More Mark Means

More Mark Means

(How can we miss you if you won't go away?)

January 3, 2022

Hello Friends. Today’s Newsletter is just a quick note on Mark Means’ latest Tweet and the prosecution’s latest filing.

It doesn’t appear Mark Means intends to go gentle into that good night.

Today Means tweeted a portion of a quote by founding father, John Adams. The full quote reads:

“I had no hesitation in answering that Council ought to be the very last thing thata Council an accused Person should want in a free Country. That the Bar ought in my opinion to be independent and impartial at all Times And in every Circumstance. And that Persons whose Lives were at Stake ought to have the Council they preferred”

Means conveniently omitted the portion of the quote highlighted in yellow. Adams appears to say that a defendant should never want for an independent and impartial attorney. Years later, the Supreme Court agreed in Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963). Mark Means was neither. He also was not qualified or experienced enough to protect his client’s rights. Unfortunately, Means could not honestly examine his abilities and intentions and conclude that he needed help. Now, it appears Means is intent on destroying what is left of his professional reputation

Today, Prosecutors filed a “Motion to Clarify or in the Alternative to Extend the Court’s Protective Order of Pursuant to Idaho Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 16 and Idaho Rule of Professional Conduct 1.9. Here is what we can gather from this filing:

It appears that the court issued a protective order under seal earlier, in this case, prohibiting Lori Vallow Daybell and her attorney, Mark Means, from disseminating discovery or publicly commenting on the evidence. Unfortunately, the current motion does not indicate when the earlier order was filed. Still, if I had to guess, I would say it probably happened this summer, around the time the information came out about Means leaking protected information to a YouTube creator.

The prosecutor requests that the court clarify so that everyone understands that the order extends to Means even though he has been disqualified from the case. I have never seen a court issue such an order. Courts often issue blanket gag orders in high-profile cases, prohibiting any parties or their attorneys from speaking about the case in public. It appears that the judge’s order was much more specific and only limited Means and Vallow, not the prosecution.

I’ve also seen the rumor that Mark Means moved to Missouri in September 2021. It appears that he purchased a home in Missouri, but I have been unable to confirm that he sold a home in Idaho or that he has applied for membership in the Missouri state bar.

And yes, it was in Missouri that Chad and Lori claimed much of the end times would occur.

I don’t know what this means (no pun intended).

I hope all things will become clearer with time.