THE DEMOCRAT PARTY: A CULTURE OF MORAL AND ETHICAL CORRUPTION:
(last update: Jul. 2024)
(last update: Jul. 2024)
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(159) Aug. 2023: Former Illinois State legislature House Speaker Michael Madigan (Democrat) is charged with 23 counts of federal crimes related to corruption. Indicted in 2022. The regional electric utility company Commonwealth Edison provided payoffs, contracts, and jobs to Madigan associates as bribes to win his support in the legislature. A scheme with AT&T regional operation was also exposed. Trial set for 2024.
(158) Aug. 2022: California: former US House representative TJ Cox (Democrat) is charged with 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, 1 count of campaign contribution fraud, and 1 count of financial institution fraud, and is arrested by the FBI and booked into Fresno County jail. Mr. Cox is accused of multi-million dollar frauds which included diverting campaign money to family and friends.
(162) June 2024: New Jersey: Democrat George Norcross is charged with Racketeering along with a former mayor from Camden, his brother, and his lawyer.
(161) Dec. 2023: Atlanta, Georgia: Democrat Shelitha Robertson, former attorney and police officer, and candidate for superior court judge, is found guilty by a federal jury for fraud for claiming $7,000,000 in PPP grants during the Covid19 PPP giveaway by the US Congress. She used that money to buy a Rolls-Royce, diamonds, and other luxury items. The criminal counts included wire fraud and money laundering.
(160) Oct. 2023: US Senator Bob Menendez (D) of New Jersey survives a 2015 corruption indictment thanks to a hung jury, but is now indicted for selling classified information to Egypt for bribes, helped Egypt get US military aid in return for bribes, interfered in criminal prosecutions in exchange for Mercedes Benz, and helped a fried get a monopoly on certifying US food exports to Egypt as halal. A federal search warrant in 2022 exposed $100k in gold bars, the Mercedes Benz, and $500k in cash at his home. Prosecution pending. 2024 update: he is convicted of bribery (16 counts).
(158) Aug. 2022: California: former US House representative TJ Cox (Democrat) is charged with 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, 1 count of campaign contribution fraud, and 1 count of financial institution fraud, and is arrested by the FBI and booked into Fresno County jail. Mr. Cox is accused of multi-million dollar frauds which included diverting campaign money to family and friends.
(157) June 2022: Florida: Former mayor of Tallahassee and governor candidate Andrew Gillum (Democrat) is charged with 19 counts including wire fraud, conspiracy, and lying to the FBI. Also charged was Sharon Hicks, CEO of the gay “rights” organization known as National Black Justice Coalition. The two are accused while Andrew was mayor of accepting gifts, soliciting money and campaign donations that ended up transferring the money to Gillum’s personal accounts, disguised as payroll for Sharon’s organization, and promising contracts (corruption by a government official).
(156) May, 2022: California Democrat Party Secretary Melahat Rafiei resigns, including her position as a DNC rep for the state, after being involved as an FBI witness in probes against Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu and other Democrats. In 2019, Melahat was arrested on theft and bribery charges involving a cannabis scheme and federal funds, but chose to cooperate with the FBI to avoid charges. Her undercover use helped the FBI investigate corruption in Democrat controlled Anaheim government, including an arrest of Anaheim Chamber of Commerce CEO Todd Ament.
(155) Apr. 2022, New York State: Lieutenant Governor of New York, Brian Benjamin (Democrat), is arrested on campaign finance fraud charges and immediately resigns. Charges include bribery, fraud, conspiracy, and falsifying records, while he was a State Senator.
(154) Mar. 2022, Boston, MA: Prominent democrat/leftist activist Monica Cannon-Grant is arrested with her husband Clark by federal agents, charged with 18 counts of fraud and conspiracy in relation to her “non-profit” activism group “Violence in Boston (VIB)”. The Boston Globe actually had named her Bostonian of the Year in 2020 because of her leadership with local BLM activism, now they look foolish. She stole donations for personal use to enrich herself similar to other BLM organizational leaders.
(153) Aug. 2021, Democrat Arizona State Legislative Senator Tony Navarrete is arrested and charged with 7 felonies associated with sex with minors. Mr. Navarrete, a part of the Arizona LGBTQ caucus in the legislature, engaged in homosexual acts with a boy over several years. He could face decades in prison.
(152) Apr. 2021, Democrat Andrew Seth is arrested by the FBI for stealing money from a charter school network. Andrew was a founding member of the network. Charges include wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to a bank. He stole $218,000 from the schools and used it for a mortgage on a multi-million dollar Manhattan condo. Mr. Seth was an advisor to Barak Obama (educational technology office), and top advisor to his Secretary of Education. He helped create the network in 2005 and left in 2013.
(151) Mar. 2021, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Democrat Children’s Court Judge Brett Blomme is arrested for possession/distribution of abusive child porn. Brett, a homosexual married to another man, was caught uploading the disgusting content from their house. The men had 2 adopted children whose welfare was immediately being considered by Child Protective Services.
(150) Feb. 2020: Maryland: Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh (Democrat) is sentenced to 3 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion crimes related to selling her book (a children’s book) to various entities she had connections with as mayor, effectively laundering money to her campaign (through legitimate and fake book sales) or taking money for undelivered books (theft). The most egregious involved having the Univ. of MD Medical System, where she served on the board, buy her book.
(149) Feb. 2020, Michigan: Former Livingston County District Court judge Theresa Brennan (Democrat) pleads guilty to perjury in a plea deal, although the 17 month court case included ethics charges, the criminal prosecution (charges of perjury, tampering with evidence, and common law offenses), and removal of Ms. Brennan from the bench. She was also in an improper relationship with a detective prosecuting a murder trial case in which she was the presiding judge, or failed to recuse herself.
(148) Jan. 2020: Illinois State Senator Martin Sandoval (Democrat) has his house and office raided by the FBI in November and resigns. Mr. Sandoval was being investigated for bribery (accepting money for favors as a taxpayer paid government employee and representative). He ends up pleading guilty to bribery and tax evasion at end of month. He dies in December 2020 due to health problems and catching Corona19 before going to prison.
(147) Nov. 2019: Mayor of Muncie, Indiana, Dennis Tyler (Democrat) is arrested by the FBI for bribery. He was accused of accepting $5,000 in exchange for a local contract to a construction (excavation) contractor. Allegations of corruption, and the subsequent investigation, had been occurring for several years.
(146) Illinois State Representative Luis Arroyo is arrested by the FBI for bribery. He offered $2,500 per month to a fellow unnamed Indiana State representative in exchange for influence in state legislation associated with gambling.
(145) July 2019: Former State Dept. employee Candace Claiborne, hired by Bill Clinton and worked under President Obama and Hillary Clinton, is sentenced to 40 months in prison for treason for conspiring to default the US Government (taxpayers), concealing contact with foreign spies, obstruction, and making false statements to the FBI. Chinese spies bribed her over the years with cash, vacations, gifts, and an apartment.
(144) Sept. 2019: Massachusetts: Democrat mayor Jasiel Correia is arrested and charged with extortion. At least 4 businesses paid the mayor $600,000 in total in bribes in order to obtain licenses to operate marijuana businesses in the state. He was also charged with extortion of a property owner and defrauding investors in a mobile app development business. Sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2021.
(143): Sept. 2019: California: Democrat major money donor Ed Buck is arrested and charged with operating a drug house after several men die inside the house from meth overdose. Mr. Buck and the victims were all apparently engaged in homosexual behavior in addition to using drugs.
