenzie-Gude had plans to kill a classmate, Yevsukov’s mother and then Obama. That evidence includes more than 50 pounds of chemicals, several assault rifles, a document showing how to kill someone from 200 meters away, and a map with markings around the Presidential Camp David.
The defense will try to discredit Yevsukov based on inconsistencies in his statements, but Sandler says, “He’s a credible source and he has been a consistent participant, and reliable, for the past year and a half.”
For the rest of this breaking story, including the intriguing element of Yevsukov’s father, call Special Guests today to schedule an interview with someone who will be right in the thick of the sentencing hearing, Rene Sandler.
ABOUT RENE (pronounced REE-nee) SANDLER, ESQ.:
Rene Sandler, Esq. has fought on behalf of her clients in courts throughout the State of Maryland for more than a decade. Ms. Sandler was recently named as a top trial lawyer in Washingtonian Magazine, which listed the top 1% of attorneys in 28 legal specialties in the Washington Metropolitan area.
Ms. Sandler regularly handles high profile criminal cases in Maryland and has been featured in Washingtonian Magazine and a variety of local and national newspapers and magazines and is currently a popular talk show guest. Ms. Sandler has been recognized through the Montgomery County Office of the Public Defender (The same county where the DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad was tried) as a private attorney possessing outstanding trial skills and commitment to her clients and for fighting injustice.
Rene Sandler, Esq. is the Chair of the prestigious School Education Committee through the Montgomery County Bar Foundation, which partners with Montgomery County Public Schools to bring educational programs to the schools on such topics as school violence, gangs, forensic evidence, juvenile justice system, and the legal system as a whole. Recently, Ms. Sandler was honored by the Montgomery County Bar Association for her tireless work on this Committee and for developing and implementing programs for both Montgomery County students and parents through the Montgomery County Public Schools Parent Academy.
Ms. Sandler began her legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. S. Michael Pincus, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Thereafter, she joined the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office where she prosecuted hundreds of major felonies, misdemeanors, and serious traffic cases and regularly tried cases before juries. Ms. Sandler has been in private practice since 1996.
In addition to practicing law, Ms. Sandler is an adjunct law professor where she teaches law practice management. Rene Sandler, Esq. is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, Montgomery County Bar Association, member and former Board of Director of the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Montgomery County Bar Association Nominations and Elections Committee and Chair of the School Education Committee.
Ms. Sandler practices in the areas of criminal defense, serious traffic offenses, juvenile crime, child protective services investigations, personal injury, appellate law, and protective orders in domestic violence cases. Ms. Sandler maintains her knowledge of cutting edge issues and legal developments by regularly attending continuing legal education courses, seminars and other training. Ms. Sandler teaches continuing legal education courses to attorneys on the topics of protective orders and criminal law and has recently published an article for attorneys on the collateral consequences of protective orders.
Ms. Sandler also volunteers each year as a judge for the Maryland High School Mock Trial competitions.
To schedule an interview with RENE SANDLER, call: 630-848-0750.