Republican Criminals

The Two Faces of Conservative Republican Criminals

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Our Purpose in creating The RFCSE Site was to shine a light on those who are considered leaders be they political leaders or religious leaders who make a habit of claiming that they are good Christian men and women and that their party or religion promotes family values. But when a bright light is shined on these people they try to hide behind rocks and lies to keep from being exposed.

This is an excerpt of a page on Republican Criminal Acts. It is not complete. This page on the RFCSE Site is dedicated to Republican Offenders not because Democrats are better than Republicans, but because Republican leaders since the 90s have been more prolific in breaking the law.

Go to http://www.republicanoffenders.com to obtain a current list of Republican Corruption. Yes there is Democratic Corruption, but there seems to be 3 - 5 times Republican Corruption for every Democratic illegal or unethical act. For instance, when Governor Spitzer was exposed as a hypocrite by spending thousands on prostitutes, Democrats can point to Richard A. Dasen While Spitzer may have spent thousands, Dasen spent $5 million, mostly on drug users.

If you are a Republican, you don’t want a list of Democratic Offenders. Without it you are able to protest a valid point. I agree, without a comparable list, there’s no comprehensive way to judge. I prefer the list to speak for itself. These are prominent Republicans. I did not make a list of every republican criminal. These are the leaders of the Republican party.

During my research the Justice Department provided a great resource for all federal offenders and I could easily observe that prominent Republicans produce 3 to 5 times more federal indictments than Dems. It may be higher. But that’s not the embarrassing part for conservatives. So far, I have only found a few prominent democrats that are pedophiles. It’s a huge discrepancy. If I had enough time to research specific clergymen and examine their political affiliations, the numbers of republican pedophiles would skyrocket. If you haven’t looked into clergy and sexual abuse, do a few dozen google searches and take the time to open your eyes to the problem. It’s not just the Catholic church.

Even a short poll of prominent sexual deviants shows a strikingly large number of Republicans of all religious denomination breaking the law. If you doubt me, please, by all means, do the research yourself. It’s not difficult. I did all of my work with Google and caffeine.

It’s important to note what was left out of this list. I restricted the immorality of Republicans to legalities. If I spent time trying to catalogue Republican hypocrisy, I don’t think I could finish in this lifetime. There are several lists available on the internet that are horrifying to read. Personal conduct by these “family values” conservatives defines the word hypocrite. Don’t believe me? Do a google search for yourself. It will be good for you. It builds character.

Again, go to http://www.republicanoffenders.com to learn more about the offenders listed here.

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TOM DELAY and TRMPAC

Sept. 29, 2005

L Rep. Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader was indicted for campaign finance fraud, criminal conspiracy and two counts of money laundering. He was arrested and booked at Harris County jail October 20, 2005. Since then he’s been out on bail pending trial. Corporate contributions to -state legislative candidates are illegal in Texas.

DeLay indicted, steps down as majority leader

House leader calls charges 'sham'; Blunt picked as replacement

Click here for see the indictment

On Sept. 9, 2005 DeLay’s PAC, Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), is indicted for illegal donations.

Chronology of Delay - NYT

DeLay Is Indicted Again in Texas; Money Laundering Is Charge

Wikipedia: Tom Delay Corruption Investigation

LJohn Colyandro, was Delay’s executive director of the political action committee (TRMPAC) Texans for a Republican Majority. He was indicted as a co-conspirator, accused of receiving illegal corporate political contributions.

3 DeLay Workers Indicted in Texas

L Republican James Ellis, Director Americans for a Republican Majority was indicted with other DeLay associates for money laundering as well as 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution. Money laundering charges stem from $190,000 in corporate funds that were sent to the Republican National Party

3 DeLay Workers Indicted in Texas

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ellis_%28politics%29

L Republican Warren RoBold, Lobbyist and DeLay associate was also indicted as the fundraiser for TRMPAC. Speculation on the internet is that RoBold is cooperating with prosecutors against DeLay and Ellis.

3 DeLay Workers Indicted in Texas

CORRUPTION / BRIBERY

October 17, 2008

Republican chairman of the St. Johns County Commission (FLA) Thomas G. Manuel has been indicted on two counts of bribery, $10,000 and $50,000. Manuel could be sentence to 20 years in prison and fined a half-million dollars.

St. Johns Commissioner Faces Bribery Charges http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/10/18/stjohns_bribery/

August 11, 2008

Former Suffolk County Republican Legislator, Alan Binder pleaded not guilty to second degree bribe receiving, two counts of offering a false instrument for filing and one count of official misconduct. Binder is facing 5 to 15 years in prison and is currently out on $5,000 bail.

Former NY county lawmaker facing bribery charge

October 01, 2007

Republican Mayor Richard R. Goyette pleaded guilty to extortion and bribery. He was sentenced to two years in prison and one year of community confinement.

Ex-Chicopee mayor sentenced to two years in prison

August 27, 2007

Republican Mayor of Ocean Township, NJ, Terance Weldon pleaded guilty to accepting $64,000 from three developers in return for his help in gaining zoning approvals in the township. The judge in the case threw out the prosecutor’s plea for leniency and Weldon was sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison.

Former Ocean Twp. mayor gets nearly 5 years in jail

July 27, 2007

L Montana Gubernatorial candidate Pat Davison pled guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for securities fraud. He defrauded at least 13 victims of $8.6 million.

Ex-candidate sentenced for Ponzi scheme

January 18, 2007

Keyport (NJ) Mayor, Republican John Merla, was acquitted in 1992 of a $10,000 bribe. He pleaded guilty to accepting a $2,500 bribe in exchange for lucrative municipal contracts. He was sentenced to 22 months, three year probation and a $20,000 fine.

Ex-Keyport Mayor Bribe Plea: Guilty

December 6, 2006

L Alaskan Republican Rep. Tom Anderson was indicted by a federal grand jury on seven felony counts of extortion, bribery, conspiracy, and money laundering involving allegations that he took bribes of nearly $13,000 in return for using his official position as a legislator to advocate for private prisons. He was sentenced to five years in prison.

Convicted former legislator Anderson off to Oregon to begin sentence - Dec. 2, 2007

Anderson indicted on seven counts

December 6, 2006

LMichael Hooks, Sr, chairman Shelby County Commission Charged pled guilty to receiving over $24,000 in bribes.

Hooks Sr. Accepts Sentence, 'Did Wrong'

December 1, 2006

L Republican Robert T. Schofield - Schofield plead guilty to providing false documents to Asian immigrants for nearly $600,000.

Immigration Official Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Documents

October 20, 2006

L Mayor of St. Peters, MO, Republican Shawn Brown pleaded guilty to charges of threatening to veto an ordinance authorizing the city to purchase digital red light and speeding enforcement systems unless the company paid him a bribe. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

St. Peters Mayor Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Charges

October 11, 2006

L Middletown Committeeman, Republican Raymond O’Grady, who was the director of the county motor pool for the County of Monmouth was sentenced to 43 months in prison for

extorting and accepting $8,000 in bribes.

DOJ Release:

Co-Owner of Municipal Truck Sales Company Admits Paying Off Public Officials

DOJ Press Release: Middletown Committeeman O'Grady Indicted in Monmouth County Corruption Probe

October 11, 2006

Republican Richard Iadanza, 51, former Neptune committeeman pleaded guilty to taking $3,000 in bribes. He was sentenced to 4 months in prison and a $4,000 fine.

1 pleads innocent, 2 guilty in sting

Iadanza Sentenced To 4 Month Prison Term Must also pay $4,000 fine

October 11, 2006

L Republican county committeeman in Middletown, Joseph "Joey Buses" McCurnin, 65, former Monmouth County transportation operations manager: Pleaded guilty to aiding in the extortion of a $1,000 bribe. He was sentenced to 3 months in a federal prison and he had to pay a $3,000 fine, and three months house arrest following his release.

1 pleads innocent, 2 guilty in sting

September 27, 2006

L Mayor of Hazlet, NJ, Republican Paul Coughlin was charged with extorting cash bribes and free work from a contractor - who was cooperating with the FBI. Coughlin was sentenced to two years for receiving a $3,000 bribe.

Coughlin given two-year sentence

Attorney: Alcoholism played role in former Hazlet mayor's crime

August 5, 2006

L President Bush’s Domestic Policy Advisor, Republican Claude Allen pleaded guilty to theft in making phony returns at discount department stores. He was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and fined $500."

Ex-Aide To Bush Pleads Guilty

July 12, 2006

L Chief of staff to Illinois State Rep. Lee A. Daniels, Republican Michael Tristano, was found guilty of forcing state workers to do campaign work. He received one year in jail and was forced to pay $125,000 in restitution.

Former GOP aide Tristano sentenced to 1 year in jail

April 25, 2006

L Republican Chief of Staff Peter Ellef and part of Gov. Rowland’s administration corruption scandal, pled guilty to bribery and tax evasion. Ellef was sentenced to 30 months in jail followed by three years of supervised release, a $15,000 fine, and 400 hours of community service.

"Wizard of Oz" Gets 30 Months

Connecticut Official and State Contractor Are Each Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

April 19, 2006

L Republican Philip H. Bloom, businessman, was indicted for bribery in an effort to gain defense contracts.

U.S. Contractor Admits Bribery For Jobs in Iraq Occupation Officials Got Cash and Gifts for Deals

February 22, 2006

L Republican State Rep. Chris Newton from Cleveland pleaded guilty to taking $1,500 in bribes to influence legislation on behalf of E-Cycle Management Inc., which was the sham company the FBI used. He was sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine, supervised release for two years and then must serve 200 hours of community service.

Newton sentenced to one-year in prison in Waltz sting

February 15, 2007

L Former Clark County Commissioner (NV), Republican Lance Malone plead guilty to one count of conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, a charge that stemmed from paying Clark County politicians cash bribes on behalf of strip club owner Michael Galardi.

Six years in prison for Malone

Judge also levies $100,000 fine against Galardi bagman

April 12, 2005

L Mayor of Washington Township, NJ, Republican Gerald J. Luongo was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison after admitting that he had diverted campaign and community funds to his personal use. He also pleaded guilty to accepting bribes totaling approximately $245,000 from a developer who conducted business in Marlboro Township, and to tax evasion.

Former Mayor in Glocester County Sentenced to 13 Months for Using Campaign, Community Project Funds for Own Use

February 2, 2004

L Republican political consultant, Rayfield James, was convicted of conspiring to profit illegally from waterfront development and extorting cash bribes and free work from a contractor. He was sentenced to three years in prison.

Former Asbury Park Mayor Admits Tax Charges; Plea Follows December Corruption Conviction

June 22, 2004

L New York State Senator, Republican Guy J. Velella, was sentenced to a year in jail for conspiring to take bribes from people seeking to do business with the state.

Velella, Bronx Powerhouse, Is Sentenced to a Year in Jail

August 4, 2005

L Monmouth County, NJ, Superintendent of Bridges, Republican Anthony J. Palughi, pleaded guilty to accepting three separate payments totaling $12,500 and was sentenced to eight months in prison, two years of supervised release and fined $7,000.

Palughi pleads guilty to bribery

Latest member of ‘Bid Rig Gang’ faces prison, $250K fine

April 12, 2005

Mayor of Marlboro, NJ, Republican Matthew V. Scannapieco pleaded guilty to accepting $245,000 in bribes from a Marlboro developer. He also pleaded guilty to tax evasion by not declaring the income from the bribes. Unknown sentencing.

Former mayor admits taking developer's cash Matt Scannapieco also pleads guilty to tax evasion

May 11, 2005

L Republican Michael Aaron Lay was indicted May 11, 2005 for voting twice in North Carolina. The charges were eventually dismissed but Lay had to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $440 fine.

Congressman McHenry's Campaign Aide Indicted

March 18, 2005

L Republican Connecticut Gov. John Rowland pleaded guilty to guilty to one count of conspiracy to steal honest service (forcing state workers to do campaign work) and received a sentence of one year plus one day in prison.

