Lawyer says George Zimmerman knew judge was misinformed about his finances

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33. I don't think that attorney knew about that passport--it was in a safe deposit box, not in the

lawyer's office. The lawyer told the court that the passport he turned in was his ONLY passport, too. The lawyer might be tossing bullshit to try to confuse the issue, but he stated very clearly that the passport he handed in was the only one.

Why didn't George pipe up then and say "Ooopsie, Judge--I have another passport, and the one I gave you is the one I told the federal government I lost?"


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/01/prosecutors-say-zimmerman-hid-second-passport-lied-about-money.html

In a packed Florida courtroom in April, George Zimmerman’s defense lawyer surrendered his client’s passport—a gesture to show that Zimmerman would not attempt to flee the country if he were released on bond. It now appears that Zimmerman had another passport he didn’t hand over.


According to startling new disclosures by prosecutors in the case (PDF), the state attorney’s office says Zimmerman failed to give the court another valid American passport he had obtained in 2004....Prosecutors said Zimmerman got his second passport after claiming he’d lost his original one, which expired at the end of May 2012. It was that original passport which he turned over to the court; the second passport, which is valid until 2014, remained in his possession.

Zimmerman lied to the court, and likely lied to his lawyer. His credibility is toast.