Kraft's father, the son of Bavarian immigrants,[3] had found his name an embarrassment, but passed it along to his son nonetheless. Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond A. Tierney, District Attorney for Suffolk County, announced today that 11 former union officials JAMES CAHILL, former President of the New York State Building and Construction Trades Council, CHRISTOPHER KRAFT, PATRICK HILL, MATTHEW NORTON, WILLIAM BRIAN WANGERMAN, KEVIN MCCARRON, JEREMY SHEERAN, a/k/a Max, ANDREW MCKEON, ROBERT EGAN, SCOTT ROCHE, and ARTHUR GIPSON have pled guilty to charges stemming from their acceptance of bribes and illegal cash payments from a construction contractor (Employer-1) from in or about October 2018 to in or about October 2020 while the defendants were serving as union officers. Court Reporter/Transcriber: Steven Greenblum, (212) 805-0300, Transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. Document filed by James Cahill. [107] In 2020, he was portrayed in the mini-series The Right Stuff by Eric Ladin. Defendant present with retained counsel Glen Morak. It was on the top shelf in the back of the store in a funky '50s style turquoise case. Quoted in Report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, volume 1, p. 108. (jbo) (Entered: 03/08/2021), Appearance Bond Entered as to Patrick Hill: $250,000 PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE BOND; TO BE COSIGNED BY ONE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PERSON (WIFE); SECURED BY FAMILY HOME; Additional Conditions.. [**Advice of Penalties and Sanctions attached.] When the Space Task Group was officially formed on November 5, Kraft became one of the original 33 personnel (25 of them engineers) to be assigned. His superiors, including Mercury capsule designer Max Faget, overruled Kraft, telling him to instruct Glenn to leave the capsule's retrorocket package on during re-entry. (Signed by Judge Colleen McMahon on 12/3/2020) (ap) (Entered: 12/03/2020), LETTER by Robert Egan addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Roland G Riopelle dated December 7, 2020 re: Return of Discovery Materials (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Riopelle, Roland) (Entered: 12/07/2020), LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Sanford Talkin dated 12/18/20 re: Bail Modification . The Court sets schedule for defense pretrial motions: Defense motions by March 4, 2022; Government response by March 25, 2022; defense reply by April 8, 2022. understands each other, and everyones taken care of., CAHILL and the other members of the Enterprise used their positions of power with respect to Local 638 to receive bribes in exchange for taking actions favorable to non-union employers, and exercising corrupt influence within the construction trade, all to the detriment of Local 638 and the union members interests. Document filed by Kevin McCarron. Document filed by James Cahill. Our two-year wiretap investigation uncovered a shocking level of greed and corruption, and the investigation is very much ongoing. [57], Kraft had made a similar pronouncement before, in the case of astronaut Scott Carpenter. Assigned to the flight operations division, Kraft became NASA's first flight director. Document filed by James Cahill. There were no words from either of us. (jbo), CONSENT TO PROCEED BY VIDEOCONFERENCE OR TELECONFERENCE as to Jeremy Sheeran re:Status and/or Scheduling Conference (Signed by Judge Colleen McMahon on 6/28/21)(jw) (Entered: 06/28/2021), WAIVER OF RIGHT TO BE PRESENT AT CRIMINAL PROCEEDING as to James Cahill. Conference before District Judge on 10/22/2020. ENDORSEMENT: The Court will not modify the Protective Order. Giving back to the community through a variety of venues & initiatives. Appearance Type: Retained. (jbo) (Entered: 10/02/2020), Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger: Arraignment as to Scott Roche (10) Count 2,3 held on 10/1/2020. [54] Mission commander Wally Schirra, annoyed by last-minute changes in the crew's schedule and suffering from a bad cold, repeatedly refused to accept orders from the ground. (McGuirk, Kelly) (Entered: 11/19/2020), NOTICE OF FILING OF OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT as to James Cahill. [13][14], Although he enjoyed his work, Kraft found it increasingly stressful, especially since he did not consider himself to be a strong theoretician. (jbo) (Main Document 92 replaced on 4/6/2021) Modified on 5/12/2021 (jbo). While Rule l 7(c) does not explicitly require a party to make a motion to secure issuance of a subpoena