(142): Sept. 2019: Democrat city clerk for Southfield, Michigan, Sherikia Hawkins is arrested and charged with tampering with 200 ballots in a 2018 midterm election.
(141): Oct. 2019: Democrat mayor of Atlantic City Frank Gilliam resigns after pleading guilty to wire fraud and theft of approx.. $87,000 from a youth basketball organization. Sentencing to be determined.
(140) August 2018: Democrat Dwaine Caraway, mayor pro-tem of Dallas, pleads guilty to federal corruption charges (criminal conspiracy, wire fraud, tax evasion) and resigns from city council. He accepted kickbacks, bribes, and other benefits while part of a scheme with the Dallas County School Superintendent and a private surveillance company, in exchange for votes.
(139) May 2018: Democrat Attorney General of New York State Eric Schneiderman resigns after four women accuse him of physical abuse including choking and slapping during intimate moments.
(138) March 2018: Democrat Party member and mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, Megan Barry resigns abruptly after pleading guilty to property theft of $10,000 related to an affair she was having with a bodyguard. Her plea deal with prosecutors sentences her to just 3 years probation and reimbursement of funds to city.
(137) Feb. 2018: Democrat Carlos Uresti, state legislature senator from San Antonio, was on trial for 11 months charged with 11 felony counts including fraud and money laundering related to the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by the Four Winds Logistics company (hence shut down) where he served as their general council attorney (lawyer). Mr. Uresti is also on trial separately for bribery charges.
(136) Feb. 2018: Democrat Rodolfo Delgado (Democrat), State District Judge in Hidalgo County, Texas, is arrested by the FBI and charged with bribery. He accepted bribes in exchange for favorable judicial consideration. The dollar amounts were relatively small, making the crime seem even more foolish to commit.
(149) Feb. 2020, Michigan: Former Livingston County District Court judge Theresa Brennan (Democrat) pleads guilty to perjury in a plea deal, although the 17 month court case included ethics charges, the criminal prosecution (charges of perjury, tampering with evidence, and common law offenses), and removal of Ms. Brennan from the bench. She was also in an improper relationship with a detective prosecuting a murder trial case in which she was the presiding judge, or failed to recuse herself.
(147) Nov. 2019: Mayor of Muncie, Indiana, Dennis Tyler (Democrat) is arrested by the FBI for bribery. He was accused of accepting $5,000 in exchange for a local contract to a construction (excavation) contractor. Allegations of corruption, and the subsequent investigation, had been occurring for several years.
(146) Illinois State Representative Luis Arroyo is arrested by the FBI for bribery. He offered $2,500 per month to a fellow unnamed Indiana State representative in exchange for influence in state legislation associated with gambling.
(144) Sept. 2019: Massachusetts: Democrat mayor Jasiel Correia is arrested and charged with extortion. At least 4 businesses paid the mayor $600,000 in total in bribes in order to obtain licenses to operate marijuana businesses in the state. He was also charged with extortion of a property owner and defrauding investors in a mobile app development business. Sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2021.
(143): Sept. 2019: California: Democrat major money donor Ed Buck is arrested and charged with operating a drug house after several men die inside the house from meth overdose. Mr. Buck and the victims were all apparently engaged in homosexual behavior in addition to using drugs.
(142): Sept. 2019: Democrat city clerk for Southfield, Michigan, Sherikia Hawkins is arrested and charged with tampering with 200 ballots in a 2018 midterm election.
(141): Oct. 2019: Democrat mayor of Atlantic City Frank Gilliam resigns after pleading guilty to wire fraud and theft of approx.. $87,000 from a youth basketball organization. Sentencing to be determined.
(140) August 2018: Democrat Dwaine Caraway, mayor pro-tem of Dallas, pleads guilty to federal corruption charges (criminal conspiracy, wire fraud, tax evasion) and resigns from city council. He accepted kickbacks, bribes, and other benefits while part of a scheme with the Dallas County School Superintendent and a private surveillance company, in exchange for votes.
(139) May 2018: Democrat Attorney General of New York State Eric Schneiderman resigns after four women accuse him of physical abuse including choking and slapping during intimate moments.
(138) March 2018: Democrat Party member and mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, Megan Barry resigns abruptly after pleading guilty to property theft of $10,000 related to an affair she was having with a bodyguard. Her plea deal with prosecutors sentences her to just 3 years probation and reimbursement of funds to city.
(137) Feb. 2018: Democrat Carlos Uresti, state legislature senator from San Antonio, was on trial for 11 months charged with 11 felony counts including fraud and money laundering related to the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by the Four Winds Logistics company (hence shut down) where he served as their general council attorney (lawyer). Mr. Uresti is also on trial separately for bribery charges.
(135) Sep. 2017: Democrat Linda Watkins-Brashear, former executive director of the now defunct "Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp" is sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for her role in a $1,000,000 kickback scheme (solicited bribes in exchange for fraudulent contracts or no work at all). Also guilty of conspiracy and filing false tax return.
Note: Sexual harassment purge of leftist (Democrats) in late 2017: (115 to 134):
(134) Nov. 2017: Comedian and Democrat Louis C.K. apologizes for sexual harassment activity against 5 women and is fired from Netflix and his new film cancelled from premiere and distribution.
(133) Oct. 2017: Democrat leftist Hollywood director James Toback is accused by 38 women of sexual harassment but then the number swells to hundreds. The Beverly Hills (California) police department investigates the local claims.
(132) Oct. 2017: Florida state legislature senate democratic leader Jeff Clemens resigns after cheating on his wife with multiple women becomes public knowledge.
(131) July 2017: Nevada state senator Mark Manendo (D) resigns after an investigation into sexual harassment allegations.
(130) Oct. 2017: Democrat Philip Ahr, Radnor Township (Pennsylvania) Board of Commissioners, resigns as president but continues to serve as Commissioner, after being charged with child pornography distribution and possession.
(129) Dec. 2017: Democrat and California state senator Tony Mendoza is urged to take a leave of absence by State Senate leader Keven de Leon to give investigators time after 3 women accuse him of sexual harassment.
(128) Nov. 2017: Democrat and California state legislative senator Dan Schoen resigns after 2 women accused him of sexual harassment.
(127) Nov. 2017: Steve Lebsock (D), Colorado legislature representative of Thornton, is accused by 10 women of sexual harassment.
(126): Nov. 2017: Raul Bocanegra, Democrat, Assemblyman in California legislature (“State Assembly”), resigns after 6 women accuse him of sexual harassment.
(125) Dec. 2017: Democrat Congressman John Conyers Jr. (Michigan) resigns after multiple (6?) women (staff members) accuse him of sexual harassment.
(124) Dec. 2017: Democrat US Senator Al Franken (Minnesota) commits to resigning from the US Senate after 8 women accuse him of sexual harassment.
(123) Dec. 2017: New York Times suspends their White House reporter Glenn Thrush after 4 women accuse him of sexual harassment while they were in their 20’s and working with Mr. Thrush.
(122) Dec. 2017: Democrat Congressman Ruben Kihuen (Nevada) is accused of sexual harassment of a 25-yr old senior campaign worker. Mr. Kihuen then decides not to run for re-election after the US House Ethics Committee starts a probe into allegations against him.
