This story just keeps taking more new and interesting turns: In another twist in the News Of The World scandal, a former reporter for the tabloid who initially alleged that editor Andy Coulson knew about the practice of phone hacking by his staff, was reportedly found dead Monday. The Guardian reports that though police wouldn’t […]
Horrible news out of Tucson today: Gabrielle Giffords, a congresswoman from Arizona, was shot in the head on Saturday at a public event held at a grocery store in Tucson, her spokesman, C. J. Karamargin, said. Others at the event, including members of her staff, were among the injured. The gunman is in custody and […]
You may recall the story of Anthony Gruber. In July of this year he was speeding down a highway. An undercover police officer pulled a gun on him to stop him. Gruber was videotaping his joy ride and decided to post the video on YouTube, a decision that ultimately lead to his arrest and being […]
Couldn’t happen to a better corporation: Wal-Mart’s former Republican outreach director will be charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the next to fall in a long list of current and former lobbyists linked to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, according to court documents filed last week. Abramoff, formerly a powerful Republican lobbyist for the […]
Pelosi was ready for Mukasey’s refusal to enforce the contempt citations. Now the next step – court: “By ordering the U.S. Attorney to take no action in response to congressional subpoenas, the Bush Administration is continuing to politicize law enforcement, which undermines public confidence in our criminal justice system. “Anticipating this response from the Administration, […]
While we keep waiting to see what happens next with Fitzgerald’s investigation we also get more exciting news from the Abramoff investigation: A former congressional aide and business associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff has agreed to plead guilty to charges in connection with the investigation of influence-peddling and public corruption, a federal law enforcement […]
OK. This has to be one of the most ridiculous things I have read in ages. Via the Cincinnati Enquirer: Abramoff’s dad furious at Clooney jab By Erica Solvig The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The father of controversial Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff is responding to actor George Clooney for what […]