Watch the Jack Abramoff Interview on “60 Minutes”
Here.
Category Archives: chicanery
Quote of the Day
“It looks like a rat and smells like a rat. It has the marks of a collusive lawsuit brought by a Republican against Republicans in a court likely to tilt to Republican interests.”
— Dan Tokaji, on a new… Continue reading
Briefing Completed in Busefink ACORN Case in Nevada
You can read the reply brief here. Here is an interesting snippet from the reply brief:
1. The State now says that the conduct of Appellant’s co-defendant,
charged under the same law, is not a crime
The best evidence… Continue reading
Absentee Ballot Fraud Charges in Madison County, Fla.
Here.
“Anti-Democratic text messages in Northern Va. prompt lawsuit, complaints”
WaPo: “A week before Election Day, Democrats have taken legal action to try to stop thousands of unsolicited text messages encouraging people in Northern Virginia to vote against their candidates.”
Must-Read Az. Capitol Times Report on Incumbents’ Efforts to Influence Independent Redistricting Commission
Here.
“Ohio Fact Check:” Not What You Think
Here.
“Ed Lee Ballot Scandal Spawns Difficult Legal Questions”
SF Weekly: “The only law definitively broken by the pro-Ed Lee volunteers caught on film filling out and collecting ballots in Chinatown was the law of common decency. The introduction of a stencil-like device that allows people to expediently… Continue reading
“Former members’ campaigns alive, well and spending money”
The Hill reports.
“Michigan Dem Pleads No Contest In Fake Tea Party Scheme”
TPM reports.
“Haggerty Guilty of Grand Larceny and Money Laundering”
NYT: “John F. Haggerty, a Republican political consultant accused of stealing $1.1 million from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg during Mr. Bloomberg’s 2009 re-election campaign, was found guilty of second-degree grand larceny and money laundering by a jury in Manhattan… Continue reading
“Feinstein Estimates Embezzlement Loss at $4.7M”
The big unanswered question: what did Durkee do with all that money? She certainly didn’t appear to lead a lavish lifestyle.
“Dem groups can’t quit Durkee”
Politico reports.
“Doubts Raised on Contributions to Comptroller”
This will be a big story in NY.