(121) December 2017: Democrat media personality Garrison Keillor, creator and host of two public radio shows featured on NPR is fired by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) after accusations of sexual harassment. Another leftist sexual predator is exposed.
(120) November and Dec. 2017: Democrat hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons is fired from HBO show and JC Penney fashion line after Mr. Simmons is accused of rape in an incident in 1991 with a 17-year old girl, future model Keri Khalighi. Screenwriter Jenny Lumet accuses him of sexual assault in 1988.
(120) Nov. 2017: Actor Kevin Spacey (a Democrat), is accused by 15 to 24 people of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and even rape. One male actor accused him of sexual advances on him when he was only 14 years old. Mr. Spacey subsequently “comes out” as gay. Another gay pedophile exposed. Many of the accusations were for events that happened when the accusers were in their teens.
(119) Nov. 2017: NBC executive Matt Zimmerman (Democrat) is fired from NBC for inappropriate conduct with female employees.
(118) Nov. 20017: NBC fires political news analyst Mark Halperin (Democrat) after he is accused of sexual harassment of 12 women during his 10-year tenure with ABC News.
(117) Nov. 2017: Democrat TV host Charlie Rose is fired from CBS, PBS and Bloomberg TV after 8 women accuse him of sexual harassment.
(116) November 2017: Democrat media personality Matt Lauer is fired from NBC and its “Today” show after allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior with female coworkers are deemed factual. At least 3 women made accusations within NBC. Details of the sexual harassment can be found online.
(115) October 2017: Democrat mega-donor Harvey Weinstein, famous, now infamous, movie producer, is accused by 33 women of sexual harassment and sexual abuse over his career. Victims include Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Ashley Judd, and Rose McGowan. The Weinstein Company film studio fires Harvey, and his wife files for divorce. The sexual predator is accused of rape or sexual assault by 5 of the women. Los Angeles police department begins a criminal probe.
(114) Sept. 11, 2017: Democrat candidate for a New York State House of Representatives seat Steven Brisee, was arrested for shoplifting $1,500 in merchandise from a Kohls store. He also spent 8 days in a county jail previously for trespassing.
(113) May 2017: Former U.S. House of Representatives congresswoman (1993-2016) Corrine Brown (Democrat) of Jacksonville, Florida is on trial for 22 federal law violations including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, engaging in mail and wire fraud, concealing materials facts in a criminal case, obstruction of IRS laws, and filing false tax returns. The most egregious being using a mostly phony charity for education (“One Door for Education”) to launder money into her personal bank accounts. Ms. Brown and her chief of staff Elias Simmons and charity president Carla Wiley raised $800,000 but only gave one $1,000 scholarship, and used the money as a personal fund. On May 11 she is convicted by a jury on 18 of the charges. Simmons and Wiley were previously charged and plead guilty and helped testify against Ms. Brown.
(112) Jan. 2017: Texas State House representative Dawnna Dukes of Austin, Texas (Travis County) is indicted on abuse of office charges including 13 counts of tampering with government records and 2 counts of abuse of official capacity. The charges involve her making false travel voucher (expense report) entries to obtain money from the taxpayers and using campaign funds for personal use. The representative, however, has refused to resign her position in the Texas House.
(111) Aug. 2015 and June 2016: Congressmen (US House) Chaka Fattah (D) of Philadelphia district is indicted and charged with racketeering and conspiracy along with 2 staff members and 2 private citizens. Mr. Fattah was charged with accepting an illegal loan (bribe) and concealing it through an associates company, using funds from his non-profit charity to pay the loan back, exchanging influence for money to help an associate get a federal grant, using campaign contributions to pay off his son’s student loans, and accepting a bribe for influence to help an associate get hired for a federal government post. Mr. Fattah was convicted in June 2016 on all federal counts (bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, racketeering, falsifying records, bribery, bank fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to financial institutions).
(110) Aug. 2015: Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (D) is indicted for abuse of power charges, specifically leaking legally confidential Grand Jury information to a reporter to damage the reputation of several citizens. The 8 charges include obstruction of administration of law, oppression by an official, criminal conspiracy, and perjury (false testimony). On August 15, 2016, she is convicted by a jury on all 9 final counts and announced her resignation.
(109) Jan.-Feb. 2015: Pennsylvania State Treasurer Rob McCord (Democrat) resigns and pleads guilty to federal extortion charges (2 counts) associated with threatening potential contributors with the loss of state business if they did not donate to his 2014 political campaign.
(108) April 2015: Kathleen Kane (Democrat), Attorney General of Pennsylvania, is learned to have been recommended for indictment by a Grand Jury the previous December with recommended charges consisting of perjury, obstruction of justice, false testimony, contempt of court, and oppression of an official. Ms. Kane is accused of providing confidential legal documents to a reporter, obstructing attempts to investigate the leak, lying to a grand jury, and engaging in retaliation against a witness (firing a staffer).
(107) Feb. – Apr. 2015: Speaker of the New York State Assembly (senate) Sheldon Silver (democrat) is indicted on multiple charges including wire fraud, mail fraud, extortion, and money laundering. Under pressure from fellow democrats Mr. Silver resigns as Speaker but stays in office as assemblyman. Mr. Silver is accused of getting a doctor to refer asbestos patients to Silver’s law firm ($3,300,000 in legal fees) in return for $500,000 from a NY State healthcare fund for the doctor’s hospital. He is also accused of steering tax reduction real estate legislation in return for kickbacks from developers disguised as legal fees, and transferring money using the name of a family member to avoid taxes or avoid showing the money on his financial disclosure statement. In November 2015 after a 5 week trial Mr. Silver is found guilty on the corruption charges and has to immediately forfeit his seat in the Assembly.
(106) Dec. 2014: A grand jury convened by Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams indicts two state legislators for accepting bribes in exchange for voting against a certain bill. Audio recordings and testimony confirmed Ronald G. Water (D) and Vanessa L. Brown (D) accepted thousands of dollars in cash payments to vote against a certain bill.
(105) July, 2014: Dallas County commissioner John Wiley Price (Democrat) is arrested by the FBI and charged with bribery, tax fraud, and mail fraud. 3 of his associates are also arrested and indicted. Case pending resolution.
(104) Apr. 2014: Luxury hotel company owner Sant Singh Chatwal (Democrat) pleads guilty in federal court in New York City to campaign finance fraud and witness tampering. Mr. Chatwal, who had donated to politicians such as Hilary Clinton and Bill De Blasio, was guilty of using other donor names to funnel $180,000 to 3 candidates (Clinton, Chris Dodd, Kendrick Meek). He solicited employees, business associates, and contractors who worked for him to donate money to campaigns and the DNC and then reimburse them for these contributions, a blatant violation of law.
(103) Mar. 2014: California state senator Roderick Wright (Democrat) takes a leave-of-absence from senate duties after being convicted on 8 counts of perjury and voter fraud.
(102) Mar. 2014: California state senator Ronald S. Calderon (Democrat) assumes a PAID leave-of-absence from senate duties after being charged with accepting nearly $100,000 in bribes, gourmet meals, and golf privileges in exchange for action on legislation.
(101) Mar. 2014: California state senator Leland Yee (Democrat) is arrested by the FBI in addition to 25 others. Mr. Yee was charged with 2 felonies of conspiring to import and traffic in firearms and 6 felonies associated with corruption.