Guilty Plea For Ex-Conn. Governor

Rowland Could Face Up To 5 Years In Prison On Corruption Charge

October 18, 2003

Essex County (NJ) Executive, Republican James Treffinger pleaded guilty to taking $15,000 in illegal political contributions from United Gunite, a paving and sewer repair company, in exchange for county road repair contracts. He was sentenced to 13 months in prison

Former Essex County Official Sentenced in Corruption Case

April 29, 2003

L Mayor of Paterson, NJ, Republican Martin G. Barnes pleaded guilty to charges of taking $200,000 to $350,000 in bribes and gratuities from city contractors. The original 40-count indictment charged him with accepting free trips, home improvements like a backyard swimming pool and waterfall, designer suits, and money to pay for ''female companionship.'' He was sentenced to 37 months in prison.

Former Mayor of Paterson Is Given 37 Months for Bribery

April 11, 2003

L Florida Senate President, Republican W.D. Childers was sentenced to 3 years in prison for bribing a fellow Escambia County commissioner to vote for buying a soccer complex in Pensacola.

Florida: Ex-State Senator Convicted Of Bribery

RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM

March 3, 2006

L Republican Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham plead guilty to bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion surrounding defense contracts. He was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison and an ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution. The extent of the corruption has yet to be investigated. On-going investigations show ties to Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff. For his FBI confession: click here

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Wiki

February 20, 2008

L Major Republican fundraiser and defense contractor Brent Wilkes was sentenced to 12 years in prison for bribing Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Wilkes provided Duke with prostitutes, vacations, jet boats, concert and football tickets and large amounts of cash. Overall it amounted to $600,000 in gifts and cash in exchange for $80 million in defense contracts.

Wilkes gets 12 years in prison for bribery

March 21, 2008

L Former Central Intelligence Agency Executive Director, Republican Kyle "Dusty" Foggo was indicted for corrupting the CIA’s agency's contracts by steering them toward Cunningham’s fundraiser and defense contractor Brent Wilkes. Upon changing his venue to Virginia, Foggo is now facing new indictments.

Wiki:

Former Top CIA Official Indicted

Former top CIA official may face new charges in corruption case

February 4, 2008

L Republican Mitchell Wade, a New York mortgage broker pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit an unlawful monetary transaction (bribing Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham) and to making a false statement to a federal grand jury. The FEC has also levied a fine of $1 million against Wade.

New York broker in Cunningham scandal pleads guilty

February 5, 2008

L Republican John Michael, a New York Mortgage broker pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering and to subsequently lying to a federal grand jury. He has yet to be sentenced. He faces a maximum of five years in prison on each charge and a $250,000 fine.

Indictment

New York broker in Cunningham scandal pleads guilty

March 8, 2008

L Republican Thomas Kontogiannis, a financier and John Michael's uncle (by marriage), has pleaded guilty to money laundering. He admitted to help finance the purchase of Cunningham's $2.5 million house in Rancho Santa Fe, in a deal that evolved from two military contractors' alleged plans to bribe the congressman. Kontogiannis, a Long Island developer, also pleaded guilty in 2002 to bribery and kickback charges in connection with a $6.3 million bid-rigging scheme involving the New York public schools.

Files on guilty plea won't be unsealed

"An extraordinary curtain of secrecy was drawn over the Kontogiannis appellate proceedings. The judges ordered all the briefs to be filed under seal, the court docket for the case was not published, and the hearing where the government pleaded its case was closed."

A sentencing date has not been set.

GOVERNOR GEORGE RYAN CORRUPTION SCANDAL

November 7, 2007

L Republican Gov. George Ryan of Illinois was convicted on 18 corruption charges. Scott Fawell, - his Chief of Staff was also convicted along with 76 former state officials, lobbyists, truck drivers and others. All stemming from the illegal sale of government licenses, contracts and leases by state employees during his prior service as Secretary of State. The initial investigation began after 6 children were killed in a tragic auto accident. The bribes put thousands of unqualified truck drivers on the road - one that killed the six children of Scott and Janis Willis.

Ryan convicted in corruption trial

Department of Justice list of individuals convicted in Operation Safe Road

Ryan was found guilty on all 18 counts of steering state business to cronies for bribes, of gutting corruption-fighting efforts to protect political fundraising and of misusing state resources for political gain. He reported to the Federal Prison Camp in Oxford, Wisconsin on November 7, 2007. He is currently listed as Inmate Number 16627-424, and is scheduled for release on July 4, 2013, when he will be 79 years old.

No Apology from Disgraced Ex-Governor to Grieving Parents - Sept. 9, 2006

Wiki: George Ryan’s Scandals and Corruption

March 16, 2007

L Republican Scott Fawell, Gov. Ryan's top aide, campaign manager and former secretary of state during much of the 1990s. Convicted of racketeering in 2003 in connection with his work for Ryan, Fawell was sentenced to 6 1/2 years. Fawell later agreed to help the government at the request of his indicted fiancee, Andrea Coutretsis. He pleaded guilty in September 2004 to rigging bids when he was the $195,000-a-year head of the Chicago Pier and Exposition Authority.

Ryan Aide Scott Fawell Gets Prison Sentence Cut But He Doesn't Get Reduction Of As Much As He Wants

Grand Jury Indictment

August 17, 2006

L Republican Larry Warner, lobbyist, co-defendent with Gov Ryan, was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud, attempted extortion, illegally structuring bank withdrawals and money laundering. He was sentenced to 41 months in prison.

George Ryan Guilty On All Counts

October 11, 2006

L Former deputy campaign manager Richard Juliano pled guilty to related charges and testified against Fawell at trial.

Ex-Ryan aide gets probation for diverting state resources

Richard Juliano: The Consequences of Public Corruption: An Insider’s View

May 29, 2003

L Republican Alexandra Prokos was convicted of perjury in the Gov. George Ryan’s corruption probe.

Another Ryan Associate Indicted

July 31, 2006

L Republican Andrea Coutretsis, Fawell’s assistant who later developed a relationship with him, has pleaded guilty in two separate corruption cases and received four months in prison.

Fawell's Fiancee Gets 4 Months In Prison

Woman Lied To Grand Jury Investigating George Ryan's Office

September 18, 2003

Former Illinois State Rep., Republican Roger "The Hog" Stanley was convicted of obstruction of justice and was sentenced to two years in federal prison. He admitted to ghost payrolling schemes and kickbacks with Scott Fawell in George Ryan's campaign and Secretary of State's Office.

Prison Sentence Handed Down For 'Licenses For Bribes' Player

FRAUD / EMBEZZLEMENT

October 8, 2008

Former Republican candidate for congress from California, Delecia Holt has been arrested for several counts of fraud including writing a $13,000 bad check as a down payment on a $32,000 Mercedes-Benz. Holt was write-in candidate for the 48th Congressional District in Orange County in a special primary election in 2005 and a candidate in the 53rd Congressional District in San Diego County. Prosecutor demanded that the $55,000 bail be paid from a legitimate source.

Former congressional candidate arrested on fraud charges http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-fraud8-2008oct08,0,1305081.story

March 8, 2008

L Republican Congressman Rick Renzi has been indicted over Arizona land deal and stealing insurance premiums from dozens of Pro-Life groups and using the money to run for Congress.

Rep. Renzi indicted over Arizona land deal

House to Probe Renzi Over Indictment -February 28, 2008

Pro-Life Groups Hit by GOP Lawmaker's Alleged Fraud

Renzi Funneled Hundreds of Thousands from Pregnancy Crisis Centers to Fund First Run for Congress

February 19, 2008

L City Treasurer for Harrisonburg City, Virgina, Republican Rebecca Neal has been indicted for misusing public funds to the tune of $100,000.

Harrisonburg Treasurer Indicted for Fraud

November 10, 2007

L Republican Bernie Kerik - nominated for Homeland Security Director and former New York City police commissioner. Kerik was named in a 16-count indictment charging him with, fraud, tax evasion, obstruction, filing a false loan application, and making an assortment of false statements when applying for various federal posts, including Homeland Security secretary.

Bernard Kerik Indicted

A Defiant Kerik Vows to Battle U.S. Indictment

There’s a good in-depth article on Kerik in Talk Left / the Politics of Crime: Bernie Kerik, Rudy and Larry Ray

In 2006, Kerik pleded guilty to two unrelated ethics violations after an investigation by the Bronx District Attorney's Office, and was ordered to pay $221,000. He is currently under federal scrutiny for tax evasion. In addition, a Daily News "investigation revealed that Kerik accepted cash and gifts from Interstate Industrial, an allegedly mobbed-up construction company." TPM Muckraker does a great job of actually explaining most of Kerik’s crimes.

TPM's Ultimate Kerik Scandal List!

September 26, 2006

L Mayor of Huntington Beach, Republican Pamela J. Houchen pleaded guilty to public corruption and fraud charges for trying to illegally convert apartments to condominiums. She was sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay $140,000 in restitution.

Prison for ex-mayor

Huntington Beach's Pam Houchen, three others get 2 to 6-plus years in condo case.

September 11, 2006

L Republican Merle Temple, Chief assistant to Linda Schrenko was found guilty of fraud and money laundering and sentenced to 8 years and one month in prison.

Merle Temple, Stephan Botes sentenced to 8 years

September 11, 2006

L Republican Stephan Botes, co-conspirator of Linda Schrenko and Merle Temple, found guilty of fraud and money laundering and was sentenced to 8 years and one month in prison.

Merle Temple, Stephan Botes sentenced to 8 years

July 12, 2006

L Georgia School Superintendent, Republican Linda Schrenko was indicted for embezzlement of $600,000 in federal education funds. A large portion of the money was spent on her own 2002 campaign for governor and $9,300 went to plastic surgery

Indictment:

On July 12, 2006, while facing a possible 25 years in prison, Schrenko pled guilty to fraud and money laundering, and was sentenced to 8 years in prison and fined $414,000 in restitution, 3 years probation and 100 hours of community service. Her co-conspirators, chief assistant Republican Merle Temple, 56, and Republican Stephan Botes, 47 were both indicted, pled guilty and received 8 years and one month in prison. Also, her campaign manager, Republican Richard Leonard, was found guilty for attempted witness tampering during Ms. Schrenko’s trial.

Merle Temple, Stephan Botes sentenced to 8 years

July 22, 2005

L Former top Giuliani administration official and Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp., Russell Harding was sentenced 62 months for embezzling $400,000. Prosecutors said they found 15,000 sexually explicit images on his computer.

Ex-Housing Chief Gets 63-Month Sentence

March 8, 2005

L Republican Ronnie Gene DeShon. Superintendent of the Pattonsburg, Missouri School District, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $844,000 from the school district. The court released DeShon on his own recognizance. He claimed to have a gambling problem.

Ex-Superintendent Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $844K

February 5, 2005

L Republican Bradley R. Hiller pleaded guilty embezzling $25,000 from the Senate Republicans' fundraising committee. He was sentenced to one year an prison and had to repay the committee.

Mooresville man charged with stealing from state GOP

January 30, 2004

L Republican James K. Isenhour as owner and operator of the Silver Archer Foundation, was indicted for taking $400,000 from private companies and stealing an estimated $168,000 from a private school by not devoting any of the money to private scholarships for low-income children as the law requires. Isenhour was sentenced to five years in prison.

Voucher group head accused of looting $268,000

January 13, 2004

Stony Point (NY) Town Supervisor, Republican Steven M. Hurley pleaded guilty to six felony charges. Hurley’s sentence was based on two mail fraud schemes to embezzle money from his own campaign. The first involved taking more than $1,500 from his campaign to pay for a family vacation in 1999, and the second involved diverting more than $5,000 in campaign checks to personal bank accounts during 2001 and 2002. He was sentenced to 24 months in prison in and had to make $25,554.35 in restitution.

Court Order

August 24, 2002

L Town President of Cicero, IL, Republican Betty Loren-Maltese was convicted of racketeering, wire fraud and mail fraud. Ms. Loren-Maltese siphoned more than $12 million from Cicero's employee insurance program. She was sentenced to 8 years and one month in prison.

Town President Is Convicted In Scheme to Steal $12 Million

January 20, 2001

L Arizona Republican Governor Fife Symington resigned after being convicted of bank fraud charges. Conviction overturned due to improper dismissal of a juror during deliberations. Before re-trial he was pardoned by President Clinton.

