Ex-Wife Denounces Munford's Lies (In Her Own Words)

Ex-Wife Denounces Munford's Lies 

(In Her Own Words)

I. Munford's Ex-Wife Calls his Abuse Denial "false" says "He was hell on earth" - Sadistic

II. Munford Ex-Wife is Concerned for Terry Munford.
 

III. Munford Ex-Wife Not Exploited: Thankful that Trimm Blog and PAC Ad have gotten her story out. She shared Pics of the Blog herself.

See for yourself:

I. Munford's Ex-Wife Calls his Abuse Denial "false" says "He was hell on earth" - Sadistic
 

II. Munford Ex-Wife is Concerned for Terry Munford

III. Munford Ex-Wife Not Exploited:

Thankful that Trimm Blog and PAC Ad

Have gotten her story out.

Shared Pics of Blog herself.

Munford's Awkward Denial Makes False Claims

Munford's Awkward Denial Makes False Claims

By

James Scott Trimm

After nearly a month of awkward silence on the issue, James Munford issued a Facebook video yesterday, finally denying the allegations by his ex-wife Denia Mendenhall, that before and during their marriage he abused and sexually assaulted her.  Munford also states that he has never "laid a hand on" his current wife, though he did not directly address claims made by Terry Munford's close friend Chris Arrington who said just yesterday that he still fears for Terry's safety.   Arrington recently revealed that James Munford's current wife Terry Munford had told him that she was terrified of her husband.

The three and a half minute video is clearly edited with several "jumps" visually evident.  Terry Munford is sitting next to her husband but never says a word.  Throughout the video she appears to be uncomfortable and one point even looks away from her husband.  It is so awkward that it is almost painful to watch.

 Terry Munford is silent and looks away from

 her husband as he denies abuse allegations.

In the video Munford falsely accuses his opponent of being responsible for the publicity concerning the allegations of his ex-wife.  The truth is that Munford's opponent, Jennifer Moore, has never had any involvement with this story.  The allegations from his ex-wife were published in my own independent blog, and later in campaign ads published by a PAC which specifically state that they are "not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee."   Munford knows this and is being dishonest in falsely ascribing these to his opponent when he knows she has nothing to do with them.

Munford also makes an unsubstantiated claim that Jennifer Moore, her "backer" and "other agents" "have threatened and bullied" his wife, friends and supporters.  This claim is completely unfounded.  I have never threatened or bullied Terry Munford and I don't believe anyone associated with the Moore campaign or anyone associated with any PAC involved in this race has either. 

In the video Munford makes the false claim: "They have sought out my ex-wife from over forty years ago and persuaded her to make false allegations that I abused her during our marriage."  Munford makes this wild claim even though elsewhere in the video he admits he has no idea if it is true, saying "I don't know the circumstances under which my ex-wife agreed to make these statements.

In fact Denia Mendenhall had posted on the Gavelbangers wesbsite back in September 2017 saying:

“In the mid 70’s I was married to Jim Munford.  He was a viscous abuser and I wound up divorcing him.  That he ever became a judge is that I failed, out of fear, to report him to the police.”

I stumbled upon her post while researching Munford back in November of 2017 and called her in January 2018 and wrote my blog after speaking with her for the better part of an hour.  Moreover Denia Mendenhall had been a public speaker to a group of nearly 100 police cadets about her abuse back in the late 90's,

You can listen to Denia Mendenhall in her own words by clicking here and decide for yourself whether or not she is speaking of her own accord:

Munford's claim here is totally false.  No one had to convince Denia Mendenhall to say anything.  She had already been saying it for years. 

Munford claims that the allegations were published because his opposition "can't get traction from the issues."  But nothing could be further from the truth,  Not only has his opposition gained a great deal of traction on opposition to his rulings barring parents from reasonable child discipline, and from his order stripping a gun owner who was not accused of any wrong doing, of his second amendment rights, but the allegations themselves are key issues.  Munford is running for family court judge, which is directly related to the issue of spousal abuse as well as judicial temperament.