(100) Feb. 2014: Rob Andrews (Democrat) of New Jersey resigns his U.S. House of Representatives seat amid investigations that became formal in 2013 of unethical conduct. Mr. Andrews is alleged to have used tens of thousands of dollars of campaign funds for personal use. The theft included $9k for a family trip to Scotland, $10k for a celebration concerning his 20th anniversary in Congress and his daughter’s high school graduation, and $100k in donations to theaters in which his daughter performed.
(99) 2007: Former Massachusetts House representative Thomas M. Finneran pleads guilty to obstruction of justice in a plea bargain deal to avoid jail time. He was being charged with misrepresenting his role in the creation of redistricting maps after 2000 census that diluted the clout of minority black voters. In 2004 the state democrats’ redistricting plan was found in violation of the Voting Rights Act (1965) for discrimination against black voters to favor white democrat incumbents.
(98) January 2014: Massachusetts House speaker asks that state representative Carlos Hernandez (Democrat) to resign due to conviction of assault of a woman in 2012.
(97) January 2011: State senator Dianne Wilkerson (Democrat) is sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison in Massachusetts for accepting $23.5k in bribes. Indicted in 2008 and finally convicted of corruption, she resigned her elected position in 2008. Many of her donors gained financially with state contracts. She was also convicted for not filing tax returns for 2 years and had repeated campaign finance violations.
(96) August 2013: Mayor of San Diego, Bob Filnter (Democrat) is accused of harassing 16 women, instigating a recall effort by local citizens. At least 3 of the women to come forward were city employees.
(95) Apr. 2013: NY State assemblyman Nelson Castro (Democrat) resigns after cooperating with federal authorities to avoid prosecution. He committed perjury in 2008 (indicted 2009) concerning a voter fraud case where 9 voters were found to be registered at Mr. Castro’s 1 bedroom flat.
(94) Apr. 2013: New York State assemblyman Eric Stevenson, 46,
(Democrat) is arrested on charges of accepting a $20k bribe/kickback from
businessmen building adult daycare centers in the Bronx in exchange for efforts
that assisted the investors, 4 men who were also arrested.
(93) Feb. 2013: Former US House of Representatives congressman Jesse Jackson Junior (democrat) pleads guilty to charges filed of misusing $750,000 of campaign funds. His wife, Sandi Jackson (democrat) pleads guilty to filing false tax returns and had resigned her seat on the Chicago city council in January. Charges involved using campaign money for personal goods such as a $43k rolex, celebrity auction items, and furs through transactions with intermediaries. He is sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. His wife: 1 year, after his sentence expires.
(92) Jan. 2013: Former mayor of New Orleans (from the
infamous poor city response to hurricane Katrina disaster) Ray Nagin (democrat)
is indicted on 21 counts of bribery, wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy,
and filing false tax returns after an FBI investigation. Nagin was accused of steering city projects
to business associates who in turn paid kickbacks and bribes and flew him on
lavish free trips to vacation resorts.
Mr. Nagin had formed Stone Age LLC to collect and launder the kickback
money. Mr. Nagin also waived financial
penalties that were owed the city by several businessmen.
(91) Jan. 2013: Federal
prosecutors file fraud charge against Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diana
Hathaway (democrat) in a developing scandal involving the sale of her Detroit
home and suspicious steps taken to hide property in Florida. The charge was filed as criminal information,
meaning it was negotiated and that a guilty plea is expected in federal
court. Mrs. Hathaway and her husband
deeded a Florida property to their daughter while negotiating a short sale on
the Detroit house. The 2011 short sale erased
$600,000 in debt from the mortgage. In
2012 the Florida home was sold back to them for $10 and was worth also about
$600,000. ING Direct bank was defrauded
into believing the Hathaways were in severe financial hardship. Bank fraud is a serious crime and may result
in jail time.
(90) Oct. 2012:
Democrat John Noguez, County Tax Assessor for Los Angeles County, California,
is arrested and charged with accepting bribes from a consultant whose clients
he aided by slashing their property values to save money on property taxes, the
total numbering in millions of dollars.
(89) Sept. 2012: Democrat Vito Lopez, chairman of the Brooklyn democrat party and a senior representative (assemblyman) in the New York legislature house (assembly) is censured in August and stripped of leadership posts after claims of verbal and physical sexual harassment from two female employees. State criminal investigations were in progress. Speaker of the Assembly Sheldon Silver is criticized, and later apologizes, for bypassing the ethics committee and approving $103,000 hush money (settlement) to keep one woman from coming out and filing charges against the State.
(88) Sept. 2012: Democrat Wendy Rosen, candidate for US Congressional District 1 in Maryland, withdraws from the race after allegations of voter fraud are confirmed by the state democrat party. Ms. Rosen voted twice in the 2006 general election and twice in the 2008 presidential primary as both a resident of Maryland and Florida. No news on potential federal charges.
(87) May, 2012. Democrat Hiram Monserrate, former New York state senator, former city councilman, pleads guilty to felony fraud. He will be sentenced to up to 2 years prison time. He was charged with misusing city council money to fund a political campaign. He was also expelled from the state senate in February of 2010 by the senate chamber because of a misdemeanor assault charges (violence against his girlfriend).
(86) March, 2012: Norm Dicks (Democrat), U.S. House of representatives (Washington State), resigns amid pending release of documents that would expose unethical behavior. In 2005 Mr. Dicks broke House rules by allowing a defense contractor lobbying firm to pay for a luxury hotel and meals for 2 nights while serving on the Appropriations Committee ! Mr. Dicks son in 2007 was appointed to run the Puget Sound Partnership, a public-private agency designed to clean up the pollution, but cost overruns and mismanagement plagued the operation, while Mr. Dicks got $93 million appropriated in 2010 to keep his son’s agency going. The state auditor Brian Sonntag issued a report stating the son ignored state policies and engaged in errant spending practices (embezzlement?) “beyond sloppy bookkeeping”. Federal agents raided lobbyist Paul Magliocchetti and his lobbying firm (PMA Group) where evidence showed Mr. Dicks received $500,000 in campaign contributions from the PMA Group, employees, and clients. Magliocchetti was sentenced to 27 months in prison, but Mr. Dicks was not prosecuted. Tacoma lawyer Doug Cloud filed a lawsuit to compel release of records and files pertaining to the FBI investigation of Norm Dicks after the Obama administration denied a freedom of information request in 2010. The information that would be obtained was obviously incriminating enough to force Mr. Dicks to resign to avoid an above the fold scandal.
(85) December 2011: former City of Troy city clerk William McInerney (democrat), councilman John Brown (democrat), and democrat party political operatives Anthony Renna and Anthony DeFiglio plead guilty to voter fraud (forgery, falsifying records, criminal possession of forged documents). These 4 were involved in forging local voters’ signatures on “absentee” ballots. One of the guilty stated submitting forged ballots was commonplace.
(84) July 27, 2011: US House representative David Wu (Democrat, Oregon) resigns after he is exposed having had inappropriate aggressive sexual contact with a teenage girl who was the daughter of a friend and donor. He was motivated to resign after ethics investigations were threatened or launched in the US House.
(83) June 2011: Former US Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards (Democrat), wife now dead, is indicted for violating campaign finance laws (using donated $ to hide affair with Rielle Hunter). Edwards allegedly accepted large donations above legal limits ($725k and $200k from two donors) to pay Ms. Hunter for various cost of living expenses and to be quiet.
