Louisiana Representative Cold Cash William Jefferson, long under investigation for taking bribes and selling his influence in the House of Representatives - and made infamous for hiding over $90,000 in bribe money inside a freezer in his home - has finally been indicted by the Justice Dept. You can find the Complaint here. The Complaint alleges Jefferson committed a variety of criminal conduct ranging from corrupt practices to wire fraud. If convicted on all sixteen counts, Jefferson will face over 200 years in jail.
Showing posts with label bribery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bribery. Show all posts
Monday, June 4, 2007
Cold Cash Jefferson Indicted
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Surge News Roundup - Week 11
Start with this overview of the progress of the surge from Fred Kagan at the Weekly Standard.
For some absolutely great news from the surge - start here, where some Marines in Anbar are finding themselves getting rather bored. As one put it, "I think there are parts of Al Anbar province where the war may be over and we just don't realize it." This report will never see the NYT, and it certainly does not fit the Democrat's current playbook of a sudden surge to victory - in the House, Senate and Executive.
Bill Rogio has a similar report on Anbar. It is appearing more and more that al Qaeda's last big hurrah will be in Diyala.
Omar thinks that the wall going up in Baghdad around the Sunni majority areas are a good idea and that the loud complaints are coming from the militia types.
The Iranians are making a big push in Iraq in just about every way. Besides being involved in training, arming and paying proxies, they are also trying to bribe Iraqi lawmakers. (H/T mdd at MNN)
Lastly, there is some very dark humor over at the Washington Post.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
The Coalition of the Bribed - And Beaten
Nancy Pelosi, unable to win an up or down vote for the craven schemes she has dreamed up with Jack Murtha to scuttle the American mission in Iraq, and refusing to acknowledge the success of the surge to this point, has, as pointed out in earlier posts, loaded up the supplemental appropriations bill with an obscene amount of pork in order to buy votes. But even that is not assured of working, so Ms. Pelosi has now taken to threats of loss of committee seats and loss of funding for projects in order to put the finishing touches on her coalition. Evidently, nothing is beyond this women in her goal to insure that the surge is stopped in its tracks and then, forced into that ever euphamistic, "new direction." What is almost more disgusting then the acts of Ms. Pelosi are that her bribes and threats may actually sway members of the House. Read the story here.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Vladimir Soprano
Publius Pundit examines what has become the mafia-like government of President Putin
It must be acknowledged that the Kremlin is not one-dimensional, and doesn’t try to solve all its problems with the use of brute force. Just like Marlon Brando in “The Godfather” (award-winning pundit Charles Krauthammer recently said “President” Putin’s “more accurate title would be godfather”), before the Kremlin kills you it will leave the head of a dead horse in your bed, and before it does that it will offer to buy your soul. If you won’t sell, they figure, that’s your problem.Read the whole story..
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