Finally Munford's video fails to explain how it could be that his ex-wife's claims were so similar to those reflected in the statements Terry Munford has told her close friend Chris Arrington.  The similarities in these statements is beyond coincidence, yet Munford fails to address this.  How could two people who do not know each other and live hundreds of miles apart, give such similar accounts?

Munford's video denial is too little too late.  It is filled with false claims and does not really respond to the true facts of the matter.

Judge Patricia Baca Bennett "Knows" What Isn't So

Judge Patricia Baca Bennett "Knows" What isn't So

By

James Scott Trimm

In this blog we recently broke the news that James Munford's Ex-Wife has come forward to recount her years of physical abuse and sexual assault at his hands.  (Click Here to Read).

Family Court Judge Patricia Baca Bennett has injected herself into a local judicial race (something sitting judges normally do not do).  Although James Munford himself has after more than three weeks, still failed to issue a flat denial, and while Terry Munford has failed during this same time to publish a statement, Judge Bennett seems to feel it is her job to speak for them both. 

Judge Bennett admits her bias, saying that she has known Munford since 1995, that she knows Terry Munford as well, and that she does not know Munford's ex-wife at all. 

Judge Bennett claims to have some special knowledge that "they treat each other with respect and dignity" and that James Munford "treats his wife with respect and dignity".

The fact is that Judge Bennett does not have any first hand knowledge of this matter.  And even though James Munford himself did not publish a flat out denial  Judge Bennett has injected herself into the matter anyway.
  
Yesterday corroborating evidence from a second source was published in this blog.

Read the recent blog Terry Munford's Close Friend: She was Terrified of her Husband!

While Judge Patricia Baca Bennett has taken the extraordinary step of making herself Munsord's campaign spokesman saying "They treat each other with love and respect" and "I know he treats her with respect and dignity. I know she would demand nothing less."  Terry Munford's very close friend has stated that Terry told him that Terry was actually terrified of her husband. 

Judge Bennett "knows" things she could not possibly know, and reminds me of those whom Ronald Reagan said "know so much that isn't so."  

Should a Family court judge presume to magically "know" whether or not a couple treats each other with respect, or whether or not a spouse would demand that kind of treatment without even hearing the witnesses?  

Should a Family Court judge so easily dismiss a woman's claims that she was physically abused and sexually assaulted by her spouse?  

Here is one case where Judge Bennett has made a judgements based on her somehow "knowing" these things and now it has turned out that she was completely wrong!  Is she making such bad presumptions about abused women in her courtroom? 

Should a Family Court judge be acting as spokesperson for a judicial candidate, especially one who has multiple reports of being a spousal abuser?

Terry Munford's Close Friend: She was Terrified of her Husband!

 

Terry Munford's Close Friend: She was Terrified of her Husband!

In this blog we recently broke the news that James Munford's Ex-Wife has come forward to recount her years of physical abuse and sexual assault at his hands.  (Click Here to Read).  Some have accused this woman of lying.  Now Journalist Eddie Owens breaks important news which verifies the Ex-Wife's claims.  James Munford's current wife Terry Munford revealed her own fear of James Munford to her close friend.  (Read important analysis at the end of Owen's article.)

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James Munford Terriefies Current Wife
By Eddie Owens, MA, APR

“Do you believe James Munford should not be a judge?”

That was the question proposed to Chris Arrington in a Facebook Messenger conversation last November after it was discovered Arrington and Munford’s wife had been friends since their college days at the University of Texas-Arlington beginning in the late 1970s.

Arrington’s answer: “Good question! Because I might fear for my life if he found out I was speaking the truth! …… But, to answer your question, no, he should not be a judge, based on the night he was chasing me with a gun and Terry fearing for her life!”

