The "bicyclist" who witnessed Bob Novak's hit-and-run is a PARTNER in a major DC Lawfirm...

[Junkdrawer]

Story here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3662795&mesg_id=3662795

...

Bono said the pedestrian, who was crossing the street on a "Walk" signal and was in the crosswalk, rolled off the windshield and then Novak made a right into the service lane of K Street. “The car is speeding away. What’s going through my mind is, you just can’t hit a pedestrian and drive away,” Bono said.

He chased Novak half a block down K St., finally caught up with him and then put his bike in front of the car to block him and called 911. Traffic immediately backed up, horns blared, and commuters finally went into reverse to allow Novak to pull over.

Bono said that throughout, Novak "keeps trying to get away. He keeps trying to go.” He said he vaguely recognized the longtime political reporter and columnist as a Washington celebrity but could not precisely place him.

Finally, Novak put his head out the window of his car and motioned him over. Bono said he told him that you can't hit a pedestrian and just drive away. He said Novak responded: “I didn’t see him there.”


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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11985.html


David Bono:

Mr. Bono graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1982, with double majors in Public Policy Studies and Economics. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1986, where he was an Editor of the Harvard Law Review and placed second in the Williston Negotiation Competition. He served as a law clerk to The Honorable Edward R. Becker, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Bars of the United States Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

http://www.harkinscunningham.com/profiles/washington/bono.html

How the bloody hell is Novak not in jail? :shrug:

[rusty_parts2001]

1. Looks like he got started late in life, since he's 66.

[yardwork]

4. The pedestrian who was hit is 66. David Bono is probably about 48.

[Junkdrawer]

5. The guy he hit is 66. David is probably much younger.. n/t

[Missy Vixen]

20. He's probably 46

Patrick Fitzgerald was Harvard '85, and he's 47.

Julie

[Junkdrawer]

22. I really can't imagine a more unimpeachable witness....

Nofacts should be behind bars waiting for a judge to set bail.

[yardwork]

29. I figured 48 because he graduated from Duke in 1982.

[Rainbowreflect]

47. Wow, my brother graduated from Duke in 1982 too.

I'll have to ask him if he knows this guy.

[Catherine Vincent]

63. Who's Patrick Fitzgerald?

:)

[Missy Vixen]

76. You are hilarious!

Some federal prosecutor who's in bed with the neocons, right?

:rofl: :sarcasm:

LMAO,
Julie

[Winterblues]

9. He graduated in '86

He has been practicing for over twenty years. Why do you say he got a late start?

[devilgrrl]

38. What if he did get started late, would make him a loser or something?

:crazy:

[libnnc]

2. looks like yardwork gets her wish!

Let the litigation begin :evilgrin:

This is gonna get goooood :popcorn:

[yardwork]

6. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy than Novak.

:popcorn:

[yardwork]

3. David Bono is a hero.

If he hadn't chased Novak and stopped his car right in the middle of traffic, nobody would have ever known that Novak hit a 66 year old pedestrian in the crosswalk.

[Muttocracy]

he is a hero - and he better get a bodyguard... nt

[yardwork]

12. Something tells me that a 48 year old brilliant attorney who rides his bike to work in DC every day

and stops traffic on K Street to hold a hit-and-run driver until the police respond probably doesn't need a bodyguard.

Obama should pick David Bono as his VP.

[libnnc]

8. and hopefully, Bono left his business card with the pedestrian

[Changenow]

32. He's smart too

http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=emp&employer=Harkins+Cunningham+Llp

[yardwork]

34. Obama supporter! Good detective work.

[Changenow]

35. Who worked in the Clinton DOJ,

judging from the dates.

[MzNov]

73. This is a good sign

http://www.harkinscunningham.com/practice/corporate_investigations.html

The firm does not seem to have heavy lobbying ties to the Bush Crime Family. Not heavy into corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Bravo to this one witness who chose to get involved. :applause:

No matter where he works.

