The final nail in the GOP coffin this election season would be if the DOJ announced a bunch more indictments in the Abramoff scandal. We know this is not about to happen, but this little bit of information gives us insight into the possibility that they will becoming after elections: Jack Abramoff, the lobbying scandal […]
Yesterday it was uncovered that Ohio’s top election official owned stock in Diebold during the 2004 election. Today we find out some Ohio election officials have been indicted for for skirting the rules to avoid a recount: After the 2004 presidential election, Cuyahoga County election workers secretly skirted rules designed to make sure all votes […]
So today Gale Norton, the Interior Secretary, resigned abruptly from Bush’s cabinet today. For those who are not familiar with her ties to Abramoff, I thought it would be time to highlight some of them. First up is this nice article from the Boston Globe on 11/4/2005: WASHINGTON — Investigators have unearthed e-mails indicating that […]
The AP does a nice job of reminding people why Tom Delay could be facing his hardest political battle yet: WASHINGTON – Rep. Tom DeLay, whose association with lobbyist Jack Abramoff has left him politically vulnerable, is spending Texas’ primary night Tuesday at a fundraiser hosted by two Washington lobbyists. DeLay faces three opponents in […]
It looks like there is still more intrigue to the case of Scooter Libby and the investigation by Patrick Fitzgerald. Editor and Publisher reported this today: Woodward suddenly revealed late last year that he had talked with Libby as well as another unnamed government official about CIA operative Valerie Plame, the wife of former Ambassador […]
In a new article appearing inSalon, they are talking about the possible downfall of Rep. Bob Ney, also referred to as the “mayor of Capital Hill”. His alleged involvement in the Abramoff scandal could signal an end to his political career. Ney is of course denying any wrong doing and playing the victim in the […]
According to Raw Story, Fitzgerald is still seeking indictments against Karl Rove and could possibly have his top aide testify before a grand jury as early as Monday. Here’s a short excerpt from the entire article According to lawyers familiar with the case, Fitzgerald is trying to convince the grand jury that Rove made false […]
Official A is Rove. Official A is, according to the indictments, the one who informed Novak of Plame’s identity. This of course shows that Rove is not out of hot water nor that the investigation is over. This news is coming from Raw Story, but several newspapers will be breaking this story tomorrow. The Associated […]
The following was obtained from Raw Story. Prosecutor in leak case seeks indictments against Rove, Libby, lawyers close to case say 10/26/2005 @ 10:28 am Filed by Jason Leopold and John Byrne Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has asked the grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson to indict Vice President […]
Fitzgerald and the grand jury investigating the leak case were seen entering the court room at around 9:00 am eastern time today. According to Raw Story, sources close to the investigation say Fitzgerald has asked for indictments on Karl Rove and Scooter Libby. This information goes hand in hand with information coming out last night […]