Munford, who is a candidate for the 322nd District Court position being vacated by his boss, Nancy Berger, has recently been accused by his ex-wife, Denia Mendenhall, of abuse and sexual assault during their marriage, which ended decades ago.

“In the mid-70s I was married to Jim Munford.  He was a vicious abuser and I wound up divorcing him. That he ever became a judge is that I failed, out of fear, to report him to the police,” Mendenhall said.

While some of Munford’s supporters have tried to discredit Mendenhall’s story, Arrington’s conversation with a private source last November seems to provide a second “smoking gun” as to his true nature.

“I asked him if he knew Terry Munford, and he said, ‘Of course! You know I do!”, the conversation read. “‘Well I didn’t until now, ’” the source replied.

In a conversation with this reporter the evening of Feb. 8, 2018, Arrington confirmed the online conversation and Terry Munford’s fear of her husband.

In the online conversation, the private source asked Arrington if he thought Munford should be a judge. He replied, “No, he should not be a judge, based on him chasing me with a gun and Terry fearing for her life! I know she was terrified of her husband!”

The private source added, “I know many of Munford’s supporters are trying to discredit his first wife’s accusations, but what I have been told not only supports Denia Mendenhall’s story, it also suggests this pattern has continued with Terry Munford.

“James Munford is not the type of person Tarrant County needs overseeing any of its family courts.”
A transcript of the conversation follows:

Redacted for privacy: Do you know Terry Munford?
Arrington: Of course! You know I do!
Redacted for privacy: Well I didn’t until now.
Arrington: So here again, why are you asking me these questions?
Redacted for privacy: Because I want to know the truth.
Redacted for privacy: I am not sure, but I would hope that you would help us defeat James B. Munford.
Arrington: Yes. Defeat? In what way.
Redacted for privacy: Defeat…..is defeat.
Arrington: So, how can my info help you?
Redacted for privacy: I’m not sure, but can I give your contact info to the people? Do you believe James Munford should not be a Judge?
Arrington: Good question! Because I might fear for my life if he found out I was speaking the truth!
Redacted for privacy: The truth will set you free.
Arrington: Let me think about it for a couple of days! The truth may also get me killed!! Based on what Terry M told me!!
Redacted for privacy: I promised you will not be killed…your wife might need a large diamond…
Arrington: Let me think about it!! But to answer your question, no, he should not be a judge, based on the night he was chasing me with a gun and terry fearing for her life! Or our lives, I should say. That’s all you get for now!!
Redacted for privacy: Oh sh--, oh sh--. Maybe we can talk on the phone tomorrow.
Arrington: Maybe!!
Redacted for privacy: do you really believe James Munford would hurt you or Terry Munford?
Arrington: What do I get out of this for telling the truth and having mine and my wife’s life placed in danger!
Redacted for privacy: …….The truth about James Munford needs to be told.
Arrington: ….most of what I can tell you is hearsay!! Totally based on what his wife told me!!….She made me scared of him…not as a person to be but what he could have done to me… I quote “he (her husband) can do WHATEVER he wants to do to you…he’s a judge”….I took that as anything and get away with it!! Is “killed” too strong of a word?? I don’t think so!! I know she was terrified of her husband!!
Redacted for privacy: Wow!! HE is an associate judge and he cannot do anything to you. If he gets elected as a District judge, he will have more power….

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Eddie Owens, MA, APR, is a partner in Christian Bros. Marketing, a marketing and public relations firm based in Lubbock. A former newspaper reporter and editor, he has almost 40 years of marketing/public relations experience and is an Accredited Public Relations (APR) professional of the Public Relations Society of America. © 2018, Eddie Owens, all rights reserved.

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Analysis by James Scott Trimm

In this dialog back in November of 2017 Arrington stated that Terry Munford was quote "fearing for her life!" and "I know she was terrified of her husband."

This is very similar to what Munford's Ex-Wife Denia had said to me:

“I still have fear of him to this day… Its been so long- but see- hear my nervous voice?  I mean I still get scared thinking about him.”