[proud patriot]

91. indeed he is

[CherokeeDem]

7. Why is he not in jail?????...

A good question....doesn't this constitute leaving the scene of an accident? And..."Officer, I didn't see that body roll off my windshield"...wouldn't at least give pause as to why he should even be driving? And...why isn't it on the news....I work from home and I can tell you..I haven't heard anything about this. Why do these scumbags get such protection???!!!!

[Changenow]

10. He should run for political office

but he may have too much integrity.

[yardwork]

14. Bono is my new VP pick for Obama.

[DS1]

11. In Soviet Russia, Ambulance chases you!

:hide:

[Junkdrawer]

15. Editor of the Harvard Law Review...not exactly my idea of an ambulance chaser. n/t

[DS1]

23. note to self: no joking around junkdrawer

[formercia]

37. In Soviet Union, no need to look for party on Saturday night .

Party find you.

Yakob Smirnoff.

[eShirl]

74. boo!

:spray:

:rofl:

[BridgeTheGap]

13. The s.o.b. has done a few "hit and runs" with his reporting too! n.t

[Marie26]

16. See, there's good lawyers!

He did a real public service here. Not to mention, catching Novakula red-handed.

[fishwax]

17. wow--props to the cyclist!

:applause:

[LeftHander]

18. If Novak didn't see the pedestrian...

How did he know the gender?

[Junkdrawer]

19. Good point. n/t

[blogslut]

26. Better yet

How does one not see a man that has just rolled across the windshield?

[Vanje]

82. On the windshield of a Convertable Corvette....is almost in the driver's lap!

Such bullshit from Novak

[pnwmom]

39. If he didn't see the guy splayed across his windshield

he should have his license pulled, immediately.

[Missy Vixen]

21. There's no way to spin this one

Novakula, meet your Waterloo.

Julie

[tridim]

24. Is there a mandatory minimum sentence for hit and run?

And did the police give him a breathalyzer test?

[Junkdrawer]

25. I just said upthread... I can't imagine a more unimpeachable witness

No WAY Novak can roll his eyes and say "who are you going to believe?"

[yardwork]

28. I can't think of anybody in the world who would believe Novak on this.

Of course, lots of Rethuglicans will pretend to believe him.

[Junkdrawer]

30. The wheels of Justice grind slowly....but exceedingly fine. n/t

[TexasObserver]

27. Wow. That's a heavy duty resume'.

I can hardly wait until Jon Stewart addresses this.

[unblock]

31. "i didn't see him there" ... that statement makes no sense except as a lie

if you actually didn't see someone, and actually didn't think you hit anyone, the response would have been more like, "what? i didn't hit anyone! what are you talking about?"

i take "i didn't see him there" perhaps as a statement that he didn't hit him deliberately, but that he certainly knew he in fact hit someone and deliberately drove away.

[yardwork]

33. That was my reaction exactly. I'm sure that Mr. Bono noticed as well.

LOL! This story has made my day. I'm sorry for the 66 year old pedestrian who was injured, but I'm tickled pink that Novak got caught in the act of committing numerous crimes - by an attorney!

[tblue37]

48. Notice, too, that he doesn't just drive away after hitting the

pedestrian--he keeps trying to get away:

Bono said that throughout, Novak "keeps trying to get away. He keeps trying to go.”

If alcohol wasn't involved I'll eat my hat. But certainly a very strong sense of entitlement was involved, whether or not alcohol was, too.)

[lonestarnot]

49. No laws left in this fucking country.

[tblue37]

51. IOKIYAR. n/t

[unblock]

57. exactly. watch the newfound respect for laws and constitution as soon as obama is sworn in

along with calls for independent counsels, congressional investigations, ethical standards and enforcements, and (naturally) impeachment, etc.

republicans are all about law and order when it pertains to democrats.

[lonestarnot]

58. Vas es das?

[tblue37]

88. IOKIYAR =

It's OK If You Are Republican.

[lonestarnot]

96. Oh. Thanks

Now I know. :P

[Junkdrawer]

50. Read the CNN story and you'll realize that Novak is, indeed, entitled....

"It was a slight clipping. The pedestrian hurt his shoulder. It was a slight injury, nothing serious," the police spokesman said.


