2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: MAY I ask this: Do people here who remember Watergate [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Nixon gave exactly ZERO speeches in front of Corporate Podium, for cash or for free.
Hillary and her hubby have made tens of millions of dollars doing that, but they assure us there is no "Quid Pro Quo.
Nixon didn't need to assure the nation of his lack of ties to Big Banking. For one thing, is remarkable "price rollback" of 1973 showed the Banking Community that the president was willing to play hard ball. Some historians have gone on the record saying that this price roll back was so unfavorable to Nixon's popularity among the Elite that it became the Number one reason that Watergate hearings proceeded. Don't know if that is the case or not, but i do know that after the rollback, Big Business didn't feel that kindly toward the man they had voted for in two election cycles.
Of course there are ways the two people have similarities. Nixon had his Rebozo; while Hillary has her and her hubby's involvement with arch economic criminal Marc Rich.
And then we find out that she is closely tied to the Fattah's, who have been in big legal trouble. This week Fattah has been relieved of his duties as a superdelegate, making it two delegates for Hillary removed for corruption.
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Congressman Chaka Fattah and Associates Charged with Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy
A member of Congress and four of his associates were indicted today for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy involving several schemes that were intended to further the political and financial interests of the defendants and others by, among other tactics, misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal, charitable and campaign funds.
Congressman Chaka Fattah Sr., 58, of Philadelphia; lobbyist Herbert Vederman, 69, of Palm Beach, Florida; Fattahs Congressional District Director Bonnie Bowser, 59, of Philadelphia; and Robert Brand, 69, of Philadelphia; and Karen Nicholas, 57, of Williamstown, New Jersey, were charged today in a 29-count indictment with participating in a racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including bribery; conspiracy to commit mail, wire and honest services fraud; and multiple counts of mail fraud, falsification of records, bank fraud, making false statements to a financial institution and money laundering.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Departments Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Special Agent in Charge Edward J. Hanko of the FBIs Philadelphia Division and Special Agent in Charge Akeia Conner of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Philadelphia Field Office made the announcement.
As charged in the indictment, Congressman Fattah and his associates embarked on a wide-ranging conspiracy involving bribery, concealment of unlawful campaign contributions and theft of charitable and federal funds to advance their own personal interests, said Assistant Attorney General Caldwell. When elected officials betray the trust and confidence placed in them by the public, the department will do everything we can to ensure that they are held accountable. Public corruption takes a particularly heavy toll on our democracy because it undermines peoples basic belief that our elected leaders are committed to serving the public interest, not to lining their own pockets.