26 Oct DDA Speak Out – John Niedermann – Experience
John Niedermann is a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County who wants Nathan Hochman to replace our current failed D.A. George Gascon for good reason. He is not alone. The Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles, a union representing line prosecutors, said 97.9 percent of its members had voted to back an effort to oust Gascon from office. The D.A.’s office is short over 200 prosecutors, there is a backlog of over 10,000 cases, and the morale is at an all-time low. Gascon’s failed social experiment policies have been challenged as unethical and illegal and have caused enormous harm to L.A. County. Our businesses are closing, residents are fleeing, while all crimes continue to skyrocket.
John reveals, “I have nearly 30 years of experience as a Deputy District Attorney, and collectively the lawyers in our office have thousands of years of legal experience. Our decision making on how to handle cases is being second-guessed on a daily basis by this administration – by an individual, George Gascon, who’s never tried a case. Never faced a jury. Never gotten a verdict.” Incredibly, D.A. Gascon has never personally prosecuted or defended a single criminal case in court. John states, “Gascon is clearly over his head, and he’s proven it with nearly 4 years of incompetence.”
John knows the importance of electing Nathan Hochman as our next LA County D.A., he has 34 years of experience as BOTH a prosecutor and a defense attorney. Nathan served as an Asst. U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division, Environmental Crimes Coordinator, and U.S. Asst. Attorney General in charge of the U.S. Dept. of Justice’s Tax Division. He spearheaded the L.A. Disaster Fraud Task Force and served as a Commissioner/President of the L.A. City Ethics Commission. John emphasizes, “We need a District Attorney who understands the mechanics of how to run the largest prosecutorial office in the country. It’s time to return that legal decision-making back to the people who know what they’re doing. Gascon must go!”