$50 failure to yield fine, and Bob's on his merry way....

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

[Virginia Dare]

53. I guess it's open season on pedestrians in D.C. now..

as long as you don't tear off a limb or something you're free to go...:mad: :mad: :mad:

[Junkdrawer]

54. Only if you're a major servant of the Reich...n/t

[AnnieBW]

93. How many tourists can I bag?

If it's open season on pedestrians, what's the bag limit on tourists? Do I get extra points if they have fanny packs? :evilgrin:

[pnwmom]

36. This gives me a little hope. Maybe the bicycling attorney

will make it his cause to see justice done here. And that means, at the very least, charges brought for leaving the scene of the accident.

[Junkdrawer]

41. According to CNN, it's no big deal. Novak just got a "failure to yield" ticket...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

[pnwmom]

68. I know. And that's outrageous. But I hope

it doesn't mean that an investigation couldn't still occur that could bring additional charges.

At the very least, I hope a civil suit is brought.

[elehhhhna]

40. “I didn’t see him there.” How did he know it was a "he", then?

[willing dwarf]

42. So is the pedestrian doing ok?

[Junkdrawer]

44. Yes, not that Novak knew or cared. n/t

[willing dwarf]

56. Fascist attitude

as if the "ordinary person" are just so many ants or fleas....

How do people with that attitude prosper? I guess they kiss up to their superiors which makes them despise themselves and so despise even more those they see as "the little people." -- Or maybe the guy is just a fascist.

[montanacowboy]

43. This IS Hit and Run

Novak would never have stopped unless Bono made him stop - it is hit and run - why is this freak not in Jail?????????????? Bono needs to represent the guy who got hit and take that lying bastard Novak down once and for all

[Junkdrawer]

45. Read this CNN spin if you want to barf...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

[Sequoia]

46. You mean Novak didn't say "I don't recall", or "Do you know who I am!!?"

I hope the ped sues him.

[crimsonblue]

52. if the bicyclist had died, it'd be on the DOJ's hands, too.

Considering that Novak should be in jail for treason for illegally outting a covert operative and imperiling National Security.

[Virginia Dare]

55. Figures. You can't spit on that section of K Street.

without hitting a lawyer. I'm still banking that the victim is a lawyer too. I hope they sue his ugly butt off.

[Kingofalldems]

59. How long before the freeper hicks declare:

He is a 'Democrat party' activist.

[SurfingAtWork]

60. My predicition is that he gets out of this scott free, or nearly so

After all, he is owed a favor from the chimpster for the Plame thing.

[The Backlash Cometh]

61. Oh, God.

Quick, let's buy George Bush a corvette.

[Catherine Vincent]

62. Kudos to Mr. Bono!

Now Novak and Cafferty have something in common.

[Psyop Samurai]

64. Good... If he were a lesser mortal, he probably would have been arrested...

...for stopping traffic.

It still would not surprise me if someone goes after him anyway. At least he won't be over his head in a bewildering legal system, like most people would be.

[Ian David]

65. Editor of the Harvard Law Review. OMFG! Just like President Obama! n/t

[malaise]

70. Too fugging beautiful

:rofl:

[question everything]

66. "How the bloody hell is Novak not in jail? "

Because we do not throw drivers in jail even when they kill pedestrians or cyclists. Certainly not cyclists. So a mere "brush" will certainly not do it.

A few years ago I had a post about a cyclist being killed while in a very wide bike lane because the driver supposedly was leaning toward his glove compartment.

This was a very long and hot thread, where many bashed cyclists - often deserve - while others kept saying that a flesh and blood has no chance with a mass of steel.

In the local paper a few weeks ago, someone complained about getting a ticket for a "rolling stop" - as he called it, that when turning right on red, he just glanced to see whether a car was coming. And someone replied that often those turns - right on red or left on green - often just look at cars, not at cyclists and pedestrians.

Until we throw drivers in jail, first, and bail later - for hitting pedestrians at crosswalks or cyclists on bike lane - nothing will change. Novak or not.