Like Denia, Chris Arrington was afraid to come forward.  He said: "I might fear for my life if he found out I was speaking the truth!"

When reminded that "The truth will set you free" (John 8:32) Arrington responded fearfully: 

"...The truth may also get me killed!! Based on what Terry M[unford] told me!"

Mr. Arrington said something amazingly similar to what Munford's ex-wife had said:

"She made me scared of him... not as a person to me, but what he could have done to me... I quote "he (her husband) can do WHATEVER he wants to you... he's a judge"... I took that as anything and get away with it!! Is "killed" too strong a word?? I don't think so!! I know she was terrified of her husband!!"

Lets compare their statements side by side (with quote from Terry Munford in red):

These are two people who did not know each other, and who were not aware of each other's statements.  These are two people who were separated by forty years and hundreds of miles, and yet they both state that Munford terrorized each of his two wives with a claim that he could, through his friends in high places and/or power as a judge, have someone... well you get the idea.

Yet James Munford serves as an Associate Court Judge in a Tarrant County Family Court, and is now running for District Court Judge of the 322nd Family Court!

I quote Chris Arrington  "he should not be a judge, based on... Terry fearing for her life!"

Certainly anyone who would abuse his power as a judge so as to put people in fear of their lives, does not have the temperament to serve as a judge in Family Court or any other court!

Chris Arrington has no involvement in this political race, was reluctant about coming forward.  He had no motive to lie.  Moreover he has never known Munford's ex-wife Denia, and he could not have known that the things he said in November 2017, would so closely agree with the things Denia would later say.  This new information demonstrates the old adage "once an abuser, always an abuser."  James Munford was an abuser then and he is an abuser now.  He has no place as a judge in a Family Court.

Munford is the Democrats' Key To Cracking Tarrant County!

Munford is the Democrats' Key To Cracking Tarrant County!

By

James Scott Trimm

The Democrats have not won a countywide race in Tarrant County since 1994. But if James Munford is nominated in the primary election, that could all change!

Whoever wins the Republican primary for Judge of the 322nd Family Court will face Maryellen Hicks in the General Election in November.

Democrats know that Tarrant County is their key to the nation!  Tarrant county is the largest Republican County in Texas, and the only urban Republican County in Texas!  It is also the largest urban Republican County in the country!  

Democrats know that if Tarrant County can be turned blue, the State of Texas will go blue, and all of its electoral votes as well, transforming the nation so that no Republican could ever win the presidency again!  They have targeted Tarrant County as their key to taking not only Texas, but the entire nation!

No Democrat has won a county wide election in Tarrant County since 1994!  But Democrats see a chance to break that losing streak.  The Democrats are very excited and hoping that Tarrant Republicans will be foolish enough to elect James Munford as the Republican nominee.  They know they can beat Munford. They know this will fall right into the "me too" movement.  If Munford is elected the Democrats will pour George Soros money into cracking open Tarrant County and winning their first countywide race in our county in nearly a quarter if a century!

George Soros money will pour into Democratic

Race against James Munford in November.

Democrats already smell his blood in the water.

 The Democrats will have a feast on Munford, and also bring shame to our party for nominating him!  They will drag him through the mud, and have the liberal media as their willing accomplices.  In fact if Munford really cared about the Tarrant GOP (which he clearly does not) he would do what Joe Barton and Russ Casey have done and withdraw his name from consideration.


In the general election Tarrant County Voters will not elect a Family Court judge whose ex-wife says he physically abused and sexually assaulted her.  

Those persons and groups that have endorsed Munford and have yet to withdraw their endorsements are putting Tarrant County in danger of nominating a candidate who will be a bigger embarrassment than Joe Barton.  They could be handing this race to the Democrats and ending our twenty four year lock out, as well as embarrass our county party!

I don't care if Munford has come to all the right parties, the fact is that Jennifer Moore  is the only candidate that can beat the Democrats in November! 

