Seems like the Republicans still love their dirty tricks. From Matt Stoller: Terry Nelson, an unindicted co-conspirator in the TRMPAC Tom Delay scandal, and the boss of Jim Tobin, the convicted felon in the NH phone-jamming case, is the head of opposition research for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. So it’s not a surprise that […]
The Judge in the Moussaoui case has accepted a compromise with prosecutors: The federal judge in the death penalty trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui accepted a government compromise Friday that will allow prosecutors to present new witnesses about aviation security Judge Leonie Brinkema in a written order said prosecutors could present exhibits and a […]
SKY NEWSÂ have summorized the first day of the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui US prosecutors have claimed terrorist conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui “rejoiced in the death” of the 9/11 attacks, a court heard. The 37-year-old has already pleaded guilty to being part of a plot to fly airliners into American buildings. But he denied any prior knowledge […]
More bad news for Republicans. This courtesy of the Associated Press Scanlon Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud By PETE YOST, Associated Press Michael Scanlon, partner of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was charged Friday with conspiring to defraud Indian tribes the two were representing of millions of dollars. In a one-count criminal information filed by the government, […]