Cho Kuk Sentenced to the Supreme Court for 'Child Entrance Corruption'the eyes of the court

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□ Broadcast Date: November 22, 2024 (Fri)
□ Host: Lee Ik-seon, Choi Soo-young
□ Cast: Announcer Lee Hyun-woong

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◇ Lee Ik-seon: Let's open the second part with Aung Da-woong News. Announcer Lee Hyunwoong, who will be with us today as well, is here. Hello~

◆ Hello!

◇ Lee Ik-seon: First news. The date of the appeal against Cho Kuk, the leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, who was put on trial on charges of corruption in the entrance examination of his children, has been confirmed, right?

◆ Lee Hyun-woong: Yes. CEO Cho will be judged by the Supreme Court at 11:45 p.m. on the 12th of next month.

Earlier in December 2019, CEO Cho was indicted on charges of involvement in corruption in children's entrance examination and illegal receipt of scholarships for his daughter Cho Min. In addition, he is charged with a total of 12 charges, including false reporting of assets when he took office as senior presidential secretary for civil affairs.

In February last year, the first trial court found him guilty of seven of the 12 charges and sentenced him to two years in prison and a fine of 6 million won.

In the appeal trial held in February this year, he was sentenced to two years in prison. Chairman Cho founded the Cho Kuk Innovation Party with a two-year prison sentence in the second trial, and ran in the general election and was elected.Chairman Cho will be imprisoned and lost his parliamentary and party leadership if he is confirmed to be sentenced to two years in prison in the Supreme Court's judgment held next month

. Also, if you are not pardoned or reinstated, you will not be able to run for the next presidential election.

On the other hand, if the Supreme Court decides that there is a problem with the second trial's ruling and repatriates it, it is expected that the sentence will be confirmed after next year because the revocation and retrial could proceed.

◇ Choi Soo-young: Cases that are always in the spotlight have a lot of interest in the court, so what do you think?

◆ Lee Hyun-woong: Representative Cho Kuk's Supreme Court justice was allocated to the third division. The third part consists of Chief Justice Um Sang-pil and Justices Roh Jung-hee, Lee Heung-gu, and Oh Seok-jun.

However, Supreme Court Justice Um Sang-pil was sentenced to four years in prison in August 2021 when he was a senior judge at the Seoul High Court.

For this reason, it was also observed in the legal community that CEO Cho could apply for a challenge to the court. Another interpretation is coming out when there is no application for the court to avoid it.

It is the fact that Justice Lee Heung-gu is in the 82nd class of law school at Seoul National University with CEO Cho, and that Justice Roh Jung-hee worked for a group of progressive judges in the court.

Of course, all of these analyses are observations from inside and outside the legal profession. It is a sentence that will have a significant impact on the political world, so a lot of attention is gathering.

◇ Lee Ik-seon: Let's go to the U.S. for the next news. The composition of Trump's 2nd term is being announced one spot at a time, and the nominee for justice minister resigned?

◆ Lee Hyun-woong: Yes. Former Congressman Matt Gates has been nominated as Trump's second justice minister. Immediately after the nomination, he resigned as a lawmaker. There were also observations that the House Ethics Committee's investigation results might be aimed at preventing the disclosure. Since then, controversy has grown as it has been reported that former congressman Gates has transferred money to two women dozens of times in exchange for sex.

However, Gates turned a blind eye to the controversy by visiting Congress and appealing for support from Senate Republicans who have the power to confirm the attorney general. However, as the controversy grew, former lawmaker Gates finally announced his intention to resign through SNS.

"It is clear that my confirmation is in the way of the important task of taking over the regime," he said. "There is no time to waste unnecessarily, and Trump's Justice Department should be ready from day one."

President-elect Trump also expressed his will to push ahead, saying he did not reconsider the nomination even after the controversy. After the announcement of his resignation, he wrote on social media, "The future of former lawmaker Gates is bright and I expect everyone to see the great work he will do."

◇ Choi Soo-young: The new nomination for the Minister of Justice was also made quickly?

◆ [Lee Hyun-woong] That's right. As expected, he posted on social media and announced the news of the new nomination. Nominated Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general who served as a prosecutor for nearly 20 years.

Trump introduced that Bondi has been cracking down on drug trafficking and trying to reduce deaths from fentanyl overdose, making the streets of Florida safe.

Bondi serves as a conservative panelist on the show and is also famous among Republican supporters as a "star lawyer." He also participated in Trump's campaign during the U.S. presidential election.

◇ Lee Ik-seon: I have unfortunate news. An Army trainee died unconscious three days after joining the army?

◆ Lee Hyun-woong: Yes. Trainee A joined the army on Tuesday the 19th. Yesterday morning, on the third day, I fell unconscious while running in a group after the morning roll call at the boot camp.

An executive performed CPR at the scene, and was later taken to a nearby hospital by 119 ambulance, but died at around 6 p.m. while receiving treatment.An official from

County explained that only trainees who could run were involved after checking individual health conditions before group jumping.

It is said that it was carried out normally under the leadership of the instructor of the boot camp, and there were no special matters such as harsh behavior.

The Army is checking the number of people walking and the total distance traveled at the time, and the police are identifying the exact cause and circumstances of the death.

◇ Choi Soo-young: Didn't something similar happen in Paju last August?

◆ Lee Hyun-woong: Yes, in August, a private in his 20s collapsed and died while walking in a group in the morning at an army unit in Paju.

Prior to that, the Ministry of National Defense explained in June that it decided to exclude physical training events such as running for training soldiers or walking while in full military due to the judgment that physical training was not yet sufficient.

◇ Lee Ik-seon: This is the last news. A civil servant who was controversial for spilling beer on the floor and verbally abusing him at a chicken restaurant was sent to the prosecution?

◆ Lee Hyun-woong: Yes. A civil servant in his 40s from Jung-gu Office in Daegu visited a chicken restaurant with colleagues in June and intentionally spilled alcohol on the floor and verbally abused the owner.

In particular, the controversy grew as it was known that he made so-called "gapjil" remarks, such as "I'll let you ruin it."

Since then, the mayor of Jung-gu, Daegu, has issued an official apology and expressed regret.

The Jung-gu Office filed a complaint with the police against two people involved, including A, through its own audit, and the police investigation confirmed that A made threatening remarks. Mr. A also acknowledged some of his remarks. In the end, the Daegu Jungbu Police Station said it sent the official without detention on charges of intimidation.

This official has been on duty so far. An official from Jung-gu District Office said that when the results of the prosecution's investigation come out, a personnel committee will be held later to take disciplinary action.

Unfortunately, the chicken restaurant eventually closed after the incident. The owner also complained of unfairness, saying that it was difficult to make a living due to serious image damage and deterioration in sales.

◇ Lee Ik-seon: We've looked at all the news prepared today.

◆ Lee Hyun-woong: Yes, thank you.