(82) June 2011: Congressmen Anthony Weiner (Democrat, NY) is caught sending digital lewd photos of himself to 6 women and texting sexually suggestive messages to them over various social media programs. House Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi formally refers Mr. Weiner to the House Ethics Committee to investigate potential violations of House rules. Mr. Weiner (who is married) refuses to resign amid calls for him to step down for engaging in behavior not becoming of an adult, not becoming of a husband, and not becoming of someone who is a US Congressional representative. On June 16 Mr. Weiner finally resigns amid the uproar. 2017 UPDATE: Anthony Weiner pleads guilty in federal court to a new count of sending obscene content to a minor, a teenage girl in North Carolina in 2015. Sentencing was to be in September of 2017. UPDATE: Oct. 2017: Mr. Weiner is sentenced to 21 months in federal prison.
(81) September 2010: Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat, Texas) is caught violating anti-nepotism ethics rules with the Congressional Black Caucus. A Dallas Morning News article breaks the story, revealing that Rep. Johnson steered 23 scholarships ($31,000) from the CBC's scholarship fund to her own relatives and relatives of her senior aide, scholarships that were meant for needy students. Rep. Johnson subsequently admits to the claims and calls it a mistake (instigating print journalist Devona Walker to exclaim "oh, you forgot they were your grandchildren and not disadvantaged kids from the hood?"). The operation of the CBC foundation is itself questionable, spending all of its donations on lavish events and leaving very little for scholarships. As an example, according to tax records, the CBC foundation spent more on the catering for its signature conference ($700,000) than it gave out in scholarships in 2008.
(80) August 2010: Congresswoman Democrat Maxine Waters (California) is charged with 3 counts of ethics violations by the U.S. House Ethics Committee. The charges included requesting federal help for a bank (OneUnited Bank) where her husband owned stock and had served on its board. OneUnited received $12,000,000 in bailout taxpayer money. In 2012, however, the House committee decides not to charge her, as it appears the only evidence that could be identified of improper ethical behavior was tagged to her Chief of Staff and grandson Mikael Moore.
(79) June 2010: Former State Representatative in Texas, Democrat Terri Hodge, reports to federal prison in Kentucky to serve a one year sentence for tax fraud. Ms. Hodge was convicted for taking $32,000 bribe (and not paying taxes on that income) in the form of rent paid, utilility bills paid, and apt. improvements from affordable housing developers Brian and Cheryl Potashnik, both of whom pleaded guilty to bribery in a Dallas City Hall corruption case. Ms. Hodge, in exchange for the bribe, lobbied state housing officials to get lucrative tax credits for the Potashniks to build more developments in Dallas.
(78) June 2010: Democrat State Representative in Texas Tara R. Ybarra (a dentist) is indicted on suspicion of taking kickbacks as part of a multi-dentist scheme to fraud Medicaid. Tara Rios Ybarra surrendered to US Marshals in Brownsville on June 21, 2010, and was released on bail. She faces 22 counts in the indictment after the arrest of several dentists and their office staff from down in "the valley" in south Texas.
(77) September 2009: Democrat US House of Representatives member Charlie Rangel is exposed as having not reported $250,000,000 to $500,000,000 in a Merill Lynch Global account, along with an undisclosed sum in municipal bonds. He also failed to report up to $100,000 from his New York City real-estate investments. Altogether, Rep. Rangel failed to report half his income for tax purposes and in congressional ethics disclosures. He is under investigation by 2 congressional panels on allegations of improperly accepting gifts from donors, ethics violations related to use of several rent-controlled apartments in NYC, failure to report income from real estate in the Dominican Republic, unpaid taxes, and abusing his office to bully companies with interests in his congressional committee for donations to his Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service. The tax dodging Mr. Rangel chairs the committee that writes the tax laws enforced by the IRS.
(76) July 2009: Democrat Deputy Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, Leona Beldini is arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. She accepted $20,000 in illegal campaign contributions in return for favors for a potential developer.
(75) July 2009: Recently elected mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, Democrat Peter Cammarano, is arrested and charged w/ federal crimes for accepting $25,000 in bribes to assist a developer.
(74) July 2009: Walter "Kendall" Myers, recently retired State Department employee, is arrested along with his wife for spying for Cuba over a span of 30 years. Mr. Myers and his wife, registered Democrats, were living in Washington DC. Sec State Hillary Clinton orders an assessment of the damage they may have caused. Mr. Myers visited Cuba in 1978 and was visited by a cuban diplomat in 1979 and 1980 while Myers lived in South Dakota. Myers earned a PhD in european studies in 1972. His dissertation, what you would expect from a typical liberal ideologue, "A Rationale for Appeasement" concerning Great Britain's policy towards Nazi Germany in the 1930's. Myers married his wife (2nd) in 1982 and worked again for the State Dept, in the Foreign Services Institute and then as an analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Counterespionage agents at the FBI built the case against Myers and have enough evidence to proceed with the trial.
(73) May 2009: Sheriff Raymond Martin (democrat) of Gallatin County, Illinois, is arrested by federal agents and charged with continuously selling marijuana to an undercover informant, with the product delivered occasionally weighing up to 20 pounds. Mr. Martin also used county vehicle during drug sales. The marijuana is likely department seized and was being sold by Mr. Martin back into the community.
(72) January 2009: Eddie Perez, democrat mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, surrenders to police after being charged with receiving a bribe, fabricating physical evidence, and conspiracy to fabricate, all felonies that will result in jail time. Mayor Perez had a contractor renovate his home ($40,000 worth of work), but never paid for it. The contractor is one that obtained contracts from the city, including a $5 million contract in 2003. Perez paid $20,000 to the contractor in 2007 after a grand jury questioned him while probing for possible corruption in city government. The work was kept “under the table” as both the contractor and Mr. Perez never filed for a building permit to perform the significant renovations. The contractor was also charged with bribery and fabricating evidence. Another City Hall employee, Edward Lazu, was also charged with receiving a bribe, fabricating evidence, and forgery, after the same contractor did free driveway and sidewalk work for Mr. Lazu who certifies contractors for city work.
(70) January 2009: A federal Grand Jury investigates Governor Bill Richardson (democrat) for possibly steering state bond business from the New Mexico Financial Authority to David Rubin, a significant campaign contributor to Mr. Richardson. Allegations include Richardson and his aides pushed state business worth $1.5 million in fees to CDR Financial Products Company in 2004-2005 (headquartered in Beverly Hills, the company makes money by advising states or municipalities about financial management matters such as interest-rate swap derivatives. $1.5 million in fees? I am in the wrong business.) CDR’s founder is none other than David Rubin (democrat), who donated $100,000 to two of Mr. Richardson’s PACs (political action committees), and $29,000 to Richardson’s presidential bid during the 2008 primaries. CDR was founded in 1986 and has been under constant investigation by the IRS, SEC, and Dept. of Justice for suspected insider dealings with banks and brokers, and for suspected securities fraud (i.e. settled with SEC in 2007 on a fraud case involving AIG and Florida bonds). CDR made $1.8 million off of Jefferson County, Alabama, on consulting services concerning interest-rate swaps that were supposed to reduce the County’s risk and lower borrowing costs on $3.2 billion of sewer bonds. The County is now facing bankruptcy, and is accused of paying $120 million in fees for derivatives that should have only cost $20 million in fees, and CDR was the County’s financial advisor on the deals. Who pocketed the unwarranted $100 million in taxpayer money, friends of friends of more democrat friends? Birmingham Alabama’s mayor, Larry Langford (democrat), was charged by federal prosecutors with soliciting $235,000 in bribes from the bond underwriter that made $7.1 million in fees on the derivative deals when Langford was president of the Jefferson County Commission (CDR advised for the County on the derivative contracts).
