Pardoned gaming executive made donations to Bush campaign

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: The Raw Story

Another set of donations to the Republican Party made by a white-collar convict pardoned by President Bush has been revealed.

Alan Maiss, former president of Bally Gaming, made two contributions totaling $1,500 to President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign. That same year, he also donated $1,000 to former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt's presidential campaign on the Democratic ticket.

Maiss pled guilty in 1995 to charges that he failed to report a fellow executive's ties to organized crime to Federal authorities. Christopher Tanfield, founder of Worldwide Gaming, was reported to be an associate of amusement park operator Eugene Gilpin, found guilty of helping the Genovese crime family run a gambling operation.

Maiss was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $5,000. An appeal was denied in 2002. His pardon was one of 19 performed by Bush on Tuesday.


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[aquart]

1. Good ol' Pay to Play George.

[Double T]

2. Bribe your way out of convictions. No surprise here. SSDD!!

[oldtime dfl_er]

3. gee Im so surprised

:sarcasm:

[proudAZdem]

4. This doesn't surprise me at all...

Of all the things Bush has done to destroy our country, pardoning a GOP donor is the least of his crimes.

Check out his other policies that show that Bush is the Worst President Ever: http://tv1.com/playlists/105

[roseBudd]

5. but Clinton did it first!

[cstanleytech]

7. Clinton did it for more $$$ to :P lol All joking aside regardless who does it

still stinks when they do, perhaps the DoJ needs new guildlines as well to deal with these kind of things.

[proud progressive]

6. sadly, do we really think this is just bush and the gop? no, this is politics 101.

[Doctor_J]

8. Big Media is still talking about Marc Rich 8 years later

I wonder if they will bash Smirk with Maiss for 8 years.

:eyes:

[JDPriestly]

9. I have a theory about gaming and the Bushies. It isn't nice.

The Bushes are a little gang unto themselves, they and their friends. I think they should feel quite comfortable with gangsters from the gaming business. Who knows just how close their link is? Judging from Abramoff's dealings, the ties should not be all that hard to find.

I wonder whether Bush will pardon Abramoff.