Bloomberg has just published a huge story exposing Koch Industries and their skirting the law to make sales to Iran: A Bloomberg Markets investigation has found that Koch Industries — in addition to being involved in improper payments to win business in Africa, India and the Middle East — has sold millions of dollars of […]
The whole phone hacking scandal in the U.K. is evolving at a major clip. Here’s a round-up from the past 24 hours. The WSJ (a Murdoch company) is reporting the Ruppert Murdoch is considering selling News International as an attempt to save News Corp over all. Murdoch has already put feelers out to see if […]
Finally justice is served on another person whose power in Congress became a catalyst for greed: Former Rep. William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to serve 13 years in prison for what the lead prosecutor described as “the most extensive and pervasive pattern of corruption in the history of Congress.” While the sentence by federal Judge […]
We all knew this was coming, but now its official: Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers pleaded guilty this morning to conspiring to commit bribery and is free on personal bond. U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn said, “The defendant now stands convicted.” The one count of conspiring to commit bribery is punishable for […]
Bob dug up this interesting list of the top recipients of campaign money from the insurance industry in the House and Senate. TOP 10 SENATE RECIPIENTS: McCain, John (R-AZ) $251,834 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $200,200 Baucus, Max (D-MT) $183,750 Lieberman, Joe (I-CT) $101,400 Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) $98,600 Collins, Susan (R-ME) $96,500 Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) $90,450 Warner, […]
And the crime family known as the RNC continues on: There are reports that former U.S. Senator Trent Lott is under investigation in connection with an on-going judicial bribery probe. Today’s Wall Street Journal is reporting that federal agents are investigating whether Trent Lott knowingly played a role in an alleged conspiracy to influence a […]
About time we get another corrupt politician taken care of: An indictment charging Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., in a long-running bribery investigation is being announced Monday, federal officials said. The indictment is being handed up in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. A press conference was being organized for late Monday in Washington to discuss the […]
Old Pete must be getting worried: Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) has hired a top defense attorney to handle the pending ethics investigation into allegations that he pressured a federal prosecutor to bring indictments against New Mexico Democrats on the eve of the 2006 elections. Lee Blalack, who recently represented former congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham […]
The key issue of next week’s elections is Iraq and a hopeful start to oversight of the disaster Bush got us into. Now we find out that the administration gets rid of the only person who was conducting oversight in the war. Investigations led by a Republican lawyer named Stuart W. Bowen Jr. in Iraq […]
Well someone is out to protect someone now: House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Sunday he may challenge a judge’s order allowing FBI agents to examine documents seized at a Louisiana congressman’s Capitol Hill office in a bribery probe. Hastert said he believed Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., was “in big trouble” and that the House would […]