corruptionGood morning, Baltimore Submitted by Adam Smith on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 4:58pm.
A few people in Baltimore did not wake up as excited to be in the city as Tracy Turnblad earlier this week. Councilwoman Helen Holton and developer Ronald Lipscomb were indicted Wednesday on bribery charges related to tax breaks for buildings under construction on the city's harbor waterfront.
Supreme Bribery Submitted by Adam Smith on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 5:45pm.
It's a day that ends in Y this week, so someone must be getting indicted. The Justice Department has charged former New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Spargo with attempted extortion and federal program bribery.
Blagojevich arrested Submitted by Adam Smith on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 12:44pm.
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) was arrested on federal charges today. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald calls the charges of pay-to-play politics "staggering."
This isn't Monopoly Submitted by Adam Smith on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 5:58pm.
It's been a long time since Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA) resigned his Congressional seat in disgrace and the man that bribed him-Mitchell Wade-was convicted. Three years to be exact and Wade is finally about to be sentenced. There go the frequent flier miles Submitted by Adam Smith on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 11:03am.
Well, it looks like Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) may not make it back to the Senate after all. While things looked good after the election, the AP has now called the race for his Democratic opponent Mark Begich.
What a Racket(eering) Submitted by Adam Smith on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 9:57am.
Congressman Rick Renzi, already in trouble on corruption charges, received more bad news yesterday. Federal prosecutors added new counts to his indictment, including "racketeering, making a false statement on a tax return and other counts to an indictment against Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi.  |
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