Justice done in Colorado political case

The liberal news media will never give a fair shake to a man exposing the shaky record of a liberal Democrat, but fortunately a jury of his peers did today in Colorado.

ICE agent Cory Vorhis was found not guilty on two trumped-up political misdomeanor charges by a Denver jury. He had turned over information to the Bob Beauprez for Governor campaign about excessive and unjustified plea bargains negotiated by Denver District Attorney (now Colorado Governor) Bill Ritter. In a case that probably would never have been brought had Ritter lost the gubernatorial election, it was alleged that Vorhis took the information from a confidential federal database, while in reality, all the information was a matter of public record in state courts.

The sad thing in this travesty is that Vorhis lost his job and is saddled with some $250,000 in legal bills. Some citizens have been trying to raise money to assist with the lawyer fees, but at last report were far from the total. Just in his mid-40s, Vorhis has a long career ahead of him, and few assets to launch a new career with.

The press will never take Ritter to task for the obvious political retaliation in allowing charges to be brought against Vorhis. It's terrific that the courts have vindicated him, but as the old saying goes "to which office do I go to get my reputation back?"