(69) December 2008: Bernard Madoff (democrat) is finally arrested by the FBI for engaging in fraud on Wall Street. Started Madoff Investment Securities in 1960 with just $5000 and has a secret “investment arm” to the business. By 1989 Madoff successfully cons people to deposit millions of $ into his investment brokerage account. By 1990 Madoff was paying brokers to steer orders to him. In 1992 the SEC charges two people in Florida for selling unregistered securities from one of the “feeder funds” that sent money to Madoff. Madoff returns $441 million to investors to stop further investigation into his secret ponzi scheme. In 1998 he dontates to democrat Chuck Schumer’s political campaign. Over the next 10 years Madoff donates $161,000 to democrats. In 1999 the SEC discovers some minor violations in Madoff’s business but doesn’t dig deeper. A whistleblower in 2001 (Harry Markopolos) tries to warn the SEC about Madoff’s impossible accounting but is ignored. In 2005 the SEC issues a delinquency letter to Madoff’s business citing trading violations, but nothing else is done. Mr. Markopolos writes to the SEC to call Madoff’s activities a Ponzi scheme. In 2006 the SEC found no evidence of fraud (what in the world is going on at the SEC I ask?). In 2007 Madoff gives $25,000 to the democrat party senatorial campaign committee and $7,600 to democrat Frank Lautenberg’s PAC. Gives another $25,000 to the democrat senatorial c. c. in 2008. The Ponzi scheme finally crashes when too many investors start requesting withdrawls of their money ($7 billion), of which he could not provide since he stole much of it. Madoff’s sons finally report Madoff to the FBI (family blood is not thicker than heinous crime). Estimated losses by investors is anywhere between $10 billion and $50 billion, stolen by Madoff and given to a select group of investors and friends and family.
(68) December 2008: Illinois Governor, Democrat Rod Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff democrat John Harris are arrested by FBI agents and charged with bribery. In the Criminal Complaint filed in December, Mr. Blagojevich and his aide conspired to use his power to appoint President-Elect Obama’s vacant senate seat as a bargaining chip for financial payment or trading for an appointment for himself as Health and Human Services Secretary, an Ambassador, or a high paying union position. Mr. Blagojevich is also accused of using the office of the governor to influence the sale of Wrigley Field owned by Tribune Company in an attempt to get Chicago Tribune editorial writers who called for his impeachment fired. Evidence includes numerous taped phone calls.
(67) October 2008: Democrat congressman from the US House of Representatives, Tim Mahoney, is caught having had cheated on his wife with two women, one a campaign aide (Patricia Allen) who he paid $121,000 as hush money and landed her a $50k/yr job with the advertising company that worked for his campaign (Fletcher Rowley Chao Riddle Inc. in Tennessee). Ironically, Mahoney is the one who won his seat in 2006 when disgraced gay republican Mark Foley resigned for writing lurid emails to 18-19 yr old staff-pages in Congress. Mahoney had even claimed he would return "morals and family values to Washington", even more ironic or embarassing. The second woman he had an affair with was a high ranking official in Martin County, Florida. Mahoney did not resign his seat.
(66) 2008: Democrat mayor of Detroit facing 10 felony charges in 2 separate cases. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was charged with assaulting 2 law enforcement investigators who were trying to deliver a subpoena. He is also charged with perjury for false testimony, misconduct, and obstruction of justice in a lawsuit brought on by a former police officer who claimed he was illegally fired. Kilpatrick and co-defendant Christine Beatty were also caught having an affair, whose coverup started the perjury actions.
(65) August 2008: John Edwards, former Vice President nominee and democrat presidential candidate, admits to cheating on his wife while she was battling cancer. Edwards admitted to the affair with a 42-year old Rielle Hunter and claims he is not the farther of her young child. Edwards lied to the press (and the american people) back in Oct 2007 when the story first was rumored claiming the story "false" and "ridiculous". Edwards was witnessed meeting with Hunter at a Bev. Hills hotel in July. The Edward's have 3 living children, and no word if Mrs. Edwards will divorce John Edwards. Edwards' campaign manager for his 2008 presidential bid said "Thousands of [...] his supporters have [...] been betrayed by his action." In 2009 Edwards is confirmed the father of the child.
(64) 2008: Democrat US Senators Chris Dodd (CT) and Kent Conrad (ND) are discovered getting below-market deals (lower interest, no point fees or other fees) from Countrywide Financial for a $780,000 mortgage on 2 homes (Dodd) and $1.07 million for a beach house (Conrad) and refinancing a Conrad owned apartment building in ND. Countrywide contributed $21,000 to Dodd's campaigns. The special deals equate to bribery of legislators in return for favors or votes in Congress. It is unethical for Congress members to accept gifts from businesses. And we forget how wealthy democrats are in the US Congress, they average a higher degree of wealth than republicans, further confirming the elitist image of white democrats.
(63) June 2008: Democrat fundraiser (and Chicago slum lord) and Syrian-born Tony Rezko is convicted on 16 of 24 charges in federal court. Rezko used his clout to orchestrate a multimillion dollar kickback scheme. His trial exposed a culture of corruption in Illinois state government that was allowed to continue under democrat Governor Blagojevich. Rezko and Obama became friends in the 1990’s when Rezko raised funds for Obama’s campaigns. In 2005, Rezko and Obama engaged in private financial deals to improve their adjoining properties in Chicago. In 1998, as a state senator, Obama wrote to city and state officials to support a Rezko housing project in his district to receive $14 million in taxpayer money.
(62) 2008: Attorney General of Ohio, Marc Dann (democrat) resigns under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation of his top aide in his office AND his own personal extramarital affair (cheating on his wife) with an employee.
(61) 2008: Democrat in the Ohio House of Representatives, Matthew H. Barrett resigns after a picture of a topless woman pops up in front of a high-school class during a civics lecture he was giving last fall.
(62) 2008: Attorney General of Ohio, Marc Dann (democrat) resigns under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation of his top aide in his office AND his own personal extramarital affair (cheating on his wife) with an employee.
(61) 2008: Democrat in the Ohio House of Representatives, Matthew H. Barrett resigns after a picture of a topless woman pops up in front of a high-school class during a civics lecture he was giving last fall.
(60) 2008: New York democrat governor Eliot Spitzer caught using high-priced prostitutes over several years and resigns. Also caught using state taxpayer money (state police) to spy on republican leader in the NY legislature.
(59) 2008: New Hampshire democrat party members purchased state-generated taxpayer prepared voter mailing lists and used them for self-promotion political purposes. State voter lists are only supposed to be used for election campaign purposes, not fundraising.
(58) 2005-2009: William Jefferson, Louisiana democrat rep in the U.S House, is indicted on 16 counts including bribery, racketeering, money laundering, obstruction of justice, corruption, and conspiracy. On August 5, 2009, he is convicted on 11 of the charges.
(57) 2007: Democrat U.S. Representative John Murtha from Pennsylvania is implicated in the old Abscam sting, where FBI agents impersonating arab businessmen offered bribes to political figures in return for federal contract favors. Murtha ended up only be cited as an unindicted co-conspirator. The convicted democrats are described later in this list (1981).