Munford Ex-Wife Reaffirms Abuse- Still No Flat Denial from Munford

Munford Ex-Wife Reaffirms Abuse- Still No Flat Denial from Munford

By

James Scott Trimm

Recently I published a blog titled Munford Ex-Wife Recounts his Abuse, Sexual Assault.  In this blog Denia Michelle Mendenhall, who was once Denia Munford bravely came forward, and told the world about the her marriage to James Munford and her life of abuse and sexual assault.

Munford has  failed, in the twenty five days since the blog was published, to publish a flat denial of these allegations from his ex-wife that he abused and sexually assaulted her.

However a handful of Munford supporters who have no direct knowledge of these matters, reacted by attacking this blog and Munford's ex-wife, accusing her of lying (despite a lack of a flat denial from Munford).

Joel Downs attacked the ex-wife's credibility saying the blog showed my "mendacious capacity (to lie)" and Jennifer Olson attacked her credibility saying "this judicial candidate's ex comes out of the shadows with an undocumented allegation over 40 years ago, and you think THIS is credible?"

When Munford was confronted with the allegations publicly, minutes after this blog broke the story. (For an unknown reason the questioner ascribed the information to "robocalls" rather than to the blog, perhaps in the confusion, since the blog had only been published minutes earlier. I have found no evidence of Robocalls) Munford danced carefully around denial saying:

"I am just stunned on this other allegation on these robocalls. And I don't know how you prove a negative. How you go and say something. I am just stunned, And this is the tactics of desperation. And I have nothing further to say than that."

In the days since these allegations by Munford's Ex-Wife have been published, the Munford campaign has not released any official statements on its website, Facebook account or Twitter account flatly denying the allegations. And now the ex-wife's statement, in her own voice, that Munford beat her with a belt until she passed out is running in a TV advertisement:

This has begun to raise some eyebrows. The Munford campaign seems to be in complete denial.

Now in a new series of tweets sent out Friday night, James Munford's Ex-wife has bravely, in the face of criticism from these detractors, bravely reaffirmed that her ex-husband James Munford physically abused and sexually assaulted her both before and during their marriage.

Munford's ex-wife has courageously stood by her testimony, knowing that she will almost certainly continue to be attacked by detractors like Downs and Olson.   Meanwhile, after more than three weeks, James Munford himself has failed to flatly deny her claims. Instead the Munford camp seems to be more concerned with who donates to the various PAC groups that are getting the truth out about James Munford.

 The James Munford Campaign has its head buried

 in the sand, and has yet to issue a flat denial.

Tax Raising Trasa Cobern is Running for Tax Assessor-Collector

Tax Raising Trasa Cobern
Running for Tax Assessor-Collector
By
James Scott Trimm

Trasa Robertson Cobern has been running for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector claiming that she lowered Taxes as a member of the Hurst City Counsel!  In 2016 Tarrant County Property values went up by about 12 percent.  On Sept 13 and 27, 2016, Trasa Robertson Cobern voted yes on both the first and second readings on a tax *rate* that was 2.2 cents lower per $100 than the previous year.  So property values increased by 12% but Trasa voted to lower the *rate* by a fraction of a percent, meaning that this was actually a tax increase. She also voted in favor of a 6.7 percent "increase in the tax rate."

Now Tax Raising Trasa wants to be the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector!

(Special Thanks to Matthew Spano for creating the above graphic)

In the video below Trasa can be heard making the motion to raise taxes in her own voice !

Don't be Fooled by Tax Raising Trasa!

The effective tax rate from the ordinance 
for which Trasa voted in favor

 was an increase of nearly 8% !

Trasa also Opposed the Tax Relief Bill (SB 2) in the 85th Session 
(A Priority Republican Party Platform Item)
As shown in her tweet below:

Appendix
(Tax Ordinance and Meeting Minutes in which Trasa made the motion to raise Taxes)

Below are the actual minutes from the meeting: