Subject: Brian Sun

• Ex-Sheriff's Dept. Officials Create Bold, New Firm!

  Over at the Orange County Register, ace reporter Peggy Lowe writes tonight on Orange County Sheriff's Department blog news that two of indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona's Yes Folks (YF) quit today: assistant sheriffs Jo Ann Galisky and Steve Bishop. Somehow the third and final major YFer embarrassment, Acting Sheriff Jack Anderson, remains . . . sitting atop the massive police agency, repeatedly uttering four words: "I am the sheriff' and waiting, nervously, for guidance from Carona/GOP operativ

  February 29, 2008

• Can Joe The Juror Help Mike Carona in Corruption Trial?

  Brian Sun, the Los Angles-based lawyer representing indicted ex-Orange County sheriff Mike Carona, emerged from U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford's Santa Ana courtroom this afternoon all smiles. Minutes before, Sun and federal prosecutor Ken Julian had selected a panel of 12 citizens to hear USA vs. Carona. "It's ironic . . . ," Sun began to say enthusiastically to gathered Jones Day lemmings. But he spied me nearby, holding a pen on notepad. He hushed his voice and continued his asses

  October 28, 2008

• Mike Carona Pulls An OJ During First Week of Corruption Trial

  November 2, 2008

• Doozy Of The Day At The Sheriff Mike Carona Corruption Trial

  "[Public access to audio of Sheriff Mike Carona's incriminating statement's that led to his arrest on bribery charges] could taint the jury." --Brian A. Sun, one of the numerous Jones Day law firm bodies who represent indicted ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona (allegedly) for free, arguing today that the FBI audio surveillance evidence admitted in the trial should be withheld from the public. One big problem. How could public knowledge of evidence the jury has already heard taint the panel's

  November 6, 2008

• A Wink, a Prayer and Some Spilt Ink for Mike Carona

  You can credit indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona (pictured in his old chick magnet outfit) for turning federal Judge Andrew Guilford’s stately 10th-floor Santa Ana courtroom into a bloody, limb-strewn morgue for the once-touted character of “America’s Sheriff.” So what do Frank Mickadeit and Jeffrey Rawitz find so amusing? They wink, smile and nod at each other so often a stranger might believe he’d witnessed the blossoming of a torrid affair. Their communications are the kind of sneaky

  November 17, 2008

• Mike Carona Corruption Trial Quote of the Day!

  "Your honor, he should stop right there." --Brian A. Sun, a Jones Day defense lawyer for indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona, barked in today's federal court trial after Assistant United States Attorney Brett Sagel called Sun's boneheaded bluff about an alleged sexual relationship between ex-Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo and his sister-in-law Erica Hill. Despite a judge's prohibition, Sun was attempting to smear Jaramillo's morals, but apparently forgot that his own client, Carona--the self-de

  December 3, 2008

• The Accidental Humor of Mike Carona Corruption Lawyer Brian A. Sun

   Thursday's Mike Carona corruption trial pitted government witness Joe Cavallo, a lawyer who became infamous for his energetic defense of three gang rapists, and Brian A. Sun, a Jones Day lawyer representing indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona, a long-time Cavallo pal. How effective was Sun, who has a national reputation after defending accused communist Chinese spy Wen Ho Lee? He scored some points for Carona and others for federal prosecutors, but consider these two exchanges:Repeating a stateme

  December 4, 2008

• Sheriff Mike Carona Corruption Trial Quote of the Day! Part One

  "When are you going to write a positive story about Mike Carona?" --Brian A. Sun, Jones Day defense lawyer for the indicted ex-Orange County sheriff, to me in the hallway at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana, California this morning prior to my response: "When I wouldn't have to lie." Thanks to an FBI and IRS investigation, Carona--OC's sheriff from 1999 to January 2008--is on trial for abusing his public office by accepting bribes and attempting to get a witness to lie

  December 9, 2008

• Mike Carona is Hoping There's a Moron on his Jury

  For more than a year, Mike Carona's legal defense team and its sycophants aimed a portion of their wrath at Brett Sagel, the assistant United States attorney and driving force behind the prosecution of the indicted, ex-Orange County sheriff. They've impugned his motives, belittled his experience and mocked his skills. When he examined witnesses, they'd groan or snort. They even fired off personal shots you'd hear in a high school locker room. But here's the irony of today's long

  January 8, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  January 29, 2009

• Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona Used All the Weapons In His Arsenal to Trick a Jury. He Still Lost

  January 22, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] The New Math On How Many Mike Carona Campaign Contributors Got Badges

  December 18, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] The Crooked Sheriff Chuckled: Plot to Thwart Feds' Bribery Probe Amused Carona

  November 13, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] Indicted Ex-OC Sheriff Banking on Jury Finding Him an Angel Among Thieves

  November 6, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] The stupidity of indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona caught on tape

  February 14, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] Mike Carona Maintained His Smug Mug During Sentencing

  April 30, 2009

• The Last Crime Mike Carona Committed on His Sentencing Day (To Our Knowledge)?

  Since no one correctly guessed who made the prison-rape crack about disgraced, felonious ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona (it was Buena Park pastor Wiley Drake, although the last guess--KOCE-TV's Real Orange anchor Ann Pulice--was HILARIOUS) and we so desperately want to give away the cover above, I submit another trivia challenge:As Carona, his wife, and attorney Brian Sun left the courthouse Monday and the mob of amateur reporters (bloggers and YouTubers) that trailed them like stray dogs

  April 29, 2009