returnable before trial, the use of a motion to invoke the court's discretion in advance of issuing such a subpoena has been recognized by many courts as an "orderly and desirable procedure and one frequently followed." Document filed by James Cahill. Appearance Type: Retained. CAHILL initiated several Local 638 officials into the Enterprise so they could accept bribes and expand their influence. On Christmas Eve, 1968, Apollo 8 went into orbit around the Moon. Jan. 18, 2023, 5:16 a.m. EST, Assigned To: Since a proponent/defendant of a subpoena will be required to show compliance with the requirements set forth in United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 700 (1974), 1 the Court will allow ex parte applications only where the proponent/defendant can demonstrate to the Court's satisfaction that he would be required to prematurely disclose trial strategy, witness list, or other privileged information in its application. SCOTT ROCHE and ARTHUR GIPSON are charged with fraud and bribery offenses. Chris Kraft, godfather of NASA's Mission Control, dies at 95 By Eryn Brown Washington Post,July 23, 2019, 8:50 p.m. Black News Hour presented by The Boston Globe to Oct. 27, 2022, at 3 PM-time excluded through Oct. 27 in the interest of justice. ENDORSEMENT: Permission to travel as requested herein is granted. [8], Kraft died on July 22, 2019, in Houston, aged 95, two days after the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moonwalks. (jbo) (Entered: 10/02/2020), Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger: Arraignment as to Patrick Hill (3) Count 1,2,3 held on 10/1/2020. In-network insurances Check your insurance coverage Aetna BlueCross BlueShield Cigna Medicare UnitedHealthcare 200+ more in-network plans (Talkin, Sanford) (Entered: 12/18/2020), LETTER by USA as to James Cahill addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from AUSA Jason Swergold dated December 28, 2020 re: Letter in Opposition to Cahill Bail Request Document filed by USA. View Christopher Kraft's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. [80], Nine years later, the Kraft report was again criticized, this time by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) as part of its consideration of the organizational and cultural causes of the Columbia disaster. (Talkin, Sanford) (Entered: 05/24/2021), CONSENT LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Sanford Talkin dated 5/25/21 re: Bail Modification . Appearance Type: Retained. Document filed by William Brian Wangerman. [24], A pivotal experience for Kraft was the flight of Mercury-Atlas 5, which sent a chimpanzee named Enos on the first American orbital spaceflight carrying a live passenger. Personal details about Christopher include: political affiliation is currently a registered Democrat; ethnicity is Caucasian; and . You know, the bottom-line stuff on how we fly a man from a launch pad into space and back again. "The report," it said, "characterized the Space Shuttle program in a way that the Board judges to be at odds with the realities of the Shuttle Program. Christopher Kraft, Jr., the first person to fill the role of Flight Director at NASA, has died at 95 years old. America's first spacewalk happened during the Gemini 4 mission; Kraft, at his console, found that he had to force himself to concentrate on his work, distracted by Ed White's "mesmerizing" descriptions of the Earth below. Exiting the craft,. may not engage in business related to Trades Council, Local 638, Local 200. Notice is hereby given that an official transcript of a Conference proceeding held on 10/29/20 has been filed by the court reporter/transcriber in the above-captioned matter. CHRISTOPHER KRAFT, BUSINESS AGENT Salary Breakdown (2019) Total Compensation $204,253 Gross Salary: $182,273 Allowances: $21,980 Official Business: $0 Other Compensation: $0 Salary History Source: LM forms filed with the Office of Labor-Management Standards. AUSAs Danielle Sassoon and Jason Swergold present for the government. [67] In the words of the space historians Murray and Cox, Kraft "set the tone for one of the most striking features of Flight Operations: unquestioning trustnot of superiors by subordinates, but the other way around."