Governor of Arizona Indicted on Federal Fraud and Extortion Charges

January 2001

Republican Hayes Martin, Treasurer of Charles Taylor's congressional campaign pleaded guilty to taking out fraudulent loans and was sentenced for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering

CREW Releases House Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Charles Taylor, Details Possible Criminal Acts, Violations of House Ethics Rules

Wiki:

January 2001

Republican chairman Charles "Chig" Cagle pleaded guilty to taking out fraudulent loans and was sentenced for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering

CREW Releases House Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Charles Taylor, Details Possible Criminal Acts, Violations of House Ethics Rules http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0628-10.htm

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June 18, 1991

L Lawrence E. "Larry" King, Jr. ran the Franklin Community Credit Union of Omaha, Nebraska and was a prominent fundraiser for the GOP. He was convicted for conspiracy, embezzlement and making false entries on the books of a federally insured institution. After pleading guilty he received 15 years - three five year consecutive terms.

Franklin Attorneys Say Case Isn't Over

David Thompson. Omaha World - Herald. Omaha, Neb. pg. 1

(See story commentary of White House Prostitution Ring by the Lavender Liberal at Conservative Babylon: http://conservativebabylon.lavenderliberal.com/category/franklin-credit-union/ ) An excellent read on an outrageous conspiracy theory.

TERRORIST

January 16, 2008

L Former Republican congressman from Michigan, Mark Deli Siljander, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an Al Qaida and Taliban supporter.

Ex-Mich. congressman indicted in terrorist fund-raising conspiracy

PERJURY

October 20, 2008

Republican CEO of YPM Inc., Mark Jacoby has been arrested for voter fraud and perjury. YPM Inc. is a contractor of the Republican Party hired to provide only republican voter registrations. In California filing a false voter registration card is considered perjury and Jacoby is facing 3 years in prison.

Californian who registered voters charged with fraud http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE49K0A120081021

March 12, 2008

L Republican state Senate candidate Mark Tate has been indicted on nine counts of perjury and two counts of election fraud by a grand jury. A trial date has been set for September 8, 2008.

Trial Date Set in Election Fraud Case

Mark Tate Timeline

January 14, 2008

L Republican state House candidate Angelo Cappelli is arrested for first degree grand theft and perjury on August 15, 2007. He was accused of stealing more than $100,000 from the trust of a deceased bank client. Cappelli pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Former State House Candidate Pleads Guilty, gets 21 months

December 11, 2007

Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney found guilty of obstruction of justice and perjury. He was sentenced to 30 months in Prison and a $250,000 fine. President Bush commuted his sentence. The fine was still imposed.

Libby Decides To Drop Appeal

Background on the Plame Investigation

DUI / DWI

August 10, 2008

L Republican Mayor of Trainer Pennsylvania, Eugene Maysky was arrested for a fourth time for DUI. This is Maysky's second DUI arrest since 2005.

Trainer mayor charged with DUI, again

May 28, 2008

L Illinois Republican State Representative Bob Biggins was arrested for DUI at 1 a.m. after an officer saw him driving on the wrong side of the street. He pleaded guilty and was forced to pay $1,200 in fines and have his license suspended for 6 months.

State Rep. Bob Biggins pleads guilty to Springfield DUI charge

April 30, 2008

L Texas State Representative, Republican Mike Krusee was arrested for DWI in Williamson county (just outside the city of Austin). Krusee has been an advocate of tougher DWI laws. The arresting officer said he was, "weaving from one side of the lane to the other." He also had expired license plates.

Williamson Rep. Mike Krusee accused of DWI

April 30, 2008

L Republican Congressman Vito J. Fossella was arrested in Alexandria, VA for DWI. Fossella is scheduled to appear in Alexandria General District Court on May 12 for a hearing. Fossella is facing a $250 fine and revocation of his license for a year. Depending on the unreleased bloodalcohol level, he could be sentenced to 5 to 10 days in jail.

Brooklyn Congressman Arrested for DWI

April 22, 2008

L Republican State Senator from South Carolina, Randy Scott was arrested for DUI. Scott was unable to recite his ABC’s and walk a straight line.

Sheriff: Scott was 'belligerent'

Incident report outlines senator's arrest on DUI charge Click here to check out the video of his arrest here

April 13, 2008

North Carolina State Rep., Republican Joe Boylan was arrested for DWI after he drove across the middle of the road, hit a tree and ended up in a ditch.

State Rep. Charged With DWI

March 31, 2008

L Former Republican Mayor of Cherryville NC., Wade Stroupe Jr., was cited for DWI after hitting a telephone and knocking out power to the city.

Former mayor of Cherryville cited for DWI City power cut after car hits telephone pole

February 15, 2008

L Republican District Attorney in Durango Colorado, Craig Westberg was arrested for driving under the influence of sleeping pills and causing an accident. Westberg has pleaded not guilty to the charges from October of 2007, and a trial has been set for May 19, 2008.

In 1978, Westberg was arrested twice for drunken driving. On one of those occasion he hit a horse with his car and served fifteen days in jail. He was serving as district attorney in Durango at the time.

District attorney’s case should proceed more openly

May 20, 2007

L Georgia State Representative, Republican Ben Harbin, received a DWI after crashing into a utility pole.

Rep. Ben Harbin bonds out of jail after DUI charge

May 15, 2007

L Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy was arrested for drunk driving. This was Healy’s second DUI arrest. His first arrest was in Connecticut in March 2002, when he received a suspended sentence and an 18-month probation term.

Political Leader Admits DUI Arrest

Arrest In South Carolina Marks Healy's Second State GOP Chair Chris Healy Arrested for DUI

March 28, 2007

L Schwarzenegger appointee Robert Vellanoweth, was arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, after a crash that killed three adults and one child.

Police: Fatal Crash Suspect's Blood Alcohol Level Was Twice the Legal Limit

March 22, 2007

L Arizona State Representative, Republican Trish Groe was arrested for DUI. She confessed to being a "functional alcoholic," and had 0.16% alcohol in her blood. She was sentenced to 10 days in jail.

State Representative Pleads Guilty to DUI

March 17, 2007

L Montana State Representative, Republican Scott Boggio was arrested for DUI after driving without a license plate and driving over a curb. He later blew a 0.14% on the breathalizer. The judge ordered Boggio to pay a $690 fine and to take an alcohol awareness class.

Lawmaker pleads guilty to driving drunk

Red Lodge lawmaker admits DUI

January 19, 2007

Republican Matt Shaner, pleaded guilty to running a stop sign and failing to report an accident. Shaner reportedly left the scene of his DWI after crashing his vehicle and then hid in his home when the police arrived.

U.S. House Hopeful Matt Shaner Drinking Before Car Crash

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June 23, 2006

L State Representative from Maine, Republican Jeffrey Kaelin was arrested for OUI (Maine’s

equivalent of DUI) with a 0.13% on the breathalizer. He was arrested after a minor crash maneuvering out of a parking space.

Lawmaker Arrested For DUI Won't Seek Re-Election

October 28, 2005

L Michigan State Representative, Republican David Law was arrested for DUI. He blew a blood alcohol limit of 0.13%

Michigan state representative gets fine, probation for drunken driving

October 7, 2005

L U.S. Congressman from Texas, Representative Kevin Brady was arrested for DUI in South Dakota. He blew a blood alcohol limit of 0.08%. WIKI

Kevin Brady charged with DUI in South Dakota

February 15, 2005

L Georgia State Rep., Republican David Graves was arrested for DUI. He tried to get the charges dropped because the Georgia Legislature was in session at the time.

Ga. Lawmaker Convicted of DUI

October 4, 2004

L Connecticut State Representative, Republican Livvy Floren was arrested for DUI when she crashed into a utility pole.

Greenwich lawmaker charged with driving under the influence of alcohol

May 9, 2004

L Florida State Senator, Republican Lee Constantine was arrested for DUI. He pleaded no contest to DUI in 1990, while he was still an Altamonte Springs city commissioner.

Senator Arrested For DUI Will Likely Lose License Constantine Refused Requests To Take Breath-Alcohol Test

March 3, 2004

L New Mexico State Rep., Republican Joe Thompson was charged with drunken driving hours after attending a bill-signing ceremony to highlight the state's newest effort to crack down on DWI offenders.

Lawmaker arrested for drunken driving after attending anti-DWI ceremony

June 24, 2003

L Kansas Senate Majority Leader, Republican Lana Oleen pleaded guilty to DUI.

Found guilty, her was license suspended for 30 days and was restricted to driving to and from work and to and from sessions of an alcohol safety program for 330 days.

Senator accepts license restrictions resulting from DUI

January 3, 2003

L Kansas State Senator, Republican Edward Pugh was arrested for DUI. He was sentenced to a diversion agreement where the charge was dismissed at the end of a year if he isn't involved in a similar offense, and paid a fine of $819 and was required to write letters of apology to two police officers linked to the case based on his conduct in the incident.

Senator's DUI case settled

December 26, 2002

L Ohio State Senator, Republican Louis Blessing, was arrested for DUI. He blew a 0.11 on the breathalizer and was fined $200.

Blessing Pleads Not Guilty To DUI Charge

September 10, 2002

L Missouri Republican Tom Burcham, a member of their Missouri House of Representatives, has been arrested twice for DUI

Legislator back after DWI arrest

April 18, 2002

L Indiana State Senator, Republican Johnny Nugent was arrested for DUI.

GOP state senator Nugent is arrested on DUI charge

RAPE

March 17, 2008

Republican City Council member, Dennis Gallagher of Queens pleaded guilty to "forcibly touching and sexually abusing" a 52 year-old woman.

Queens Council Member Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse

August 9, 2007

L Chairman of the Young Republican National Federation, Glenn Murphy Jr., from Indiana was busted for assaulting another man. Not the first time it’s happened.

Murphy resigns political posts; cooperating with police in apparent criminal investigation

Young Republicans leader faces charges of sexual assault on man

July 24, 2007

LMichael Flory, former head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse and received a sentence of 5 years in prison. Flory admitted to sexually abusing 21 year old colleague at the Republican convention.

Michigan GOP activist gets 5 years for sex assault

March 2007

L Republican Township Supervisor Robert Holland pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 92-year-old nursing home resident in 2006. He was given a two-to-four year sentence.

Ex-town official sentenced for molesting patient

November 14, 2006

L Republican, Leonard Ray Owens - The longtime leader of the Oregon Christian Coalition and staunch opponent of gay rights, was indicted on charges of rape during an exorcism he performed. Unknown disposition. Last info: He is currently free on $25,000 bail and is awaiting trial on a charge of sexual assault -- a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison. The victim said she went to Owens' home for counseling following a miscarriage and he told her that a sex spirit and lesbian demon were inside her and needed to be cast out.

Pastor casts out demons with a rod of power Church member accuses pastor of rape

December 18, 2004

L State Rep. and Republican House Minority Leader Galen Fox. In Jan. of 2006, Fox was convicted on federal charges of molesting an Asian woman who was a flight with him from Honolulu to Los Angeles. Fox was found guilty of sexual battery and abusive sexual contact with another person without their consent and sentenced to three months of house arrest, three years probation and a $2,500 fine.

Stranger than Fiction: The Fall of Republican Lawmaker Galen Fox

2002

L Republican Howard Scott Heldreth pleaded guilty to sexual battery and served two years in Florida. He is currently and anti-abortion activist who gained fame during the Shiavo media-circus.

Page at Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Sexual Offender/Predator Unit

RAPE / PEDOPHILES

October 14, 2008

20 year Republican Assembly memeber and state Parole Board Commissioner George Chris Ortloff was arrested in a federal child sex sting. Agents found it suspicious when Ortloff arrived in an Albany-area hotel with condoms, lubricant, vibrators and a camera expecting to find a 12 year old girl and her 11 year old sister. He answered the door naked. Commission Ortloff faces ten years to life and a $250,000 fine.

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August 6, 2008

L Missouri Republican State Representative, Scott Muschany, was indicted for sexual assault of a 14 year old girl. Pending trial, Muschany has posted a $5,000 bond, and if currently free. He faces a fine of up to $5,000 and a prison term of up to 7 years.

State rep charged with assaulting teen

March 19, 2008

L Republican candidate for Mineral County Commission, W.VA, Wilton Frederick Bland, was charged with 73 counts of possession of child pornography, 45 counts of sexual assault in the first degree for allegedly having sex with a child under age 11, nine counts of use of obscene matter with intent to seduce a minor, seven counts of display of obscene matter to a minor and two counts of employing a minor to do sexually explicit conduct. He was sentenced to 80 years.

"He won’t be eligible for parole until after 20 years for Mineral County, and 25 years for Grant County," Nelson said.

Keyser man guilty of child porn, sex assault counts

March 7, 2008

The chairman of the Republican Party in Brown County, Donald Fleischman, faces criminal charges for allegedly fondling a 16-year-old Ethan House runaway and providing the boy with beer and marijuana late last year. He was charged with two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and a single charge of exposing himself to a child.

If convicted, Fleischman faces 52 years in prison.

Ex-GOP chair in court on sex charges

February 12, 2008

L Republican Al Zimmerman, spokesperson for Florida's Department of Children and Families stands charged with eight counts of offering two teenage boys money to take pictures of themselves while masturbating. On February 12^th he was denied bail.

Former child welfare spokesman jailed on porn charges denied bail

The Wrong Voice

January 13, 2008

The Republican Mayor of Collins Missouri, and Pastor of the Temple Lot Church in Collins, Allen D. Kauffman was arrested in an internet sting after trying to entice "Cindy" a 13 year old, for sex and nude picture taking. Police have photo’s of Kauffman from his webcam.

Evidence against Collins mayor includes chat room messages, photos

December 5, 2007

L Well connected Republican activist and Congressional aide, Jeffrey Nielsen pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts on a 12-year-old Virginia boy and 14-year-old Orange County boy and received a three-year prison sentence. Nielsen’s computer contained thousands of man-boy and boy-boy images.

GOP operative going to prison for sex crimes

Sept. 17, 2007

L Republican and U.S. attorney from Florida, John David R. Atchison, was arrested for traveling to New York with intentions of having sex with a five year old.

When interviewed Atchinson said, "I am always gentle and loving; not to worry, no damage ever, no rough stuff ever. I only like it soft and nice." When they asked him how he could be certain he wasn’t hurting the child he said, "Just gotta go slow and very easy. I've done it plenty."

Federal Prosecutor Arrested In Child Sex Sting

Atchison committed suicide while in custody at 10:14 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5, 2007

September 7, 2007

L Republican John Bryan, city councilman of St. Petersburg, Florida was accused of molesting three girls, including two of his adopted daughters, ages 12 and 15. After he resigned from the council he drove home and committed suicide.

Councilman takes own life in sex abuse scandal

August 7, 2007

L Convicted in 2003, Republican Mayor of Waterbury, Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison paying a prostitute to bring her daughter, 8 years old, and niece, 10 years old, to him for sex.

Bridgeport: Mayor’s Sentence Upheld

June 19, 2007

L Republican Committeeman John R. Curtin was convicted of molesting an underage teenage boy and sentenced to serve six to 18 months in prison. Specifically, Curtin was found guilty of renting a room where an underage drinking party took place and then sexually molesting a drunk boy he met outside the hotel.

Judge grants Curtin leniency in sex assault case

May 18, 2007

L South Dakota State Representative Republican Ted Klaudt was charged with eight counts of rape, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, two counts of witness tampering, sexual contact with a person under 16, and stalking. There were five different victims, three foster children who lived with Klaudt. He was also found guilty of witness tampering and received ten more years in prison.

Hughes County Warrent

Ted Klaudt Affidavit

Former SD Legislator Arrested On Sex Charges

Ted Klaudt gets time added to prison sentence

May 6, 2007

L Elyria Ohio city councilman, Republican Joseph Monteleone Jr. was found guilty of fondling underage girls. On one occasion he slapped three girls, ages 13 to 17, on their rear ends and asked a 15-year-old girl if he could perform sex acts on her on more than one occasion.

Councilman found guilty

Sentencing on Youtube:

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April 23, 2007

L Republican radio personality Scott Eller Cortelyou of Denver pleaded guilty to felony charges of Internet luring and attempted Internet sexual exploitation of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison. He once hosted the popular radio show 'Business For Breakfast.'

Radio Personality Pleads Guilty to Internet Luring Cortelyou

March 2007

L Right wing Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl. He received probation and a seven-year deferred sentence, but was later found guilty of breaking his probation and was sentenced to three years. Matthews was also a former newspaper columnist for the Fort Bend Star in Sugar Land.

Former Radio Talk Show Host Jon Matthews Heading To Prison

March 20, 2007

L Republican prosecutor Larry Corrigan was arrested and pled guilty for soliciting sex from 13-year old girls over the internet.

Guilty plea in online sex sting

Ex-worker in prosecutor's office tried to lure minor

Local political operative busted in Internet sting

February 15, 2007

L Human resources director for the Washington Times, Republican Randall Casseday, was caught soliciting a 13-year old girl on-line. When he went to meet her he found the police instead. He was sentenced to 90 months in prison for enticing a child and possessing child pornography.

Former local newspaper human resources director sentenced to 90 months in prison for enticing a child and possessing child pornography

February 7, 2007

L In June of 2006 Schenectady, New York Republican County Chairman Armando Tebano was accused of fondling a 14 year old girl who he invited to watch the Star Wars trilogy with him. On February 7, 2007 he pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment, fined $250, and ordered to complete 250 hours of community service.

Judge's Husband Takes Plea Deal In Sex Case

GOP Official, Judge's Husband, Charged With Sex Crimes

January 5, 2007

L Republican County Commissioner Patrick Lee McGuire surrendered to police after allegedly molesting two girls. McGuire was also executive director of the Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association.

McGuire faces molestation charges

November 30, 2006

L Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd pleaded guilty to charges of trying to arrange with an 8-year-old girl by soliciting her mother via Internet and phone conversations. The 8-year old’s mother happened to be an undercover police officer. In August of 2005 he was indicted on three counts of possession of child pornography.

Ex-constable enters guilty plea:

"Floyd was originally indicted on suspicion of sexual assault of a child, pandering of a child, inducement of child prostitution, trafficking in children, criminal solicitation, solicitation for child prostitution and enticement of a child, but most of those charges were dropped in the plea agreement. He was sentenced to 6 years to life in prison."

Prosecutors: Ex-constable had a past

Sexual assaults go back decades, they allege; he has pleaded not guilty

1001 Cases of Abuse of Foreign Exchange Students in the U.S.

October 14, 2006

Republican County Board Candidate Brent Schepp was charged with 14 counts of criminal sexual assault, 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and two counts of unlawful delivery of alcohol to a minor. He killed himself three days later.

Kane County Candidate Indicted In Abuse Case Brent Schepp Charged With Abuse Of Teen Girls Last Year

August 29, 2006

L Republican Paul Skiles, and Republican William Gillin, of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to corruption of minors and indecent assault. Gillin, a college administrator, and Skiles, who owns a Christian bookstore, have pled guilty for sex with an 15- year old and being part of an internet pedophile sex ring. They were among five men arrested in March as part of an ongoing investigation of men who meet boys through Internet chat rooms,

Johnstown Men Plead Guilty To Internet Sex Ring

July 24, 2006

L Republican Mayor of Green Oaks, Ill, a suburb of Chicago, Tom Adams was arrested for distributing child pornography over the internet. After 2 years of delays, Adams was hit with another delay towards child pornography charges as one of the judges recused himself from the case.

3rd judge assigned to child porn case of former Green Oaks mayor recuses himself

Challenge to ex-Green Oaks mayor's case tossed

Suburban mayor hit with child porn charges

June 16, 2006

L Spokesperson for the Traditional Values Coalition and republican campaign worker, Steve Aiken, was convicted of having sex with underage girls and was campaign manager for Randy Graf, a Republican in a five-way primary for the Congressional seat in Arizona's 8th district.

GOP Campaign Manager Guilty of Corruption of Minors

April 4, 2006

LRepublican Rep. Brian J. Doyle, the Republican deputy press secretary for Homeland security was arrested for trying to seduce a teenage girl on the internet by sending her pornographic movies. Doyle pled no contest to seven counts of Use of a Computer to Seduce a Child, and sixteen counts of Transmission of Harmful Material to a Minor. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison in November of 2006.

Homeland Security official arrested in child sex sting Sheriff: Suspect chatted online with detective posing as teen girl

Ex-Federal Official Pleads No Contest to Sex Charges

5 Years in Prison for Porn E-mails

November 22, 2005

L Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker, 45, of Concord and Ogunquit, Maine, was arrested in Concord, accused of inappropriate contact with teenage boys and sentenced to one year in jail. "Seidensticker's criminal record includes the 1992 conviction for attempted sexual assault of a boy, and convictions for failing to register as a sex offender in New Hampshire and Maine, criminal trespass, indecent exposure, and violations of a protective order."

Ex-aide to official faces jail in solicting minor

Burton aide is convicted sex offender

Campaign worker charged with offering teens alcohol

November 5, 2005

L Republican Mayor Jeffrey Kyle Randall was sentenced nine months in jail and six years on probation on charges that he molested two boys from 1997 to 2003.

Former Clarkfield mayor sentenced on molestation charges

October 6, 2005

L Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy. "He kissed her, and when he kissed her, he stuck his tongue in her mouth. She asked him where he learned that, and the child told her Bobby did that to him, talking about Bobby Stumbo,"

Detective Byron Hansford said.

A Former Republican Leader Is Charged With Sexually Abusing A Child

September 29, 2005

LJoshua Dickens, Republican Constable of Faulkner County, Arkansas. Dickens was sentenced to 5 yrs, but could be released within 1 year. At the trial his victim testified that she slapped and kicked her, burned her repeatedly with a cigarette lighter, threatened her with a knife and told her, "'I might as well kill you and dump you in the ditch out there."

Arkansas Constable-Elect Sentenced to Five Years in Woman's Assault

September 17, 2005

L Republican Mayor John Gosek was convicted and sentenced to 37 months for using a cell phone to solicit what he thought were two 15-year-old girls to have sex with him at a Salina motel on Sept. 16, 2005. Charges were dropped for soliciting sex from woman Gosek thought was 14 years old back in 2004.

FBI Arrests Oswego Mayor on sex charge

Oswego mayor released pending hearing in sex case

June 4, 2005

L Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was found guilty of molesting two preteen girls and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Ad creator charged with molestation

Cramer sentenced to six years

March 30, 2005

L Republican teacher and former city councilman John J. Collins pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree sexual assault and one charge of third-degree witness tampering after sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls. He was sentenced to ten years in prison.

Eatontown official faces new sexual assault charges Second former student comes forward 10-year term for sex with students

March 7, 2005

L Republican pastor in Des Moines, Iowa, Mike Hintz pled guilty of three counts of sexual exploitation and sentenced to two years probation. As part of his sentenced, Hintz, married with four children, is forbidden to have contact with anyone under the age of 18. Hintz was the man President Bush used to promote his tax plan in 2004: "It's a special day for Mike and Sharla, not because they're with the President or with Chairman Grassley, but because it's their 13th wedding anniversary."

Former Youth Pastor Pleads Guilty

February 8, 2005

L Wrightsville Borough City Councilman, Republican Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

Council Accepts Resignation Of Member Imprisoned For Rape

Delaware Sex Offender Registry

January 1, 2005

LRepublican Rolf Rathmann was sentenced to 10 years for eight counts of statutory sodomy in the second degree and fined $5,000 total for all of the eight counts.

Rolf Rathmann Sentenced To 10 Years -- "Castration Too Kind" Says Boy’s Mom

Grand Jury Indicts Men Charged In Sex With Teen

August 15, 2004

L Conservative activist and benefactor to many Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was convicted of paying a 15 year old for sex. After gathering evidence, police estimate Dasen spent over 5 million dollars on prostitutes.

Sex Scandal Rocks Montana Town

Businessman Alleged To Have Paid Women More Than $1 Million

July 13, 2004

L Republican Judge Mark Pazuhanich was sentenced to ten years probation after pleading no contest to molesting his own daughter at a Hilary Duff concert in Wilkes-Barre.

Pazuhanich Charged With Indecent Assault

Pazahanich disbarred.

