The state that lies a few miles from my house has just seen the outcome of a political scandal that I’m sure some on the right will try to blame on ACORN somehow: A Marion County judge has ruled that Secretary of State Charlie White was ineligible to be a candidate and the office should […]
Penn State coach Mike McQueary, who witnessed Jerry Sandusky anally raping a 10 year old boy in the locker room, is now in full damage control mode: In the email obtained by The Morning Call, McQueary wrote that he “did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police” […]
A Tea Party favorite for the U.S. Senate in Ohio has just been indicted by a grand jury for unlawful conduct with a minor: A New Lebanon man, running for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, has been indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury on sex charges. Eric Deaton was indicted on one count […]
Very, very interesting: A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County’s federal detention centers. The indictment criticizes Cheney’s investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison companies running the federal […]
Just now breaking on MSNBC. More as the details come out. UPDATE 1: The DOJ will be holding a news conference at 1:20pm est today to discuss the charges returned by the grand jury. UPDATE 2 (and bumped) A PDF of the indictment is available here. The news conference is just now starting (1/2 hour […]
Chuck and Di’s great pick for A.G. gives the administration another free pass on law breaking. Mukasey says he won’t seat a grand jury to investigate Miers and Bolton refusing to show for Congres.
I was working on a post about the FBI investigating if Roger Clemens lied to Congress and wondering what it takes to get an investigation when someone from the administration does the same. Well it looks like someone was in my mind. The AP has just issued a breaking news alert that Nancy Pelosi is […]
Comes this little gem: In a case some say reveals political backscratching at the courthouse, a Texas Supreme Court justice saw his arson-related indictment thrown out Friday at the request of a scandal-plagued, but fellow Republican, prosecutor. The move outraged the grand jury foreman, who threatened to reconvene the panel and issue the charges again. […]
Today we find out that the firings of the United States Attorneys went all the way to the oval office: The White House was deeply involved in the decision late last year to dismiss federal prosecutors, including some who had been criticized by Republican lawmakers, administration officials said Monday. Last October, President Bush spoke with […]
That is the latest piece by Froomkin in today’s WaPo talking about the Libby trial: There is a cloud over the vice president . . . And that cloud remains because this defendant obstructed justice,” Fitzgerald said. “There is a cloud over the White House. Don’t you think the FBI and the grand jury and […]