Category Archives: corruption in government
Another corrupt Rethug indicted…
Former NY state Senate Majority leader Joseph Bruno is our latest corrupt politician. From FindLaw:
Republican Joseph Bruno, the former New York Senate Majority Leader, was indicted by a federal grand jury on criminal charges accusing him of public corruption by accepting nearly $3.2 million over more than a decade from labor unions.
The charges allege that from 2003 to 2006, Bruno engaged in a scheme to defraud New Yorkers by accepting approximately $3.198 million from labor unions seeking state business in exchange for using his official government position to take action on behalf of the unions.
You can read the criminal indictment here.
Real piece o’ work that Bruno. Hope he enjoys a long jail sentence with the common criminals. Bet he isn’t laughing now…
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If Fitz says it, it must be so!
There is no one I trust more than Patrick Fitzgerald. No one. He is apolitical and he does his job to the best of his ability.
The IL governor must be as dirty as they come. Fitz said so, and I quote:
“But the most cynical behavior in all this — the most appalling — is the fact that Governor Blagojevich tried to sell the appointment to the Senate seat vacated by President-Elect Obama. The conduct would make Lincoln roll over in his grave.”
I just hope the mud doesn’t fly onto others that seem clean at this point..like Jesse Jackson Jr. TPM Muckraker is staying on top of this. Soon as I locate the complaint I will link to it.
Update: Here is the complaint via the Chicago Trib. Some choice quotes from the complaint:
During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated, āunless I get something
real good for [Senate Candidate 1], shit, Iāll just send myself, you know what Iām saying.ā ROD BLAGOJEVICH later stated, āIām going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain. You hear what Iām saying. And if I donāt get what I want and Iām not satisfied with it, then Iāll just take the Senate seat myself.ā Later, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that the Senate seat āis a fucking valuable
thing, you just donāt give it away for nothing.āROD BLAGOJEVICH stated āIāve got this thing and itās fucking
golden, and, uh, uh, Iām just not giving it up for fuckinā nothing. Iām not gonna do it. And, and I can always use it. I can parachute me there.āROD BLAGOJEVICH said that the consultants (Advisor B and another
consultant are believed to be on the call at that time) are telling him that he has to āsuck it upā for two years and do nothing and give this āmotherfucker [the President-elect] his senator. Fuck him. For nothing? Fuck him.āROD BLAGOJEVICH said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the Senate seat but ātheyāre not willing to give me anything except appreciation. Fuck them.ā
What a peach of a man eh? Christ what scum. Here is Fitz’s presser:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/28141722#28141722
Musharraf resigns
In true Nixsonian style Musharraf resigns. Per the NYT:
Facing the threat of impeachment, President Pervez Musharraf announced that he would resign, saying the charges against him were false but that he would step down for the sake of his nation.
Why in the blue hell won’t our congress critters do this? Jesus Christ it isn’t rocket science folks. This bag o shit has been in office for nine friggin years. Here is Musharraf’s money quote:
āUnfortunately, there are some people who have self-interest, and they are putting their interests above those of the country,ā he said. āSome people are trying to blame, me and they are making false accusations against me.ā
Isn’t that rich? If there isn’t any evidence, why in the blue hell is this fuckwit resigning? Ah, but wait…..it gets better:
At the core of the talks has been Mr. Musharrafās demand that he be immune from prosecution if he resigns before the impeachment proceedings begin.
The negotiations were bogged down over the legal technicalities of when immunity would be granted, according to a senior coalition official. The coalition was reluctant to grant immunity before Mr. Musharraf left office, because of fears that once he had won immunity he would not depart, said the official, who declined to be identified because of the delicacy of the talks.
Technical difficulties? Like when a tv channel goes out? Sigh…if only it was happening right here, right now m’dear reader….if only.
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Jefferson’s sister and daughter indicted in LA.
From TPM via the Times-Picayune we get the news:
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten announced this afternoon that 4th District Assessor Betty Jefferson, an elder sister of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, has been indicted on a host of fraud-related charges by a federal grand jury. Also indicted were Jefferson’s daughter, Angela Coleman, and her brother, the previously indicted Mose Jefferson.
The charges are the culmination of a probe into charities run by members of the Jefferson family and their allies. In a rare move, the FBI announced it was investigating the nonprofits after a 2006 Times-Picayune story revealed apparent self-dealing at them.
There is a slew of names going down in LA. on the TP link..damn some serious graft going on there…
Its my Right to be Left of the Center 