June 2, 2004

L Connecticut Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. He was accused of french kissing and inappropriatly touching a 13 year old girl. He was sentenced to 3 months suspended sentence and 2 years of unsupervised probation.

Politician pleads no contest in child endangerment case

March 4, 2004

L Republican County Commissioner of Richland County, OH, David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

More charges for Swartz?

Police: Ex-commissioner had sex with second girl

From the state of Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections:

January 14, 2004

L Republican fundraiser, Rev. C. Stephen White, who routinely preached on the campuses of the University of Pennsylvania as well as Rutgers and Drexel universities, was arrested and convicted of offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him. White is married and has three sons.

Reverend convicted on sexual charges

White faces charges for asking minor for sex

November 13, 2003

L Republican Nicholas Elizondo, Director of the "Young Republican Federation" was found guilty of molesting his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Same old stuff from young Republicans

June 11, 2003

L Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

Anti-Abortion Extremist Arrested on Sexual Molestation Charges

January 14, 2003

L Director of Faith & Family Alliance and Republican strategist, Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from young boys and girls over the internet and sentenced to 7 years. He is also connected with Ralph Reed and may have been part of his inner circle who funneled money to and from lobbyist Jack Abromoff.

Regent law student charged with Internet sex crime

November 2, 2002

L Republican activist John Butler, was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage female relative. In 2001 Butler was pardoned for a burglary conviction by Gov. George Ryan.

Blagojevich blasts Ryan volunteer

October 30, 2002

L Republican assembly candidate Richard Gardner was found guilty of molesting his daughters during the 1980's. In 1988 he pled guilty to committing a lewd and lascivious act upon his daughter, who was about 12 when the crime was committed in May 1982, for committing oral copulation on the same daughter in January 1988, and for child molestation in 1983 against another daughter under the age of 14. He was placed on probation for the three charges.

He then decided to run for Assembly as a Republican in Las Vegas and had to be reminded that felons can’t hold elected office.

Officials report more crimes in candidate's past

July 12, 2002

L Republican activist Randal David Ankeney, pled guilty to smoking pot and having sex with a 13 year old girl from El Paso that he met on the internet. Ankeney apparently has a long history of assaulting women and girls. Colorado Gov. Bill Owens appointed Ankeney as a business development representative in the Colorado Springs branch of the state Office of Economic Development.

GOP Activist Accused Of Assaulting Another Girl

GOP Activist Pleads Guilty To Attempted Sex Assault

Flamed Out GOP Star Arrested For Child Sex Assault

June 20, 2002

L Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition by exposing himself to chidren. He later committed suicide.

Tennessee lawmaker dead in apparent suicide

March 14, 2002

L Republican activist Mark A. Grethen was convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children, including his own.

In Touch with Today’s youth

Text file: Mark Anthony Grethen V. Sandra Lynn Grethen

October 22, 2001

L West Bend city councilman, Republican Mark Harris was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Harris gets prison term for molesting girl

June 24, 2001

L Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a 13 year old girl and sentenced to one month in jail.

American Notes Congress

March 6, 2001

L Missouri GOP elections director Kevin Coan was caught in an internet sting by police. The arresting officer recognized Coan in the naked photo he e-mailed to a "14 year old." Coan received two years probation.

Law Targets Internet Sexual Predators

St. Louis in Tizzy Over Election

November 2000

LHoward L. Brooks, Republican legislative aide for Republican Assemblyman Phil Wyman was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography. Brooks was investigated after he sent a sexually explicit letter to an inmate in CA. State Prison detailing his sexual history with young boys at a YMCA camp in 2000.

Assemblyman's aide accused of molesting 12-year-old boy

July 20, 2000

L Hawaii County Councilman, Republican Keola Childs pleaded guilty to sexual assault in the first degree when he molested a young boy and was sentenced to 2 years probation.

Ex-Big Isle official pleads guilty to child molesting

February 10, 2000

L Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

Anti-gay Molester Gets 40-year Sentence

November 5, 1998

L Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. He received a suspended sentence with two years probation and had to pay $2,500 in counseling costs should the victim require it.

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L Republican Tom Randall, a petition drive manager, pled guilty to molesting two girls, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business.

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SELF CONFESSED REPUBLICAN SEXUAL OFFENDERS

August 16, 2006

L Republican chairman of the Oregon Christian Coalition Lou Beres confessed to molesting his own daughters, their friends and his sister-in-law when they were pre-teen. He was never convicted of the crime as the statute of limitations had run out.

Family Values

Former Oregon Christian Coalition Leader Confesses to Molesting Relative

Lou Beres of the Christian Coalition Confesses to Molesting Family Members

July 28, 1995

L Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to sexually abusing his daughter since she was fifteen years old. His daughter, Susan Smith, later drowned her two children.

Smith's stepfather says he failed as parent

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

July 11, 2008

L President of the Trafalgar Town Council, (IN) Republican Max Knapp was arrested and charged with two charges of child exploitation by Johnson County, detectives. After taking his computer to be fixed, technicians found 74 images and videos of children in sexual acts. Knapp is currrently free on a $16,000 bond.

Trafalgar leader linked to child-porn

April 12, 2008

L Republican city councilman of Brigantine New Jersey, Richard Casamento resigned after being arrested on child pornography charges. FBI reported that Casamento also sent others illegal images on the internet.

Brigantine councilman arrested on child pornography charges

February 23, 2007

L Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline was found guilty of possessing of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 27 months in prison. Canadian hacker Brad Willman broke into the judge's Irvine home computer and discovered sexually explicit images of young boys and a diary that revealed Judge Kline's fantasies involving young boys. A subsequent police search of the Judge's court computer revealed more images and more dodgy Web sites.

Hacker puts judge in prison

Ex-judge Kline gets prison

Six years of legal wrangling ends with former O.C. Superior Court judge sentenced to 27 months for child pornography.

January 28, 2005

L Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for downloading and distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

39 charged in child porn sweep

April 23, 2003

L Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn after paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos in a Baltimore hotel. He was only sentenced to two years probation. Delgaudio also served as president of the Republican-affiliated Legal Affairs Council and spent time raising money for Oliver North’s defense during the Iran-Contra scandal.

Conservative Fund-Raiser On Probation For Child Porn

April 2001

L Republican activist Parker J. Bena was found guilty of child porn on his computer and sentenced to 30 months in prison.

The Top Ten Conservative Idiots (Week 16)

March 8, 1999

L Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pled guilty to offering $1.5 million online contract to kill anyone who would murder an abortion provider. When the cops shut down his web site they found 1,000 to 2,000 images of child porn featuring children as young as five to seven years old.

Extremist Arrested: Four Years Ago Today

LEWD CONDUCT

November 8, 2007

L Republican state Representative and Florida co-Chairman of McCain for President, Bob Allen was found guilty of soliciting an undercover male officer in a restroom after offering to perform oral sex for $20. Allen was a outspoken Christian leader against homosexual rights. He received six months of probation, a $250 fine, court costs and $245 restitution to Titusville Police Department.

Bob Allen convicted of soliciting cop for sex

August 8, 2007

L Republican Senator Larry Craig pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly conduct. According to the police report, Craig was arrested on June 11th by a plain clothes officer after Craig gave indications that he was interested in "sexual activity" in a restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. He was sentenced to 1 year probation and fined $500.00.

Senator pleaded guilty, reportedly after bathroom stall incident

August 18, 2006

L Republican Judge Donald Thompson from Oklahoma, was found guilty on four counts of indecent exposure after using a penis pump while presiding over court cases. He was sentenced to 4 years in prison and a $40,000 fine.

Thompson’s defense was that he never masturbated while on the bench, and that the penis pump was a gag gift which he had never used. His former court reporter, Lisa Foster, testified that she saw Thompson expose himself at least 15 times, so when the investigators found semen on Thompson’s chair and robes the Judge’s credibility was shot. Audio recordings from his trials included a "whooshing" sound that the judge could not explain.

Penis pump judge gets 4-year jail term

October 3, 2004

L Former lawyer to the Ohio House Republican caucus, Stephen Linnen, the "Naked Photographer" would ambushed women in the nude and took photos of their shocked expressions. He was sentenced to 18 months and ordered not to possess any cameras, video equipment or recording device of any kind.

Naked Photographer Sentenced

September 4, 2004

L Hawaiian Republican Rep. Brian Blundell, was convicted of sexual assault for fondling an undercover male police office in a Waikiki restroom.

Plea deferral sought in sex case

A legislator pleads no contest to groping an undercover officer

February 21, 2001

L South Bay’s major and Republican campaign consultant, Tom Shortridge, received three year’s probation after pleading no contest to charges that he knowingly took photographs of two under-aged girls.

Man Denies Guilt in Pornography Case

November 2000

L President and CEO of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, Republican Matthew Glavin, was arrested multiple times for public indecency, one time fondling the crotch of the officer who was arresting him.

Tiptoe Through The Tearooms: The Glory Hole Days of Matthew Glavin

Matthew Glavin charged with public indecency

January 15, 1999

L Republican Neal Horsley, who has called for the arrest of all homosexuals, admitted on the Fox News Radio's The Alan Colmes Show, that he's had sex with mules. He was convicted of possession of hashish with intent to sell and has sense been released. Horsley was responsible for creating a web site called "The Nuremberg Files" which displayed the names and locations of various doctors who performed abortions throughout the United States. The web site was shut down after a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood.

Abortion Foes' Internet Site on Trial

DRUGS

March 15, 2008

L South Carolina Republican state Treasurer and South Carolina Chairman of Giuliani for President, Thomas Ravenel was charged with cocaine possession and was sentenced to 10 months in jail.

Former South Carolina State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel is sentenced to 10 months in prison

April 7, 2006

L Republican Thomas J. Noonan, deputy mayor of Kirkwood, MO, pleaded guilty to two counts of the class C felony of possession of a controlled substance and one count of the class D felony of attempt to possess a controlled substance. He was sentenced to rehab.

Court Order

July 27, 2005

L Former Mayor of Sterling Heights, Republican Steve Rice was charged with possession of cocaine. He was sentenced to 18 months probation.

Rice sentenced to 18 months probation

Drug traces found in councilman's home

Undercover officers raid house of former Sterling mayor Steve Rice

(just plain old ) PROSTITUTION

March 1, 2008

L Former North Carolina state legislator, and currently on the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, Republican Coy Privette has been charged with six counts of aiding and abetting prostitution. On August 22, 2007, he pleaded guilty and the judge agreed to expunge his record upon completing 48 hours of community service, saying he's only concerned with "making sure the behavior stopped." Also on Privette’s resume was his unsuccessful campaign for Governor in 1976 and President of the Christian Action League.

Most of the higher ranks of the Republican party in North Carolina have called for Privette to resign from the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. He has chosen not to. Also on Privette’s resume is his unsuccessful campaign for Governor in 1976 and President of the Christian Action League.

'Hell has just frozen over'

Despite prostitution plea, Privette stays

8/29/07

Coy Privette says he won't resign

December 7, 2003

L Utah State Representative Brent Parker was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer posing as a male prostitute.

Kindness is curbing gay cruising

September 30, 2003

Representative Calvin Bird, a Republican Legislator, was busted for soliciting sex ($40) from an undercover officer in downtown Salt Lake City. He was sentenced to a year’s probation, and completion of the Johns’ Program.

Legislator Working to Bring Nuclear Power to Utah

ESPIONAGE

July 18, 2007

L Republican Leandro Aragoncillo was an FBI intelligence analyst and was assigned to the staff of Vice President Dick Cheney. On October 5, 2005, Aragoncillo was indicted and arrested for espionage. Federal agents accuse him of stealing classified information, including information about the current President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and passing it to opposition leaders in that country. Aragoncillo was sentenced to 10 years in prison on July 18, 2007

Ex-FBI Analyst Gets 10 Years in Spy Plot

April 29, 2007

LRepublican Steve Rosen, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information. His trial in the U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia is scheduled to begin on April 29, 2008. (WIKI)

April 29, 2007

LRepublican Keith Weissmann, AIPAC Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information. (WIKI)

2 Senior AIPAC Employees Ousted

February 16, 2007

L Major Republican donor Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, a/k/a Michael Mixon, has been indicted in federal court on charges of providing material support to terrorists.