[42]. Once installed, anything you buy on PACER gets automatically added to the RECAP Archive and anything another RECAP user has bought is automatically free to you. "My flight controllers and I were a lot closer to the systems and to events than anyone in top management. After the flight, astronaut John Glenn stated that he believed a human passenger would have been able to bring the capsule under control without the need for an early re-entry, thus (in the words of Time) "affirming the superiority of astronauts over chimponauts. "[20], When Kraft began to plan NASA's flight operations, no human being had yet flown in space. In fact, the task before him was vast, requiring attention to flight plans, timelines, procedures, mission rules, spacecraft tracking, telemetry, ground support, telecommunications networks and contingency management.[21][22]. If you might need an exception, please let us know. [30] The mission was the first orbital flight by an American, and unfolded normally until Glenn began his second orbit. As Kraft commented in his memoirs, "it was like having a ringside seat at the Wally Schirra Bitch Circus". (Talkin, Sanford) (Entered: 08/23/2021), MEMO ENDORSEMENT 152 LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Sanford Talkin dated 8/23/21 re: Bail Modification to requests that he be permitted to continue to live in Long Beach through October 15, 2021.ENDORSEMENTGranted. After John Glenn's flight, Kraft had vowed that he would no longer allow his decisions as flight director to be overruled by anyone outside Mission Control. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 8/27/2021. SO ORDERED (Signed by Judge Colleen McMahon on 10/8/20)(jw) (Entered: 10/09/2020), MOTION to Travel ., FIRST MOTION to Modify Conditions of Release . Employer-1 contracted to work on or would bid on projects that could have otherwise employed union workers belonging to Local 638 and/or Local 200. may not have contact with co-defendants outside presence of counsel. Your client is to mail the papers back to counsel right away. Christopher Kraft, who has died aged 95, was an aeronautical engineer and key leader within Nasa during its first manned space flights, and later went on to direct the first flights to the. (Swergold, Jason) (Entered: 10/23/2021), MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to James Cahill, Christopher Kraft, Patrick Hill, Matthew Norton, William Brian Wangerman, Kevin McCarron, Jeremy Sheeran, Andrew McKeon, Robert Egan, Scott Roche, Arthur Gipson on re: 160 LETTER by USA addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from AUSA Jason Swergold dated October 23, 2021 re: Request for Adjournment. [25] Coverage of these early missions that carried non-human passengers could often be tongue-in-cheek; a Time magazine article on the flight, for example, was titled "Meditative Chimponaut". [50], "The conductor can't play all the instrumentshe may not even be able to play any one of them. By the time that the Apollo 7 mission flew, he had been promoted to head of the flight operations division; thus, it was Glynn Lunney who served as lead flight director and had to deal directly with behavior by the crew that Kraft considered "insubordinate". Chris Kraft, who helped chart a course from the Earth to the moon that began in his hometown of Hampton, died Monday at age 95. (bw) (Entered: 10/02/2020), Attorney update in case as to Andrew McKeon. For uses of Chris Craft, see. Document filed by James Cahill. AUSA Danielle Sassoon/Jason Swergold. Docket alerts are an advanced feature of CourtListener. At the Langley Research Center, advanced wind tunnels were used to test new aircraft designs, and studies were taking place on new concepts such as the Bell X-1 rocket plane. [38] His autobiography, written in 2001, reopened the issue; the chapter that dealt with the flight of Mercury-Atlas 7 was titled "The Man Malfunctioned". ENDORSEMENT: OK. (Signed by Judge Colleen McMahon on 10/13/2021) (bw) (Entered: 10/13/2021), LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Tyler Maulsby dated October 21, 2021 re: Request to Travel to Ithaca, New York . The first NASA flight director, Kraft emerged from boyhood in small-town America to become a visionary who played an integral role in what would become the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (Talkin, Sanford) (Entered: 10/15/2020), NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: John Francis Kaley appearing for Arthur Gipson. "[29] Subordinates who seriously displeased Kraft could find themselves deprived of the opportunity to make it up to him. Former Johnson Space Center Director Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr., the man who created the iconic role of NASA flight director during the Mercury and Gemini programs and whose no-nonsense,. (nmo) (Entered: 02/24/2021), LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Tyler Maulsby dated February 24, 2021 re: Request to Travel to Hunter Mountain . [17][18] This marked the beginning of America's man-in-space program, which came to be called Project Mercury.[19]. in addition to cahill, other union officials indicted were christopher kraft, 43, of commack, a local 638 official representing manhattan; patrick hill, 45, of rockville centre, who. Two others, Scott Roche and Arthur Gipson were charged with fraud and bribery offenses. Court enters Brady Order, in compliance with Fed.R.Crim.P. BAIL DISPOSITION: Agreed conditions of release; $150,000 Personal recognizance bond; To be cosigned by two financially responsible persons; Travel restricted to SDNY/EDNY; Surrender travel documents and no new applications; Pretrial supervision as directed by PTS; Deft not to possess firearm, destructive device, other weapon; Deft to be released on own signature; Remaining conditions to be met by 10/8/2020; Passport/travel docs must be surrendered by 10/2/20; D may not engage in business with Local 638;No contact with co-defendants without presence of counsel; Refrain from excessive use of alcohol. (jbo), Appearance Bond Entered as to James Cahill: $500,000.00 PRB; CO-SIGNED BY 3 FRP'S; (DEFENDANTS SONS AND BROTHER); SECURED BY SONS APARTMENT.. [**Advice of Penalties and Sanctions attached.] ENDORSEMENT: Granted. (Lipton, Evan) (Entered: 08/06/2021), NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Ilana Haramati appearing for Jeremy Sheeran. (Froccaro, James) (Entered: 10/06/2020), CONSENT LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Sanford Talkin dated 10/6/20 re: Modification of Bail Conditions . Document filed by James Cahill. (Signed by Judge Colleen McMahon on 11/9/2021)(bw) (Entered: 11/10/2021), Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Colleen McMahon:Status Conference (via Video/Telephone Conference) as to James Cahill, Christopher Kraft, Patrick Hill, Matthew Norton, William Brian Wangerman, Kevin McCarron, Jeremy Sheeran, Andrew McKeon, Robert Egan, Scott Roche, Arthur Gipson held on 11/9/2021. According to the allegations in the Indictment, statements made in court, and court filings: JAMES CAHILL was the President of the New York State Building and Construction Trades Council (the NYS Trades Council), which represents over 200,000 unionized construction workers, a member of the Executive Council for the New York State American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (the NYS AFL-CIO), and formerly a union representative of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada (the UA). All of the defendants were arrested yesterday afternoon or earlier today and will be presented this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger. JAMES CAHILL was the leader of the Enterprise. Defense Counsel Christine Delince (Retained). (jbo), Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger: Plea entered by Kevin McCarron (6) Count 1,2,3 Not Guilty. "[63], Kraft again found himself a spectator during the landing of Apollo 11, which he viewed from Mission Control, sitting with Gilruth and George Low. "And we know where we're going. Bureau of Standards, 1918-1947; director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) from 1947 until the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958; and deputy administrator of the new aerospace agency when it was created in response to the Sputnik crisis. "[51] He eventually came to terms with the idea, and the portrait painted for the cover became one of his prized possessions.[52]. [92][93][94], Kraft received numerous awards and honors for his work. (Kaley, John) (Entered: 03/24/2021), MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to Arthur Gipson (11) on 116 LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from John F. Kaley, Esq. (jbo) (Entered: 10/02/2020), Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger: Arraignment as to Kevin McCarron (6) Count 1,2,3 held on 10/1/2020. This case is being handled by the Offices Violent and Organized Crime Unit. Proceeding: Initial Presentment. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 6/3/2021. (jbo) (Entered: 10/02/2020), Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger: Arraignment as to James Cahill (1) Count 1,2,3 held on 10/1/2020. According to the allegations in the Indictment[[1]]: JAMES CAHILL, CHRISTOPHER KRAFT, PATRICK HILL, MATTHEW NORTON, WILLIAM BRIAN WANGERMAN, KEVIN MCCARRON, JEREMY SHEERAN, a/k/a Max, ANDREW MCKEON, and ROBERT EGAN, are members of an enterprise (the Enterprise) comprising current and former officials of Local 638, a union with jurisdiction over pipe fitting in New York City and Long Island. (jbo), Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger: Initial Appearance as to Scott Roche held on 10/1/2020. Document filed by James Cahill. Members of the Enterprise conspired to accept cash bribes, as well as bribes in the form of loans that were never repaid, free meals and drinks, free labor on personal property, and purchases of home appliances. ( Status Conference set for 11/9/2021 at 03:00 PM before Judge Colleen McMahon. ) 1,101 ratings61 reviews In his New York Times bestseller, Chris Kraft delivers an unforgettable account of his life in Mission Control. Defendant arraigned and pleads Not Guilty. (Signed by Judge Colleen McMahon on 1/14/2021) (ap) (Entered: 01/19/2021), LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Sanford Talkin dated 1/15/21 re: Permission to Travel to Two Additional Stores . (jbo), Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger: Plea entered by Christopher Kraft (2) Count 1,2,3 Not Guilty. "[50] The article described Kraft's role in the Gemini 5 mission, and drew on his frequent comparisons of his position as flight director with that of an orchestra conductor. The United States was scrambling to catch up with the Soviet Union after the first Sputnik satellite launch in 1957 and after . Ilan Graff, Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. That's what we do here. [1] (McGuirk, Kelly) (Entered: 07/27/2021), NOTICE OF FILING OF OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT as to James Cahill. (De Oliveira, Laura) (Entered: 10/22/2020), PROTECTIVE ORDER as to James Cahill, Christopher Kraft, Patrick Hill, Matthew Norton, William Brian Wangerman, Kevin McCarron, Jeremy Sheeran, Andrew McKeon, Robert Egan, Scott Roche, Arthur Gipsonregarding procedures to be followed that shall govern the handling of confidential material(Signed by Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy on 10/23/2020) (lnl) (Entered: 10/23/2020), MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to James Cahill, Christopher Kraft, Patrick Hill, Matthew Norton, William Brian Wangerman, Kevin McCarron, Jeremy Sheeran, Andrew McKeon, Robert Egan, Scott Roche, Arthur Gipson on 46 LETTER by USA from AUSA Jason Swergold dated October 22, 2020 re: Request for Exclusion of Time. (Maulsby, Tyler) (Entered: 10/28/2020), NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Brian Edward Maas appearing for William Brian Wangerman. Learn Christopher's areas of practice. Conspiracy to Violate the Taft-Hartley Act. is a reflection of Chris Kraft". Document filed by Kevin McCarron. Sign up to receive the Free Law Project newsletter with tips and announcements. APPROVED. When contact was finally re-established, Kraft expressed his frustration on his ground link to Grissom: "The Flight Director says 'Get back in! (Signed by Judge Colleen McMahon on 10/20/2020) (ap) (Entered: 10/20/2020), MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to Matthew Norton (4) granting 33 MOTION to Travel. Monthly donors can create unlimited docket alerts. Dr. Kraft is a diligent OB-GYN specialist serving the community of Clearwater, FL. Christopher C. Kraft Flight: My Life in Mission Control Hardcover - March 1, 2001 by Christopher Kraft (Author) 187 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $55.99 52 Used from $2.02 6 New from $55.99 5 Collectible from $75.00 Paperback $141.11 6 Used from $36.72 4 New from $141.10 1 Collectible from $150.00 objects in mirror may be closer mandela effect . This Office was one of the districts affected by the SolarWinds intrusion. I would like to thank the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York for partnering with my Office on these cases, and for bringing these prosecutions to a successful conclusion.". Now, the two men sat together in Mission Control, reflecting on how far they had come. Redaction Request due 8/17/2021. (Entered: 03/03/2021), Appearance Bond Entered as to Arthur Gipson: $250,000 PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE BOND; TO BE COSIGNED BY ONE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PERSON (WIFE); SECURED BY FAMILY HOME; Additional Conditions.. [**Advice of Penalties and Sanctions attached.] Document filed by Kevin McCarron. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger) (jbo) (Entered: 10/02/2020), Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger: Initial Appearance as to Kevin McCarron held on 10/1/2020.
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