[Junkdrawer]

75. Hit and run is a felony. What you describe is negligent assault.

Novak committed a felony in front of many extremely credible witnesses. He should have been charged, booked, and brought before a judge to determine bail.

[leftofthedial]

67. personal responsibility is a hallmark of repukes, que no?

what a piece of crap Novak is. He makes his living lying and undermining democracy. He commits treason, outing a CIA operative. He runs over a pedestrian and drives away.

Vermin.

[indepat]

69. Time heals all wounds and wounds all heels: we all know what would happen to most of us

should we have hit that pedestrian and ran. We'll see how it plays out for this callous 'puke hypocrite, if having the right politics will help in this instance. :D

[symbolman]

71. He's assaulted people before and then ran away!

I was covering the primaries in 2004 and Caught the guy that Novak Assaulted outside a restaurant after doing a Crossfire segment - after Novak shoved the guy 10 feet back on the ice, and the man (who was not a small guy) fell backwards into my arms, Novak RAN into the CNN bus.. A crowd formed and was going wild, all witnesses. I went over to the bus and beat on the door, demanding that Novak come out and apologize, make things right..

He refused, instead some chipper little producer blew us off, people were milling about refusing to leave..

Me and three other witnesses went over to the New Hampshire Police Station to make a complaint and press charges. We wanted to gain Discovery on Novak and then have a lawyer ask him under Oath about Valerie Plame, get a Juicy story, get the goods on him.

Nothing came of it, but if someone wanted PROOF of his prediliction for Hit And Run, I'm sure there's a police report to that effect..

Maybe I should contact the Smoking Gun people and help them Fuck Novack :)

It was frightening, the guy is nuts, and I can spot it, after having worked in two Institutions...

[Lorien]

77. I remember that incident.

like so many repugs he sounds completely unhinged. So typical of bullying behavior-hit someone and then run like hell. Seems like he belongs in an institution himself!

[JDPriestly]

89. Pass go. Don't stop.

[Javaman]

72. Interesting...

"Finally, Novak put his head out the window of his car and motioned him over. Bono said he told him that you can't hit a pedestrian and just drive away. He said Novak responded: “I didn’t see him there.”

I thought novak said, he didn't know he hit anyone.

saying, "I didn't see him there". Plainly, infers that he knew someone was in the crosswalk.

novak is screwed. LOL

[mikeytherat]

81. If I'm a lawyer and I hear, "I didn't see HIM THERE," my immediate thought is

"You didn't see WHO WHERE?"

A more "innocent" exclaim might have been, "A pedestrian? Where?"

mikey_the_rat

[Javaman]

87. LOL on the nose. :) cheers! nt

[ecstatic]

78. Anyone else would be under the jail. WTF

He really is the prince of darkness. He belongs in prison.

[valerief]

79. Oh, I hope David Bono has some protection! Doing the right and brave

thing in DC can get a person killed.

[Infomaniac]

80. How do you not notice a person landing on your windshield?

On a city street. In broad daylight. This does not pass the smell test.

[Junkdrawer]

83. And when a man on the bar of the US Supreme Court says he ran away..

from the scene of the accident, how does he walk with a $50 fine for "failure to yield the right of way"?

[KatyaR]

84. Oh my god, this is for REAL?

I thought it was a joke.

How the hell is he not in jail?

[SoCalDem]

85. Jack Cafferty hit a guy on his way to work a while back too.. kept on going..to CNN

He didn't get in trouble either..

[ms liberty]

86. Robert Novak in a Vette...

A failed attempt to compensate for lack of talent, age, and a serious case of the uglies.

[opihimoimoi]

90. I been wishing for some kind of retribution thingy...but this is too much...LOL

THERE IS A GOD AFTER ALL.....OH LORDY......

I just had to get that off my chest.......

Opi

:toast:

[AnnieBW]

94. Not to mention a small penis

There's only ONE reason that old guys drive sports cars. Compensation for a small penis.

[AnnieBW]

92. He was probably at Harvard at the same time as BO

Didn't Obama attend Harvard Law in the mid-80's?

[Ilsa]

95. This poor man never would have been hit if Novakula had been

in jail where he should be for publically outing V.Plame.