Accused Terrorist Is Big GOP Donor

$20K More Uncovered from Accused Terrorist Funder to GOP

January 20, 2006

L Republican Larry Franklin, DOD employee, who worked directly under Donald Rumsfeld, pleaded guilty tor espionage and received 12 years and a $10,000 fine. Ultimately charges against Franklin were not listed as espionage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Franklin

From Wiki: ". . .passing information about U.S. policy towards Iran to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the foremost pro-Israel lobbying organization in the U.S, while he was working for the Defense Department in what he claims was an attempt to get the information passed on to the United States National Security Council, which he could not do through regular Pentagon channels. Two former employees of that organization are also facing charges that they assisted him in the AIPAC espionage scandal and passing classified information to an Israeli diplomat Naor Gilon. On January 20, 2006, Judge T.S. Ellis, III sentenced Franklin to 151 months (almost 13 years) in prison and fined him $10,000."

Ex-Pentagon analyst sentenced to 12 years

Pentagon Analyst Gets 12 Years for Disclosing Data

see also: Wiki’s AIPAC espionage scandal page:

April 11, 2003

Republican Katrina Leung, (Codename: Parlor Maid) was arrested in April 2003, on charges of working covertly for the Chinese. Leung was alleged to have copied U.S. secrets with intent of providing them to Chinese intelligence services.

The Chinese Spy Who Loved the GOP Too Much

FBI woman 'spied for China' Katrina Leung Ms Leung claims she is innocent

A Chinese-American woman who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been accused of spying for Beijing.

ASSORTED FELONIES

September 29, 2008

Former Republican candidate for Secretary of State and Mississippi USDA official, Nick Walters was indicted for having a persona interest in an agency loan and lying to federal officials. Walters worked in the campaigns of former Sen. Trent Lott and Sen. Roger Wicker.

Federal grand jury indicts former Miss. USDA official http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080929/NEWS/80929020

October 1, 2008

L Former republican congressional candidate Tan Nguyen has been indicted on a federal obstruction of justice charge. Nguyen ran for the 47th Congressional District of the State of California in 2006. The charges revolve around misleading statements Nguyen made to investigators regarding a letter that was sent to Latino voters.

Former Congressional Candidate Indicted On Federal Obstruction of Justice Charge http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/former-congressional-candidate-indicted-federal/story. aspx?guid=%7B6DE4358D-481C-421B-B9B2-8C61669DC5EE%7D&dist=hppr

July 18, 2008

L Republican Judge Brooks E. Blitch III, who served for nearly 28 years in the Alapaha Judicial Circuit, was charged with honest-services fraud, mail fraud, retaliation against witnesses, making false statements to investigators and extortion. He is currently free after posting a $50,000 bond.

Ex-judge indicted on federal corruption charges

April 18, 2008

Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional District in Pennsylvania, Derek Walker, has been arrested and charged with felony burglary, criminal trespass, misdemeanor disorderly conduct, stalking and four counts of invasion of privacy. All charges involved his relationship with his ex-girlfriend.

Charges filed against congressional candidate Walker

April 8, 2008

West Carrollton councilwoman, Republican Jody Jones, has been indicted on felony charges of receiving stolen property. Somehow, a bunch of stolen property ended up in her store.

Charges Approved Against West Carrollton Councilwoman

March 24, 2008

Republican District Attorney of Rockwall County Texas, Ray Sumrow was convicted of theft. The jury could not reach a verdict on the charges of records tampering and forgery. Sumrow was sentenced to 4 years in prison and fined $9652, plus court costs.

Rockwall County DA Ray Sumrow convicted of theft Jury convicts Sumrow of theft but not records tampering, forgery

Rockwall D.A. Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison

March 13, 2008

L Long time Republican supporter from Fort Collins Colorado, Rick D. Van Vleet, allegedly bilked nearly $3 million from investors by promising an unusual high rate of return on a $10,000 investment in a kiosk Music Machine. Associates called it a classic Ponzi scheme. He was indicted by a grand jury on five counts of securities fraud and two counts of theft of more than $15,000. All are class 3 felonies, and Van Vleet, 63, could face 84 years in prison and more than $5 million in fines.

Music machine scam alleged

Fort Collins resident could face prison time

February 11, 2008

L Kaufman County Republican Sheriff's Candidate Eddie Frankum was indicted for been charged with sexually harassing and illegally detaining women during his tenure as chief of police in Pelican Bay.

Sheriff candidate Frankum surrenders, posts bail on Tarrant County charges

January 15, 2008

L Asbury Park (NJ) Councilman, Republican John J. Hamilton Jr. was charged with having a contractor install a driveway, valued at between $5,000 and $6,000, at his home in exchange for a promise to steer contracts his way. He later sought a phony receipt for $1,000 from the contractor, in case he had to explain the new driveway. After a mistrial, Hamilton has been awaiting a re-trial which has been set back due to health problems with a witness in the case. The new trial has been set for spring of 2008.

11 Officials in New Jersey Snared After 4-Year Operation by F.B.I.

Star witness' injury delays bribery trial

November 28, 2007

L Major Republican fundraiser for Mitt Romney, Alan Fabian is charged with 23 counts of bankruptcy fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and perjury arising from a $32 million computer leasing scheme.

Romney Fundraiser quits after indictment:

Alan Fabian Indicted for Tax Fraud

November 4, 2007

L Republican Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona, a conservative Christian, has been indicted on charges of receiving gifts including a boat, boxing tickets, and over $112,000 in cash in illegal, all unreported. Officially its 10 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud and tampering with a grand jury witness. His wife, Deborah Carona, has been indicted on one count of conspiracy. His alleged long-time former mistress, attorney Debra V. Hoffman, has been charged on eight counts of conspiracy, mail fraud and bankruptcy fraud.

Indictment tarnishes Sheriff Carona

March. 27, 2007

L Republican Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Regola was indicted on gun charges in connection with the death of a teenage neighbor who was shot with the senator's gun.

Pa. lawmaker faces charges in teen's death

State senator's handgun was used in 14-year-old neighbor's suicide

Police descend on home of state Sen. Robert Regola

March 27, 2007

L Republican David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's budget director was "indicted on charges of defrauding investors and banks of $1.6 billion while chairman of Collins & Aikman Corp., an auto parts maker that collapsed days after he quit" His trial is set for March 21, 2008. His coconspirators named in the indictment are former Collins & Aikman Vice Chairman J. Michael Stepp, ex- Controller for Collins & Aikman, David R. Cosgrove, and a former director of financial analysis Paul C. Barnaba.

He was arrested for "Conspiracy To Commit Securities Fraud, Make False Statements In Annual and Quarterly Reports, Make False Entries In Books And Records, Lie To Auditors, Commit Bank Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Obstruction of An Agency Proceeding."

Click here for the indictment

Four of the eight people charged have already pled guilty.

David Stockman charged with fraud

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stockman

March 2, 2007

L Republican and Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Lester Crawford plead guilty to conflict-of-interest charges in connection with stock he owned in companies regulated by the F.D.A. On February 27, 2007, Crawford was sentenced to three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $90,000.

Ex-F.D.A. Chief Pleads Guilty in Stock Case

Former FDA Commissioner Crawford Sentence Includes Supervised Probation, $90K In Fines http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/64213.php

October 27, 2006

Miami-Dade Country Commissioner, Republican Miram Alonos pleaded guilty to 20 felonies for looting campaign accounts in 1998 and 1999 and trying to cover up the crimes and charges that she looted her campaign accounts of more than $100,000. She was sentenced to 4 1/2 months and force her and her husband had to pay the county $250,000 in restitution.

Alonso pleads guilty, says she is sorry

September 16, 2006

L President of the Monmouth County Board of Taxation, Republican John E. "Jack" Westlake pleaded guilty to a single charge of tax evasion by failing to declare $350,000 in income. Westlake admitted the money came from a payment his Alma Ltd. received from an unnamed developer in 1999 when the developer was paid their share of the proceeds from selling land to Middlesex County for $800,000. Westlake was sentenced to three months in federal prison, a fine of $30,000 and spend seven months under house arrest after completing his prison term.

Lynch admits taking bribe

August 26, 2006

LLt. Col. Bruce D. Hopfengardner, Republican, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud. He served as a special adviser to the American-led occupation forces, recommending funds for projects in Iraq.

Ex-Officer Admits Role in Iraq Deals

U.S. Officer Reported Ready to Plead Guilty in Bribery Case Involving Iraq Building Contracts

August 24, 2006

LRichard Leonard, former manager of Linda Schrenko Campaign was found guilty on attempted witness tampering during her trial.

Former Campaign Manager for Linda Schrenko Sentenced for Attempted Witness Tampering

August 2, 2006

L Pennsylvanian House Republican Jeffrey Habay pleaded no contest to using state employees for political work. He was sentenced to six to 12 months in prison and 4 years probation. He is currently working as a lobbying through his lobbying firm Loeper and Associates representing the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Drexel University.

Habay sent to jail

May 16, 2006

L Former Wisconsin State Rep., Republican Scott Jensen pleaded guilty to directing aides to do campaign work on state time. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to serve 45 months of probation after his prison sentence and banned from the Capitol while on probation.

Jensen ordered to prison

After 15-month sentence in corruption case, he will be banned from Capitol for almost 4 years

January 19,2006

Republican Thomas Broderick, 61, former councilman in Marlboro and a former Monmouth County undersheriff and highway department employee pleaded guilty to money laundering, admitting that he accepted $15,000 for assisting in the laundering of large sums of cash.

Former Monmouth County Undersheriff Admits Money Laundering

November 4, 2005

L Republican Dalton Tanonaka, former Lt. gubernatorial and congressional candidate from Hawaii received three months in prison for failing to report campaign loans.

Tanonaka to serve 3 months in prison

The sentencing judge points out his abuse of the public trust

September 19, 2005

Executive Director of the Mercer Country (NJ) Improvement Authority, Republican James R. Lambert, pleaded guilty to participating in a mail fraud scheme with Harry G. Parkin, his former chief of staff, and to conspiring with Alex Abdalla to bribe a Ewing Township official. Lambert was sentenced to ten months - five to be served in federal prison and five to be served on house arrest with electronic monitoring and to pay a fine of $6,000 and to serve three years of supervised release upon the completion of his prison sentence.

Former Mercer County Official and Two Businessmen Sentenced to Prison Following a Federal Investigation into Public Corruption in Mercer County

September 14, 2005

L Vice Chairman of the Massachuset Republican Party, Lawrence Novak, was indicted on money-laundering charges accusing him of offering to ``cleanse'' drug proceeds for a legal client.

GOP figure faces charges of money laundering

September 9, 2005

L Republican State Rep. Dan Doyle and wife Republican Victoria Doyle were both convicted of violating election laws. Specifically, Dan pled guilty to 11 counts of filing false campaign finance reports in an effort to conceal $145,000. Victoria admitted to filing a false campaign report. She served 10 days and was put on probation for three years.

Former State Rep. Dan Doyle and His Wife Victoria Doyle Pleaded Guilty to Criminal Violations of Oregon's Election Laws

Jail time caps Dan Doyle's long fall from power

August 17, 2005

L Republican Adam Taff, 2004 Kansas congressional candidate was indicted for converting political campaign contributions for his personal use and wire fraud in a deal to buy a home at Lake Quivira, Kan.

Adam Taff Indicted In Mortgage Deal

July 27, 2005

Miami City Commissioner, Republican Arthur Teele was charged with ten felony counts of unlawful compensation, and was under federal indictment for money laundering, mail fraud, and wire fraud. The Miami Herald reported that Teele was also involved with drugs and a transvestite prostitute. That same day he shot himself in the lobby of the Herald.

Wiki:

Indicted ex-Miami official kills self

Arthur Teele, accused in connection with fraudulent airport contracts, shoots himself in the lobby of the Miami Herald.

May 5, 2005

Republican Robin Williams, former Georgia state representative was found guilty of conspiring to steal more than $2 million from the east Georgia mental health agency. Williams was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Williams is guilty on all 17 charges

March 15, 2005

Asbury Park Councilman, Republican James Condos, pleased guilty two counts of mail fraud and admitted involvement in two schemes: one involving the liquor license and the other in giving his vote to former Asbury Park Housing Authority Executive Director, the late Kenneth E. Nixon, Jr.

