so you are unable to condemn rangle which then proves my original point. you fools on the left have no problem trashing black republicans because they aren't your typical house slave for the dems. and by ignoring all the corrupt black dems you prove my point. thanks murky.
On Feb 9, 8:21 am, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> wrote: > this thread is about steel committing fraud do try to stay on topic > sunshine . > > On Feb 9, 6:55 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > and rangle did not pay taxes. condemn him murky. > > > On Feb 9, 6:51 am, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > steel committed fraud ! > > > > On Feb 9, 6:41 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > rangle didn't pay taxes. come on now boy, admit it, you will not > > > > condemn him cause he is a dem. > > > > > On Feb 9, 6:36 am, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > it is complete bullshit rangel didn't commit fraud this man did ! > > > > > > On Feb 9, 6:31 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > not bullshit the truth, and you cannot handle the truth. so where > > > > > > is > > > > > > your outrage over rangle, murky? come on where is it. show us, > > > > > > murky. > > > > > > > On Feb 9, 3:25 am, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > bullshit ! > > > > > > > > On Feb 8, 8:20 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > and I am pointing out that if he were a dem you would be > > > > > > > > defending > > > > > > > > him. rangle is a tax cheat, where is your outrage? you bring > > > > > > > > this up > > > > > > > > only because he is a black republican who is not one of the > > > > > > > > slaves to > > > > > > > > the dems. period. > > > > > > > > > On Feb 8, 8:09 am, "liberal mike532 !" > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > nice try bud roe i am pointing out he is a thief and > > > > > > > > > committed fraud ! > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 8, 8:04 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > you would say nothing murky if he was a house negro for you > > > > > > > > > > dems would > > > > > > > > > > ya. no you would not. so I shall use the same tactic you > > > > > > > > > > fools use. > > > > > > > > > > since you are attacking a black you must be racist. racist > > > > > > > > > > racist > > > > > > > > > > racist > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 8, 7:00 am, "liberal mike532 !" > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > aw yes another thoughtful and intelligent response from > > > > > > > > > > > lower case > > > > > > > > > > > mark ! > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 8, 6:55 am, Ohio mark > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > yawn. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 8, 5:46 am, "liberal mike532 !" > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > New RNC Chairman's Campaign Spending > > > > > > > > > > > > > Questionedhttp://www.truthout.org/020709E > > > > > > > > > > > > > Henri E. Cauvin, The Washington Post: "Michael S. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steele, the newly > > > > > > > > > > > > > elected chairman of the Republican National > > > > > > > > > > > > > Committee, arranged for > > > > > > > > > > > > > his 2006 Senate campaign to pay a defunct company run > > > > > > > > > > > > > by his sister > > > > > > > > > > > > > for services that were never performed, his finance > > > > > > > > > > > > > chairman from > > > > > > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > > > > > campaign has told federal prosecutors." > > > > > > > > > > > > > Federal agents in recent days contacted Steele's > > > > > > > > > > > > > sister, a > > > > > > > > > > > > > spokesman > > > > > > > > > > > > > for Steele said yesterday. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The claim about the payment, one of several > > > > > > > > > > > > > allegations by Alan > > > > > > > > > > > > > B. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fabian, is outlined in a confidential court document. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fabian offered > > > > > > > > > > > > > the information last March as he was seeking leniency > > > > > > > > > > > > > for himself > > > > > > > > > > > > > during plea negotiations on unrelated fraud charges. > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is unclear > > > > > > > > > > > > > how > > > > > > > > > > > > > extensively his claims have been pursued. Prosecutors > > > > > > > > > > > > > gave him no > > > > > > > > > > > > > credit for cooperation when he was sentenced in > > > > > > > > > > > > > October. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steele spokesman Curt Anderson said he did not > > > > > > > > > > > > > know what > > > > > > > > > > > > > information the federal agents were seeking, but he > > > > > > > > > > > > > dismissed > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fabian's > > > > > > > > > > > > > allegations as patently false. "It's from, what, a > > > > > > > > > > > > > convicted felon? > > > > > > > > > > > > > And it has no substantiation in fact," he said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fabian's claims emerge as Steele begins his new > > > > > > > > > > > > > role at the RNC, > > > > > > > > > > > > > where he oversees the raising and spending of > > > > > > > > > > > > > hundreds of millions of > > > > > > > > > > > > > dollars in party money. The former Maryland > > > > > > > > > > > > > lieutenant governor has > > > > > > > > > > > > > faced questions about his handling of campaign money > > > > > > > > > > > > > in prior > > > > > > > > > > > > > elections and was twice fined for missing filing > > > > > > > > > > > > > deadlines. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The recent allegations outlined four specific > > > > > > > > > > > > > transactions. In > > > > > > > > > > > > > addition to the payment to Steele's sister, Fabian > > > > > > > > > > > > > said that the > > > > > > > > > > > > > candidate used money from his state campaign > > > > > > > > > > > > > improperly; that Steele > > > > > > > > > > > > > paid $75,000 from the state campaign to a law firm > > > > > > > > > > > > > for work that was > > > > > > > > > > > > > never performed; and that he or an aide transferred > > > > > > > > > > > > > more than > > > > > > > > > > > > > $500,000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > in campaign cash from one bank to another without > > > > > > > > > > > > > authorization. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The bank transfer was made against the explicit > > > > > > > > > > > > > wishes of other > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maryland Republicans, who had hoped to use it to > > > > > > > > > > > > > support the > > > > > > > > > > > > > campaigns > > > > > > > > > > > > > of state legislators, said aides to Steele and former > > > > > > > > > > > > > governor Robert > > > > > > > > > > > > > L. Ehrlich Jr. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The U.S. attorney's office inadvertently sent the > > > > > > > > > > > > > confidential > > > > > > > > > > > > > document, a defense sentencing memorandum filed under > > > > > > > > > > > > > seal, to The > > > > > > > > > > > > > Washington Post after the newspaper requested the > > > > > > > > > > > > > prosecution's > > > > > > > > > > > > > sentencing memorandum. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein declined to > > > > > > > > > > > > > comment. Fabian could > > > > > > > > > > > > > not be reached, and his attorney, James Wyda, > > > > > > > > > > > > > declined to comment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > According to the filing, Wyda gave prosecutors > > > > > > > > > > > > > "documents > > > > > > > > > > > > > supporting [the] allegations." Wyda wrote in the > > > > > > > > > > > > > memorandum that the > > > > > > > > > > > > > government declined to credit Fabian for cooperating > > > > > > > > > > > > > "presumably > > > > > > > > > > > > > because its investigation is ongoing." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Post corroborated some details of Fabian's > > > > > > > > > > > > > claims through > > > > > > > > > > > > > public records and interviews with former staff > > > > > > > > > > > > > workers. Other > > > > > > > > > > > > > details > > > > > > > > > > > > > were disputed by people involved in the transactions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In one of his allegations, Fabian points to a > > > > > > > > > > > > > February 2007 > > > > > > > > > > > > > payment by Steele's Senate campaign of more than > > > > > > > > > > > > > $37,000 to Brown > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sugar Unlimited, the company run by Steele's sister, > > > > > > > > > > > > > Monica Turner. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Campaign finance records list the expense as having > > > > > > > > > > > > > been for > > > > > > > > > > > > > "catering/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > web services." Turner filed papers to dissolve the > > > > > > > > > > > > > company 11 months > > > > > > > > > > > > > before the payment was received. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Turner, a doctor and the former wife of Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tyson, declined > > > > > > > > > > > > > yesterday to describe any services she provided to > > > > > > > > > > > > > the campaign. "Ah, > > > > > > > > > > > > > it's the 'sabotage Michael Steele' story," she told a > > > > > > > > > > > > > reporter before > > > > > > > > > > > > > closing the door of her home in Potomac. "No, I'm not > > > > > > > > > > > > > with that > > > > > > > > > > > > > program.... I'm not going to do this." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anderson, Steele's spokesman, said Turner "did a > > > > > > > > > > > > > lot of media > > > > > > > > > > > > > stuff" for the campaign. He later provided a copy of > > > > > > > > > > > > > an invoice for > > > > > > > > > > > > > nearly $15,000 for catering services for one event in > > > > > > > > > > > > > October 2006 > > > > > > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > > > > for another in July 2007. The invoice was dated > > > > > > > > > > > > > December 2006, a > > > > > > > > > > > > > discrepancy Anderson said was a typographical error. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Federal election law permits a candidate's family > > > > > > > > > > > > > members to be > > > > > > > > > > > > > paid for work on a campaign. Any compensation must be > > > > > > > > > > > > > for actual > > > > > > > > > > > > > services and must be at a fair market rate. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a separate allegation, Fabian described the > > > > > > > > > > > > > bank withdrawal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > After the 2006 election, an aide transferred the > > > > > > > > > > > > > funds that had been > > > > > > > > > > > > > raised for Steele's lieutenant governor campaign - > > > > > > > > > > > > > more than $600,000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > - out of what had been the campaign's bank account. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fabian characterized the transfer as improper > > > > > > > > > > > > > because the aide > > > > > > > > > > > > > lacked signatory authority over the account. Anderson > > > > > > > > > > > > > said it was > > > > > > > > > > > > > appropriate because Steele had authorization and the > > > > > > > > > > > > > aide was acting > > > > > > > > > > > > > on his behalf. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Either way, the transfer strained relations > > > > > > > > > > > > > between Ehrlich and > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steele. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The money had been raised for Steele in concert > > > > > > > > > > > > > with Ehrlich. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Much > > > > > > > > > > > > > of it, in fact, had been brought in by Ehrlich's > > > > > > > > > > > > > team, said a senior > > > > > > > > > > > > > Republican fundraiser and as well as a former Steele > > > > > > > > > > > > > aide, each > > > > > > > > > > > > > speaking on condition of anonymity because of the > > > > > > > > > > > > > sensitivity of the > > > > > > > > > > > > > matter. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Because Steele had decided to run for Senate > > > > > > > > > > > > > rather than state > > > > > > > > > > > > > office, Ehrlich wanted to turn the money in Steele's > > > > > > > > > > > > > state account > > > > > > > > > > > > > over to the state party > > ... > > read more ยป --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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