(56) 2006: U.S. regulators file 101 civil charges against Democrat Frankliln Raines, CEO of Fannie Mae (government backed enterprise providing house mortages to people who cannot afford one and should not have one really). Franklin Raines was a senior financial advisor to Barak Obama's presidential campaign. The lawsuit is trying to collect $115 million dollars in bonuses that Raines and two other officers (democrats too) paid themselves from 1994-2004. Raines also received a below market loan from Countrywide (a form of bribery). Fannie Mae was under investigation starting in 2004 for criminal accounting practices (errors, shifting of losses so senior executives could earn bonuses).
(55) 2006: Democrat mayor of Atlanta, Bill Campbell, is convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to 30 months in prison. He also accepted payments from contractors seeking city contracts.
(54) 2006: John A. Celona, former state senator in Rhode Island, admits to ethics violations and fined by the R.I. ethics commission. Federal prosecutors accused him of collecting over a hundred thousand dollars from CVS and other company representatives while serving in the senate in return for legislative favors.
(53) 2006: Democrat Governor of Alabama Don Siegelman is convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to 7 years in prison, although he will not serve that full term. Don and his former chief of staff helped a Tuscaloose physician rig bids. Don moved $550,000 from the state EDUCATION BUDGET to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so the physician could use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity care.
(52) 2004: New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevy (democrat) resigns after being caught having a gay affair, amid allegations of sexual harassment, and amid allegations of violations of campaign finance laws. Wife subsequently and rightfully divorced him (case continued through 2008).
(51) 2004: Sowande Omokunde (democrat), son of newly elected Gwen Moore, arrested for slashing the tires of 20 vans and cars used by the republican party.
(50) 2004: Democrat congressman Frank Ballance from North Carolina pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation.
(49) 2003:Bridgeport Connecticut Mayor Joseph Ganim (democrat) is convicted by a jury on 16 counts of extortion, bribery, mail fraud, filing false tax returns, and conspiracy, among others. Sentenced to 9 years in federal prison. He steered more than $2 million dollars in city contracts to people who rewarded him with $500,000 in gifts including cash, meals, clothing, liquor, and home repairs. Mr. Ganim would spend 7 years in federal
prison. Amazingly, former convict Mr.
Ganim wins election to mayor of Bridgeport in 2015.
(48) 2003: Former democrat governor of Oregon, Neil Goldschmidt, admits after investigation to having a sexual relationship with a 14-year old girl back in the 1970’s when he was mayor of Portland.
(47) 2003: Gloria Davis, democrat assemblywoman in the NY State House from the Bronx, pleads guilty to bribe taking. Also expensed thousands of taxpayer dollars for trips to Albany while actually getting free rides from a state contractor.
(46) 2003: Mark Jimenez, democrat fundraiser for Bill Clinton, is sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of tax evasion and violation of election finance laws, and is ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution.
(45) 2002: Democrat James Traficant, Ohio rep in the U.S. House, is expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges. Sentenced to 8 years in prison for bribery, kickbacks, tax evasion, and using campaign funds for personal use.
(44) 2002: Robert Torricelli (democrat) withdrew from the senate race with less than 30 days before the election because of violations of campaign finance laws. He accepted personal gifts (bribes) from a major campaign donor, in addition to others in the 1996 campaign.
(43) 2001. Activist Jesse Jackson (democrat) is caught having an affair (cheating on his wife) and admits fathering a child with his mistress. This lack of willpower is hardly the character of a true reverend or someone who claims to be a man of the word of God.
(42) 2001: Democrat Edward Mezvinsky, former Iowa rep in the U.S. House, is convicted on 31 federal fraud charges. He engaged in bank fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud involving $10 million. Served 5 years in federal prison. Released from prison in 2008. His son married Chelsea Clinton in 2010.
(41) 2001: Gary Condit (democrat), U.S. congressman from California, is caught having an affair with an intern (Condit 53, intern 23, pretty disgusting). The intern (Chandra Levy) subsequently disappeared and her remains are later found in a wooded DC park. Police could not find enough evidence to charge anyone until 2009 when an El Salvadorean who was convicted of 2 assaults in the same area was suspected of committing this crime. Condit also suspected of having an affair with flight attendant Anne Smith.
(40) 2001: Sandy Berger (democrat), former National Security Advisor to Bill Clinton, stole highly classified documents from the National Archives during preparations for the 9/11 commission hearings. He destroyed documents that essentially indicated Clinton and Berger allowed Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaida to operate without interference by the USA (e.g. Sudan offered Bin Laden arrest and extradition but Clinton and Berger rejected the offer, citing no legal basis).
(39) 2001: Bill Clinton (president, democrat): On the night before and morning of his departure from office, Bill Clinton made several controversial "midnight" pardons. Aside from pardoning political allies and scandal co-conspirators such as Susan McDougal, Henry Cisneros, and his brother Roger, Bill pardoned fugitive criminal millionaire Marc Rich. Rich was charged in the early eighties with several felony offenses but fled to Switzerland to avoid facing trial. Among Rich's crimes were oil deals with Iran during the hostage crisis and ties to arms smuggling. Amazingly, Clinton completely disregarded pardon protocol in the Rich case and failed to properly inform many authorities in the justice department of Rich's fugitive status. The story becomes more interesting considering that Marc Rich's ex wife Denise, who fought for his pardon, is a close Clinton friend and DNC donor. Denise Rich gave $1 million in contributions to the DNC, $450,000 to Bill Clinton's library fund, and $70,000 to Hillary Clinton's senate campaign according to the Washington Times (2/22/00). The Rich pardon appears to be a political pay off and, though the president may constitutionally pardon anyone, it appears he abused his authority in a quid pro quo pardon in exchange for political donations.
(38) 2000: Washington State Democrat candidate for U.S. House David Giles is convicted of child rape.
(37) 2000: Democrat Abraham Hirschfeld convicted of trying to hire a hitman to kill his business partner. Also offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit of Bill Clinton.
(36) 1999: Bolley Bo Johnson, former democrat speaker of the Florida House, is convicted of tax evasion (along with his wife). He is also suspected of bribery after learning he received $240,000 in payments from a casino company, and $1.6 million overall from the casino, road building, lobbying, health care, and other businesses from 1992 through 1996, in return for influence in the Florida legislature.
(35) 1998: Bill Clinton is impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice in a sexual harassment lawsuit, but acquitted by the U.S. Senate.
(34) 1998: Mass. congressman Barney Frank, voting member on the House Banking Committee, is living with his gay boyfriend (1991-1998) who was given an excutive job at Fannie Mae. Barney Frank voted on housing and banking laws that directly affect Fannie Mae executives and their bonuses, so Moses gained from the laws developed and voted on by Frank and his committe. An obvious conflict of interest that should have prevented Frank from being on the banking committee.
(33) 1996: The DNC (democrat national committee) is assessed $719,000 in fines by the U.S. Federal Election Commission for violating fundraising laws by accepting money from foreign nationals from China, Korea, and other countries.
(32) 1996: Hazel O’Leary, democrat Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton, apologizes to Congress for excessive spending of taxpayer dollars for worldwide travel including her huge staff. Exceeded taxpayer appropriated funds for travel for the Energy department. Resigned in 1997.
(31) 1996: Jim Guy Tucker, democrat governor of Arkansas, resigns after being convicted for fraud during the Whitewater scandal.