Condos was sentenced to 15 months in prison.

Former Asbury Park Councilman Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Corruption

February 2, 2005

L Former Livingston Parish Councilman, Republican Robert R. Ringo pled guilty to one count of making a false statement on his income tax return, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1). Ringo didn’t report the $17,000 bribe he received for a favorable vote. Ringo was sentenced to five years probation with six months home detention, a $10,000 fine, and $1,889 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.

U.S. Attorney release

July 30, 2004

L Mayor of Huntington Beach, CA, Republicn Dave Garofalo pleaded guilty to a felony and 15 misdemeanors and was sentenced to community service and probation for violating conflict-of-interest laws in January 2002.

Garofollies

February 18, 2004

L Mayor of New Hanover Township, (NJ) Patrick G. Malloy admitted that he had told a witness to lie to a grand jury investigating a contract given to his brother in 1999. Malloy was fined $30,000 and sentenced him to six months in prison, followed by six months of home confinement.

Trenton: Ex-Mayor Is Sentenced For Corruption

February 18, 2004

L New Hanover Township Administrator (NJ), Republican James J. Nash pleaded guilty to witness tampering in the investigation of an $11,500 sidewalk repair contract. He was sentenced to six months in prison.

Trenton: Ex-Mayor Is Sentenced For Corruption

February 12, 2004

County Commissioner of Fulton Co. GA, Republican Mitch Skandalakis pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators in a public corruption investigation. He was sentenced to a six months prison.

Ex-Chairman Admits Lying to FBI Agent

January 22, 2004

Congressman Bill Janklow was convicted of manslaughter and jailed for killing a motorcyclist, Randolph E. Scott, 53, of Hardwick, Minnesota, with his car after blowing through a stop sign at a high rate of speed. He was sentenced to 100 days in jail and 3 years probation.

Janklow's driving record scrutinized after crash

"Rep. Bill Janklow has paid more speeding tickets than many people get in a lifetime: a dozen in a four-year period in the 1990s."

Janklow charged with second-degree manslaughter in crash

Janklow sentenced to 100 days in jail

August 12, 2003

LGary Russell Thomson, former Virginian Republican Party Executive Director pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of aiding and abetting the unauthorized publication of a wire communication, and was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and a $2000 fine. Also implicated was the next Virginian Republican Party director, Edmund Matricardi III.

Former Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced for Wiretapping-Related Violation

GOP's leader pleads

July 9, 2003

L Executive director of the Virginian Republican Party Edmund Matricardi III, pleaded guilty to one federal felony count of wiretapping. He was sentenced to three years probation, 180 hours of community service and a $5,000 fine.

His indictment:

Matricardi fined, put on probation

May 12, 2003

Executive director of the Asbury Park Housing Authority, Republican Kenneth E. Nixon, Jr., pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud, admitting his participation in a scheme to regain his $80,000 a year position after he was dismissed in 1995 for mismanagement. Nixon died awaiting sentence.

Former Executive Director of Asbury Park Housing Authority Pleads Guilty in Corruption

January 22, 2003

L Republican John Beaird, who campaigned for Texas state Rep., pleaded guilty to an $11 million mortgage fraud scheme. He was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $465,000 in restitution. An FBI investigation that showed Beaird was engaged in at least 39 fraudulent transactions and obtained more than $11 million in loan proceeds for himself and the nominal borrowers.

Two plead guilty in $11M mortgage fraud

September 7, 2002

L Mayor of Providence Rhode Island, Republican Vincent Cianci, was convicted in 2002 for racketeering, extortion, witness tampering, and mail fraud. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. In 1984 he was convicted of burning a man with a cigarette and hitting him with an ashtray and a fireplace log. (Wiki)

A Sentence for Corruption Ends an Era in Providence

March 21, 2001

L San Francisco Housing Authority Director, and former Representative, Republican Ronnie Davis was found guilty of using federal funds targeted for housing to pay lavish bonuses. He was sentenced to more than two years in prison for participating in a scheme to sell phony diplomatic passports and later, while free on bail, delivering drugs to a longtime girlfriend.

Housing Chief Indicted

Ohio accuses S.F. official of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars

November 7, 2000

L Pennsylvania Republican Senate majority leader, F. Joseph Loeper Jr., pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of obstructing an IRS investigation related to his work for a tax-collection firm owned by Nicholas Panarella Jr. Loeper falsified tax-related documents to conceal more than $330,000 in income he received while serving in the Senate. He served 6 months in prison and is currently a successful lobbyist representing both the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers to Drexel University.

Guilty Plea Agreement

Wiki

May 11, 2000

L Pennsylvania Republican State Senator William Slocum pleaded guilty and served a month in prison and was fined $15,000 for violating federal water pollution laws.

Convicted of failing to report sewer plant discharge

COINGATE

For an overview check out the Wiki page

From Wiki:

"The Thomas Noe investment scandal in Ohio was revealed in early 2005 in part by Toledo, Ohio newspaper The Blade. The Ohio government's Bureau of Workers' Compensation fund (BWC) invested hundreds of millions of dollars in high risk or unconventional investment vehicles run by people closely connected to the Ohio Republican Party who had made large campaign contributions to many senior Republican party officials."

"A rare coin investment fund attracted particular scrutiny after it was reported that two coins worth more than $300,000 had been lost. Further investigation then revealed that coins worth $10-$12 million were missing and that only $13 million of the original $50 million invested could be accounted for. Tom Noe was charged with running a criminal enterprise, the theft of $13 million from the fund, and of keeping a second set of books to cover for it."

November 20, 2006

L Republican Thomas Noe, Bush-Cheney 04 campaign chair was found guilty of 29 of 40 charges, including theft, corrupt activity, money laundering, forging records and tampering with documents. He was convicted on the chief charge that he engaged in a pattern of corruption in his management of Ohio's $50 million rare-coin fund investment with the bureau. Police estimate he stole over $2 million. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Noe is sentenced to 18 years in state prison

GOP fundraiser gets 18 years for embezzlement

Rare-coin dealer convicted of taking $2 million for loans, Florida home

Here’s a good chonology of Noe

August 18, 2005

L Ohio’s Republican Governor Bob Taft pleaded no contest to four first degree misdemeanors by breaking state ethics laws by failing to report golf outings and other gifts. He was fined $4000 fine and had to make a public apology.

Governor Pleads To Charges

August, 12, 2005

L Republican Bernadette Noe, Thomas Noe’s wife and election board chairman, was convicted for robbing the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation Fund.

Wives found ways to share wealth, coin records show Petro says Noe's spouse billed firm

March 31, 2006

L Republican Brian Hicks, Chief of Staff to Gov. Bob Taft, and his assistant, Republican Cherie Carroll, was convicted in the coingate scandal. He was sentenced to 46 months. Hicks was indicted on April 22, 2005 on 24 felony charges including securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering for stealing over $1.7 million from over 600 investors from nearly 20 states and territories. On November 14, 2005, he pled guilty and was also ordered to pay 2.3 million in restitution

On March 31, 2006 he was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment.

Brian Hicks Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud Hundreds of Investors in Oregon and Throughout the United States

Pair guilty on ethics charge

L Republican Cherie Carroll, Chief of Staff Executive Secretary to Gov. Bob Taft was convicted for accepting "free" meals valued at over $500 from Tom Noe. She was fined $1,000.

Pair guilty on ethics charge

SERIAL KILLERS, TELEVANGELIST & TALK SHOW HOSTS

LDennis L. Rader, the BTK killer, was a Republican, a boy scout leader and a president in his Lutheran church. He pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.

LTed Bundy, the serial rapist and murder, campaigned for the Republican Party.

April 28, 2006

L Republican Rush Limbaugh was arrested for ‘doctor shopping’ in an effort to obtain pain medication. Prosecutors agreed to drop the charge if Limbaugh paid $30,000 to defray the cost of the investigation and completed an 18-month therapy regimen with his physician

Rush Limbaugh Arrested On Drug Charges

Conservative Radio Commentator Turns Himself In But Claims Innocence

Limbaugh reaches settlement in drugs case

Charge against conservative commentator to be dropped after treatment

October 29, 1989

L Televangelist Jim Bakker was sentence to 45 years in prison for 24 counts of fraud, tax evasion and racketeering. He diverted nearly $3 million from the ministry for his own personal use. Bakker was part of Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting network. His downfall began after trying to pay his secretary, Jessica Hahn, hush money for a secret affair. During the affair Hahn quoted Bakker as saying, "If you help the shepherd, you help the flock."

Jim Bakker's Startling Sentence

NEW HAMPSHIRE 2002 PHONE JAMMING SCANDAL

How to Rig an Election:

Convicted Phone-Jammer Tells All

Disgraced Ex-GOP Consultant Allen Raymond Reveals His Dirty Tricks as Party's 'Fall Guy'

From the article: Raymond:

"And he claims that the state GOP wrote him to demand its money back after paying him to carry out the scheme. "They were going to throw me under the bus, but first they wanted to check my pockets to see if there was any cash there," he writes."

(WIKI)

During the 2002 Elections for Senate in New Hampshire Allen Raymond, Charles McGee, Shaun Hansen and James Tobin set about jamming the phone bank being used by the Democratic Party to help voters on election day. Republican John E. Sununu won by a narrow margin.

Feb. 8, 2005

LAllen Raymond pled guilty to several felony charges in federal court in Concord. He received 5 months in prison. (WIKI)

Former GOP Consultant Sentenced to Prison

Va. Man Pleaded Guilty to Making Harassing Phone Calls to N.H. Democrats

March 11, 2006

L State GOP executive director Charles McGee also pled guilty the following month and was sentenced to seven months in prison, which he began serving April 26, 2005. He has since been released.

Convicted phone-jammer helping host GOP candidate workshop - May 29, 2006

May 17, 2006

LJames Tobin was sentenced to 10 months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release, and a fine of $10,000.

Former RNC New England Regional Director Sentenced In New Hampshire Phone Jamming Case

November 15, 2006

L Republican Shaun Hansen, from Spokane, Wash. pled guilty to the telephone jamming scandal after being paid $2,500.

Telemarketer pleads guilty in 2002 GOP phone jamming plot

Important note:

From Wiki:

"In August, the RNC finally confirmed that it had spent more than $722,000 for Tobin's defense by the Washington firm of Williams & Connolly. " This support is based on his assurance and our belief that Jim has not engaged in any wrongdoing," a spokesperson told the Associated Press. The Union Leader reported in February 2006 that the RNC had paid $1.7 million to Williams on the day Tobin was sentenced, for a total of $2.5 million, and would neither confirm nor deny that it was still paying his legal expenses. The RNC's first financial report of 2006 indicated that it by then spent another $330,000. Later that year, Tobin's wife was hired by the NRSC as a consultant on the unsuccessful re-election campaign of Rhode Island senator Lincoln Chafee, as Northeast Strategies, a company that listed the Tobins' home as its main address. Despite her lack of any previous experience, she was paid at $300,000.

VECO OIL AND BILL ALLEN

**** Editor’s note: There are many ways to describe this scandal. I prefer to paint this story as a love affair between a 60 year old oil executive with a P.H.d. in bribery, and a 13-year-old crack whore named Bambi Tyree.****

To date: 4 Republican Legislators, 1 lobbyist and two top executives at VECO have been found guilty. Senator Ben Stevens fate has yet to be decided.

For the entire story check out: WIKI VECO and WIKI POLITICAL CORRUPTION PROBE

July 30, 2008

L United States Senator Ted Stevens was indicted on seven felony counts of failing to disclose gifts that he received from Veco Oil. Allegedly Senator Stevens failed to report more than $250,000 in gifts, extensive renovations to his house, and a Land Rover. Bill Allen, former CEO of Veco Oil is now cooperating with investigations into his many bribery schemes.

Senator Charged in Scheme to Hide Oil Firm Gifts

July 10, 2008

L Alaskan Republican State Senator John Cowdery was indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges stemming from FBI wiretaps. Cowdery is accused of trying to bribe Democrat Donny Olson who was running for Lt. Governor and is currently cooperating with the investigation.

