We have come to expect corruption among fhe government of Third World Nations, but here in our democracy we are above that, yes?.
Unfortunately the answer is no.
Below is a list of our 'upright' congressmen presently under investigation.
Have you heard of any of them being found guilty or actually convicted? Laughable!
In many cases they are investigating themselves, or being investigated by agencies under their control:
Sen Rick Renzi (R -AZ)
Rick Renzi is currently the subject of two Justice Department investigations. First, he is under investigation for his involvement in a federal land swap deal. While officials have not revealed details of the probe, it is widely believed that it surrounds legislation Renzi agreed to introduce in 2005 completing a land swap for a former business partner, James Sandlin. Second, Renzi is being probed for introducing legislation (which became law) exempting the Fort Huachuca Army base in Arizona from maintaining water levels in the nearby San Pedro River. ManTech International, a military contractor who has been one of Renzi's largest contributors and currently employs his father.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.)
Bob Menendez is under federal investigation by the U.S. attorney's office in Newark, N.J. Specifically, investigators are examining whether Menendez had an improper financial relationship with the North Hudson County Action Corp., a non-profit organization in Union City, N.J. Menendez leased a house to the group from 1994-2003. During this period, in which he was a member of the House Menendez received over $300,000 from the organization in rent payments.
Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.)
John Doolittle is reportedly under investigation by the Justice
Department's Public Integrity Unit for his ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Doolittle, who calls Abramoff a close friend, has accepted large amounts of campaign money from Abramoff (which he refused to return after the lobbyist's conviction), allegedly helped Abramoff's tribal clients in dealings with the Interior Department,
Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
Jane Harman is under investigation by the Justice Department for allegedly (with the help of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) enlisting wealthy donors to lobby then-House Minority Leader (and current House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi to retain her position as the head Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.)
In May 2006, ABC News cited "high-level official sources" in a report claiming that Hastert was under investigation by the FBI. According to the report, the FBI was looking into a letter Hastert wrote in 2003 urging then-Interior Secretary Gale Norton to block an Indian casino that would have competed with casinos operated by other tribes, which were represented by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.)
William Jefferson is currently under investigation for soliciting bribes in an international telecommunications deal and the Justice Department is probing seven other schemes in which he may have received or solicited bribes. Jefferson has had his house in New Orleans and his congressional office raided by the FBI. Jefferson was allegedly caught talking about giving and receiving bribes by a wiretap worn by a woman involved in the deal.
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.)
Jerry Lewis is currently under investigation for his use of the "earmarking" process to benefit a lobbyist and friend, Bill Lowery. Of interest to the investigation is the revolving door between Lewis' office and Lowery's – two Lewis staffers have gone to work for Lowery as lobbyists, with one of them coming back to Lewis' office – and Lewis' earmarking of projects for firms that Lowery represents,
Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.)
Gary Miller is under investigation by the FBI for his real estate transactions. Specifically, in 2000, Miller appeared at a Monrovia City Council meeting to lobby city officials to purchase 165 acres of his in order to convert it into a wilderness preserve. In 2002, Miller sold the 165 acres to the city, earning a profit of over $10 million.
Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.V.)
Alan Mollohan is under investigation for using the "earmarking" process to direct contracts to non-profit organizations headed by both campaign contributors and business partners. One report notes that Mollohan aided in giving at least $179 million in U.S. government contracts to twenty-one nonprofit groups and companies that gave $225,427 to the Robert H. Mollohan Family Charitable Foundation, for which Mollohan is secretary.
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.)
Tim Murphy is under federal investigation for allegedly having legislative staff members perform campaign-related activities in his Pennsylvania district office. The investigation was launched after several employees admitted to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that they had been asked to do campaign-related tasks such as distributing literature and mailing greeting cards to financial donors.
Information obtained from:
The Sunlight Foundation
Center for Media & Democracy
SourceWatch
It would make my day if all these Rotten Apples ended up in the "Slammer" with "Duke Cunningham". There are not enough Investigators to put all the Rotten Apples in Jail, and when you sit down and think about it George Bush would most likely Pardon most of them just before he leaves the "Cesspool" in 2009!
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Barbara Ann Jackson wrote:
Whether or not these legislators are crooks, they DO NOT HAVE, NOR HAVE THEY EXHIBITED capacities, nor exhibited INTENT to annihilate the quality of life for millions of people living in the Gulf South, as does the FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM'S track record of Apartheid- Agenda rulings have demonstrated! Now, a LONG OVERDUE call from the judiciary to IMPEACH New Orleans federal Judge G. Thomas Porteous finally came on December 2O, 2007. Judge Porteous' brazen conduct is consistent with how things are generally done within the Eastern District Federal Court System, located in New Orleans; of which the Federal 5th Circuit and the supreme court of Louisiana are also located in infamous New Orleans. Unfortunately, Chief Judge Ginger Berigan's statement of sadness for Judge Porteous and "our court" evidences an insulting disregard for the people and the businesses which have become irreparably harmed because of Porteous' longtime misuse of power. In fact, the patterns of how things are done there shows they are not willing to apply the law when doing so adversely affects one of them --unless the public knows too much about what occurred.
Also, noticeable is the lack of public outrage about the fact that, although Porteous' unlawful conduct has been public knowledge as far back as the days of the Bail Bonds Unlimited / Operation Wrinkled Robe scandals of which 2 judges, sheriffs and various people went to jail, the U.S. ATTORNEY JIM LETTEN refused to prosecute Porteous or lawyers who paid Porteous bribes, despite that even offering to bribe a federal judge is a criminal offense, aside from the fact that the judge pocketed it!
Likely, the most manifest illustration of New Orleans judicial corruption is evident from deliberate methods the courts enable real estate property to become APPROPRIATED UNLAWFULLY from defaulted borrowers. It is HIGHLY COMMON for DEBT COLLECTOR attorneys to file foreclosures naming DEFUNCT mortgage companies; or naming mortgage companies which NO LONGER holds the NOTES; or AFFIXING 'ransom' amounts (the collectors' fee) far exceeding the "Acceleration Clause."
The NATIONWIDE MORTGAGE MESS & FORECLOSURE CRISIS will be POSITIVELY IMPACTED by looking at real estate & mortgage racketeering schemes being OPENLY conducted by mortgage giants such as FREDDIE MAC and WELLS FARGO which courts in Louisiana facilitate!
-Mortgage Mess, Foreclosure Fraud and Impediments to Justice http://newsblaze.com/story/...
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Barbara Ann Jackson (Katrina displaced from New Orleans)
Law & Grace, Inc., http://www.lawgrace.org
