Report: U.S. attorney knew of campaign allegations against GOP fund-raiser

[sabra]

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http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/11936349.htm

Report: U.S. attorney knew of campaign allegations against GOP fund-raiser in October

Associated Press


TOLEDO, Ohio - Federal authorities knew about allegations of improprieties involving the head of the Bush-Cheney campaign in northwest Ohio more than two weeks before the closely contested presidential election, a newspaper reported.

Greg White, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, said his office followed U.S. Department of Justice procedures in handling the matter, which remains under investigation, The Blade reported Sunday.

Democrats questioned why the allegations weren't made public until this spring, when a two-pronged scandal centered on investments by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation began to unfold. A key figure in the case is coin dealer Tom Noe, a prominent Republican fund-raiser who ran President Bush's re-election campaign in the Toledo area.

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White, a Bush appointee, said federal authorities had to check out the allegations before announcing their investigation or risk compromising the probe.
"This is something that requires a significant amount of investigation before you do, in essence, a public interview. A public announcement was made the first time that matters were overtly handled, in terms of search warrants and interviews of folks," White said.

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[Jackpine Radical]

1. So, like, if a cop sees a murder in progress

he has to stand by & watch it happen for fear he might contaminate the evidence if he tries to stop it.

[DBoon]

2. If a cop sees a republican politician murder someone

he can't report the crime until after the election, else he might be accused of being "part of the liberal media"

[marbuc]

4. Don't forget

"un=American."

[newyawker99]

19. Hi marbuc!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Can't report the crime at all.

Case in point: Lori Klausutis/Joe Scarborough

[ngGale]

7. Good case in point to...

n/t :kick: kick!

[GetTheRightVote]

3. Another group paid to be quiet by the * crime family

Democracy dies one step at a time, it has be dying for 4 1/2 years now.

:kick:

[NVMojo]

6. the families of the soldiers who died since Nov. 2 should be outraged!

things could have been somewhat different, we will never know ...

[sabra]

8. just add it to the list of items, that wasn't revealed but known

before the election...

[redqueen]

9. Allegations arose before '04 election (Democrats say Noe case concealed to

(Democrats say Noe case concealed to assist Bush)

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050619/NEWS24/50619020

OHIO SCANDAL
Allegations arose before '04 election
Democrats say Noe case concealed to assist Bush

President Bush made a campaign stop in Toledo in October. During the event, the President met backstage with Tom and Bernadette Noe, hugging each of them.

By JAMES DREW
and STEVE EDER
BLADE STAFF WRITERS


COLUMBUS - In the final weeks of the 2004 presidential race, the nation focused on Ohio as both campaigns carefully choreographed every move by their candidates, knowing one misstep could throw the keys to the White House into the hands of the opponent.

The national media scrutinized every detail of the high-stakes political battle, as President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry crisscrossed Ohio, energizing their bases and reaching out to swing voters in the Buckeye state, which ultimately decided the race by fewer than 120,000 votes.

At the same time - beneath the surface and out of public view - allegations were swirling that Tom Noe had laundered contributions into President Bush's campaign, and facts were emerging that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation had lost $215 million meant for injured workers in a Bermuda hedge-fund.

Now, more than six months later, those bombshells have created the biggest state government scandal in decades in Ohio. Democrats are charging that Republican leaders suppressed the potentially explosive information until all the votes were counted to save the President's re-election campaign.

[AuntiBush]

10. And New Mexico, Maryland, and other States, too.

First Florida: 2000
Then Ohio: 2004

Wake-up America... yeah, sure they will.

:banghead:

[wallwriter]

11. Great reporting from the Toledo Blade.

Will the MSM please pick this up?

[ewagner]

12. More snippets

gg

I think this article from the Toledo Blade is the harbinger of another big nationally televised Repub scandal....what do you think?

Link and snips:

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050...

Democratic allegations of a GOP cover-up in the loss of $215 million managed by a Pittsburgh firm have surged in the last few days. Records released last week show that high-ranking aides to Gov. Bob Taft worked to suppress revelations about the hedge fund loss in the final days before the presidential election.

If there was all of this negative publicity surrounding Noe as Bush was trying to carry Ohio, there would have been a firestorm of negative publicity," he added.

emphasis mine

[redqueen]

13. I like the headline I posted more than this one.

:P

[redqueen]

14. See?

The lack of a clear timeline in the original headline has this dropping like a rock. :(

[sabra]

15. so let's keep it kicked :-)

[redqueen]

16. A fine idea.

:hi:

[Straight Shooter]

18. I'm kicking it for a fine article and cuz I like your avatar.

:hi:

[stickdog]

17. kick