(30) 1996: Democrat mayor of Compton, California, and subsequent rep in the U.S. House, Walter R. Tucker, is sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.
(29) 1995: Mary Oakar pleads guilty to 2 counts of funneling $16,000 through FAKE donors. Why is voter fraud and campaign finance fraud 99% of the time committed by democrats?
(28) 1995: Melvin Reynolds, democrat U.S. Congressman from Illinois (ala Barak Obama Chicago politicians), was convicted on 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of child porn. In 1997 he was further convicted of bank fraud. His sentence was commuted by none other than Bill Clinton.
(27) 1994-1995: Dan Rostenkowski (democrat), U.S. representative from Illinois, is indicted on 17 felony charges and pleaded guilty to 2 counts of misuse of public funds (taxpayer money) and sentenced to 17 months in federal prison. Pardoned by Bill Clinton when Clinton was leaving the White House ! No shame.
(26) 1994-1995: Along with Dan, Joseph Kolter, Pennsylvania democrat rep in U.S. House, pleads guilty to 5 felony charges of embezzlement.
(26) 1994-1995: Along with Dan, Joseph Kolter, Pennsylvania democrat rep in U.S. House, pleads guilty to 5 felony charges of embezzlement.
(25) 1994: Carroll Hubbard, Kentucky democrat rep in U.S. House, pleads guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and to theft of government property. Sentenced to 3 years in prison.
(24) 1994: Democrat Chief of Justice of Arkansas State Supreme Court, Webster Hubbell, pleads guilty to fraud and tax evasion in connection with his handling of clients’ billing at the Rose law firm, a firm with partners that once included Hillary Clinton and Vince Foster. Hubbell stole $480,000 from clients.
(23) 1994: Carl Christopher Perkins, Kentucky democrat rep in the U.S. House, pleaded guilty to bank fraud, writing overdrafts totaling $300,000, and pleaded guilty to filing false statements with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.
(22) 1993: Democrat Lawrence J. Smith, Florida rep in the U.S. House, is convicted for tax evasion.
(21) 1992: Albert Bustamante, Texas democrat rep in the U.S. House, is convicted on racketeering and bribery charges and sentenced to prison. Released and now lives in San Antonio.
(20) 1991: Washington DC mayor Marion Barry (democrat) sentenced to 6 months in prison for conviction of cocaine possession (caught on infamous videotape smoking crack in a hotel room with female associate).
(19) 1989: U.S Representative Barney Frank (democrat) admits to having paid a male prostitute for sex and subsequently hiring him as his personal assistant. The prostitute (Steve Gobie) used Frank’s apartment for other “clients”. A move to expel Frank in the House failed because the House was controlled by democrats at that time (they protect their own).
(18) 1989: Alcee Hastings, former Florida democrat in U.S. House, was impeached for actions while serving as a federal judge. The House Judiciary Committee votes 32-1, and the full House 413-3 against Hastings on 17 articles of impeachment. Hastings was indicted in 1981 and tried but got acquitted although his lawyer friend William Borders was convicted and sent to prison in the case. A report by the Judicial Council of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that Hastings did solicit a bribe ($150,000) and lied repeatedly under oath. The US Senate votes and convicts Hastings on 8 counts and removes him from the federal bench in 1989.
(17) 1988: Mario Biaggi, New York democrat in U.S. House, convicted on 15 felony counts of racketeering. Accepted bribes in return for influence on federal contracts, obstructed justice investigations, and accepted illegal gratuities.
(16) 1988: Democrat mayor of Syracuse, Lee Alexander, sentenced to 10 years in prison for racketeering and tax evasion. Accepted $1.5 million worth of kickbacks.
(15) 1983: Gerry Studds (democrat), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, was censured by the House for having a sexual relationship with a teenage House page. Instead of being forced to resign like gay republican Mark Foley, the democrats exhibit the usual hypocrisy and allow Studds to remain in Congress until 1997 !
(14) 1983: North Carolina State House representative James Green (democrat) charged with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent. Convicted in 1997 of tax evasion (democrats want to raise your taxes but not pay them themselves).
(13) 1981: Raymond Lederer, Pennsylvania democrat in U.S. House of Representatives, implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of bribery and sentenced to 3 years in prison. Democrats Frank Thompson (New Jersey rep in the U.S. House), John Murphy (NY rep in U.S. House), Michael Myers (Pennsylvania rep in U.S. House), Harrison Williams (New Jersey rep in U.S. House), Angelo Errichetti (New Jersey state senator), and John Jenrette (South Carolina rep in U.S. House) also convicted.
(12) 1978: Chares Diggs Jr, democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, is convicted on 11 counts of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms (took kickbacks from staff employees who he gave raises in salary). Sentenced to 3 years in prison.
(11) 1978: Frederick Richmond, democrat U.S. House representative from NY, arrested in Washington DC and plead guilty for soliciting sex from a minor. Also charged with tax evasion and marijuana possession.
(10) 1978: Democrat George Rogers, Massachusetts State House of Representatives, is convicted of bribery and sentenced to 2 years in prison.
(9) 1977: Henry Cianfrani, Pennsylvania State legislator (state senate) convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding his senate payroll. Sentenced to 5 years in prison but only served 2+.
(8) 1976: Democrat Allan T. Howe, Utah rep in the U.S. House, is arrested for soliciting prostitutes. Refuses to resign his seat but loses re-election bid.
(7) 1976: Democrat Richard Hanna, California rep in the U.S. House, received payments of approximately $200,000 from a Korean businessman in what became known as Koreagate. Pleaded guilty and was sentenced to federal prison. Hanna would share commissions from USA rice sales to South Korea and use them to influence Congress in legislation affecting South Korea. South Korean leaders had been angry at Richard Nixon for reducing the US troop presence in Korea and were hoping democrats would preserve a military presence there (funny huh? Democrats being pro military presence in a foreign country?)
(6) 1975: David Hall, democrat Governor of Oklahoma, is convicted of extortion and conspiracy charges and sentenced to 3 years in prison. Together with the Secretary of State, they steered state employee retirement funds to investments controlled by a Dallas businessman.
(5) 1974: Jerry Springer, democrat city council member in Cincinnati, resigns after being caught paying a prostitute with a personal check found in a police raid of a message parlor. Springer went on to become an infamous TV talk show host that glorified the immoral behavior of some poor or lower middle class Americans who had poor judgment.
(4) 1973: Guy Hamilton Jones Sr, democrat in the Arkansas State Senate, is convicted on federal tax charges and is expelled from the state senate.
(3) 1972: Democrat speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Gus Mutscher Jr. and democrat state house rep Tommy Shannon are found guilty of violating federal banking and securities laws. The two were involved in the infamous "Sharpstown" banking and stock fraud scandal.
(3) 1972: Democrat speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Gus Mutscher Jr. and democrat state house rep Tommy Shannon are found guilty of violating federal banking and securities laws. The two were involved in the infamous "Sharpstown" banking and stock fraud scandal.
(2) 1969 Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving the scene of an accident after HIS car he was driving plunged off a bridge into a lake. Mary Jo Kopechne was trapped in the submerged car arguably for 2 hours but then drowned. Ted Kennedy spent NINE hours after the accident developing a cover story (some say he was drunk) while Mary died under the water.
(1) 1967: Thomas Joseph Dodd, Connecticut rep in U.S. Senate, was censured by the Senate for using campaign funds for personal use ($116,000).