Cowdery indicted on corruption charges

Anchorage Republican charged with conspiracy and bribery in Veco case

May 7, 2007

L Republican Bill Allen (CEO of VECO) pleaded guilty to extortion, bribery and fraud.****

(****Allen should also be listed in pedophiles after it was released that he was having sex with a 13 year old crack whore named Bambi Tyree.

Allen teen sex inquiry reopened

Allen has yet to be sentenced as he continues to cooperate with the investigation.

VECO head pleads to bribes to Ben Stevens and cohorts

Feb. 1, 2008

Federal prosecutors want sentencing delay

Latest News:

February 21, 2008 Alaskan VECO

Corruption probes still on the burner

May 7, 2007

L Republican Rick Smith, Vice President of VECO Oil pleaded guilty to bribery and two counts of conspiracy with Bill Allen. Both are cooperating with the investigation and have yet to be sentenced.

Veco executives plead guilty to bribing officials

December 7, 2007

LRepublican Pete Kott, former Speaker of the House in Alaska, was convicted of bribery, conspiracy and extortion for his role in advocating an oil tax pushed by Veco Corp. executives and favored by North Slope oil producers. He was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $10,000.

Kott gets 6 years in prison for corruption

November 1, 2007

LRepublican Rep. Vic Kohring pleaded guilty of bribery, attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion. Sentencing has been delayed pending appeal.

Check out Vic Kohring FBI surveillance audio.

Prosecutors urge five-year sentence for Vic Kohring

On March 12, 2008, Kohring filed for a re-trail. Kohring makes bid to overturn conviction

September 6, 2007

L Republican Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch is awaiting a court ruling on his appeal to mail fraud charges.

Legislators' corruption trials split for appeal

Kott's hearing continues, but Weyhrauch's stalls on federal appeal

May 16, 2007

LRepublican lobbyist Bill Bobrick pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe former Rep. Tom Anderson. Bobrick was sentenced to 5 months followed by five months of house arrest on the felony conspiracy conviction.

At Bobrick sentencing, McGuire accused of threatening lobbyist

Bobrick charged with conspiracy in bribe probe

A Guilty Plea Hat Trick For Alaska

March 29, 2006 JACK ABRAMOFF

For a good read check out the Pulitzer prize winning story from the Washington Post

From Wikipedia:

Republican Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty on January 3, 2006, to three criminal felony counts in a Washington, D.C., federal court related to the defrauding of American Indian tribes and corruption of public officials. The following day he pleaded guilty to two criminal felony counts in a separate federal court, in Miami, related to his fraudulent dealings with SunCruz Casinos.

On March 29, 2006, he was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of more than $21 million. His prison sentence was the minimum permitted under a plea bargain with federal prosecutors, in part because of his purported cooperation in the federal investigation. In October 2006, more than six months after his sentencing, he was ordered by a federal judge to report to federal prison by November 15, 2006.

Abramoff Sentenced to Nearly 6 Years in Prison in Fraud Case

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff_timeline

Abramoff gets 5 years, 10 months in fraud case

September 8, 2008

Republican Kevin Ring, lobbyist for Jack Abramoff, has been indicted for two counts of obstruction of justice and bribery of a public official and several other charges. Ring’s former boss, Republican Rep. John Doolittle is currently under investigation for involvement with Abramoff and Ring may be cooperating with the investigation.

FBI arrests former lobbyist in growing Abramoff case

December 15, 2007

Italia Federici - Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy (formerly the Coalition of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy). She pled guilty to tax evasion and obstructing a Senate investigation and was sentenced to two months in a halfway house and four years probation. Prosecutors revealed that Steven Griles and Federici were romantically involved. For a good investigative report into Ms. Federici check out PTM Muckraker - Talking Points Memo.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/federici.php Republican With Links to Abramoff Is Sentenced

Judge Insists She Serve Time, Rejects Request for Harsher Sentence for Colleague at Environmental Group

Abramoff figure spared prison sentence

June 26, 2007

L Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Interior J. Steven Griles, pled guilty to obstruction of justice by lying to a Senate committee and received a sentence of ten months, fined $30,000 and was sentenced to three years probation following his release from prison. (WIKI)

Former Interior Official Gets Prison

January 9, 2007

LRoger Stillwell worked for the Office of Insular Affairs, part of the US Department of Interior and pled guilty to falsely certifying that he did not receive reportable gifts (sports and concert tickets) from Jack Abramoff. He received 2 years probation and had to pay a $1,000 fine.

Abramoff's Interior link gets 2 years probation

February 12, 2008

L Republican Rep. Bob Ney, was sentenced to thirty months for conspiracy to defraud the United States and to a charge of falsifying financial disclosure forms. Specifically, Ney conspired to help Jack Abramoff and his clients for luxury vacation trips, skybox seats at sporting events, campaign contributions and expensive meals. Also, tens of thousands of dollars in the form of gambling chips. (WIKI)

Ney Sentenced to 30 Months In Prison for Abramoff Deals

Ney Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges Lawmaker's Conviction Is 8th in Abramoff Probe

Ney is currently working in Columbus, Ohio, for the Talk Radio News Service as a researcher while living at a halfway house.

Liberal talk radio hires ex-con Ney

July 6, 2007

L Republican Jared Carpenter, vice president of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy (CREA), plead guilty to one count of tax evasion for not paying taxes for 3 years on about $238,000 of salary. He was sentenced to 45 days and 4 years probation.

Another Abramoff Guilty Plea

February 27, 2007

LWilliam Heaton, Chief of Staff for Rep. Bob Ney, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy. He was sentenced to 24 months probation, 100 hours community service, and a $5000 fine.

Former Aide to Ex-Congressman Ney Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Case

March 31, 2006

L Republican Tony Rudy, a former staffer for Tom Delay and lobbyist, pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy and is cooperating with investigators. His sentencing is deferred until the investigation is over, but he still faces up to five years in prison.

Former DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy

Plea Agreement:

November 21, 2005

LMichael Scanlon - Partner of Jack Abramoff, and former communications director for Tom Delay, pled guilty to conspiring to bribe a member of Congress and other public officials. He was forced to pay restitution to the Indian tribes to the tune of $19 million dollars.

Former Aide to DeLay Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy Case

September 12, 2007

LNeil Volz, was Chief of Staff to Representative Bob Ney, staff director of the House Administration Committee, and later went to work for Abramoff. After pleading guilty and cooperating with investigators Ney received two years probation, 100 hours community service, and a fine of $2,000, Volz provided evidence against Bob Ney and William Heaton and testified against David Safavian.

Former Aide to Rep. Ney Pleads Guilty

April 24, 2007

LMark Zachares, Congressional aide to Rep. Don Young who also pled guilty to the Abaramoff scandal. Zachares pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to deprive the public of honest services, in exchange for cash $30,000 in tickets to sporting events and the promise of a high-paying lobbying job. Zachares is cooperating with the on-going investigation.

Ex-Hill Aide Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Probe

18 to 24 Months in Jail Recommended for Providing Information, Steering Clients

March 29, 2006

L Republican Adam Kidan, partner with Jack Abramoff, was sentenced to 70 months for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and Wire Fraud for dealings with his SunCruz purchase. Also tied to the murder of Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis.

3 Charged in Killing Of Fla. Businessman Boulis Slain After 2000 Abramoff Deal

Abramoff Sentenced to Nearly 6 Years in Prison in Fraud Case

This editor is truly impressed with the writing of Sean Gardiner at the Village Voice for an extraordinary story about Kidan. Oct. 24, 2006

October 28, 2006

LDavid Hossein Safavian Chief of staff of the United States General Services Administration (GSA) was convicted of lying and concealing unethical dealings with lobbyist Jack Abramoff and received 18 months in prison. (WIKI)

Official in Abramoff Case Sentenced to 18 Months

Under Investigation:

September 27, 2007

L Republican Rep. John Doolittle, was served with a subpoena after his office and home was raided by the FBI. Earlier in 2007 Doolittle stepped down from the House Appropriations Committee and announced that he does not plan to run for re-election. Jack Abramoff and his clients have given tens of thousands of dollars to Doolittle and his wife.

Rep. Doolittle To Fight Subpoena In Abramoff Probe

Congressman Quits Panel After Raid

MERIT SYSTEM SCANDAL - KENTUCKY

August 24, 2006

Kentucky's Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher confessed to using his executive power to fire any state employee that wasn’t a Republican. His nine co-conspirators were all indicted but pardoned by Fletcher.

Click here for the indictment.

From Wiki:

"On May 11, 2006, Fletcher was indicted by a grand jury for three misdemeanors; conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination. All were related to the merit system investigation. The grand jury has returned a total of 29 indictments in the case — 14 of which remain sealed by the court."

Indictments handed down on June 14, 2005.

Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Fletcher#Merit_system_investigation

Talking Points Memo has also done a good job of revealing the criminals.

On August 24, 2006, Fletcher reached a deal with the Attorney General's office that led to the dismissal of the charges in exchange for Fletcher's acknowledgment that "the evidence strongly indicates wrongdoing by his administration with regard to personnel actions within the merit system. Further, the governor hereby states that these actions were inappropriate and that he regrets their occurrence and accepts responsibility for them as head of the executive branch of state government."

List of Republicans also indicted, but pardoned by the Governor.

LDan Druen, Transportation Commissioner also indicted for witness tampering. In December, 2005, Druen was charged with ten ethics counts stemming from the hiring scandal. Each of those counts carries a fine of up to $5,000. Pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

LTim Hazlette - Transportation Cabinet Personnel Director - Indicted - Pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

LBob Wilson, Deputy Personnel Secretary. Indicted. Pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

LDarrell Brock, Chairman of Kentucky GOP. Indicted. Pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

LBasil Turbyfill, Personnel Adviser to Gov. Fletcher. Indicted. Pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

LBill Nighbert, Transportation Secretary. Indicted Twice. Pardoned the first time. Trial has been set for July 26, 2006, but an update on its outcome is unknown to this editor.

LDick Murgatroyd, Deputy Chief of Staff to Gov. Fletcher. Indicted. Pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

LJim Adams, Deputy Transportation Secretary . Indicted. Pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

LCory Meadows, Executive Director, Transportation Dept. Indicted. Pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

L Republican Vincent Fields - Part of Fletcher’s local outreach office, (Local Initiatives for a New Kentucky). Indicted. Pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

L Republican Dave Disponett was an unpaid volunteer to Fletcher and served as treasurer of the Kentucky Republican Party. Indicted. Pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

L Republican J. Marshall Hughes, an unpaid volunteer advisor to Governor Ernie Fletcher. Indicted - pardoned by the Governor. (WIKI)

August 30, 2005

LSam Beverage, Indicted. Pardoned. Re-indicted. worked as a state highway engineer until he was fired by Governor Ernie Fletcher in September 2005. Beverage was named as a conspirator in the indictments of Daniel Groves and Vincent Fields and was indicted for perjury, a class D felony. The indictment alleges he gave false testimony to the grand jury on August 30, 2005. He was not covered by the pardon because perjury was not listed in the pardon. He was sentenced to two years probation for lying to a grand jury.

Fletcher administration faces more allegations

MURDER

April 17, 2008

L Former campaign staffer of Governor Mitt Romney and Republican candidate to the Iowa state legislature, Republican Matthew Joseph Elliott was listed as a pedophile. He is now charged with murder of an infant. Police ruled the case a homicide on Jan. 24 after investigators received an autopsy report that showed the victim died of head injuries.

Former Student President Appears On Murder Charge http://www.kcci.com/news/15912056/detail.html

Republican head, busted on sex offender charges

August, 24, 2000

L In an effort to be the last man standing on the ballot, Republican Byron "Low Tax" Looper murdered his Tennessee State senate opponent, Tommy Burks. Looper changed his middle name from Anthony to "Low Tax" for the ballot. He was sentenced to life without parole.

Election opponent found guilty in murder of state senator

VEHICULAR HOMICIDE

September 2000

Pennsylvanian State County State Representative, Republican Thomas Druce pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of accident after running over and killing a pedestrian with his SUV. Druce was also convicted of tampering with evidence and insurance fraud arising from this event. He was paroled after two years.

A PSA: Look both ways before crossing the street

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