US Attorney probing RNC chairman

[kpete]

Source: Raw Story

US Attorney probing RNC chairman
John Byrne
Published: Saturday February 7, 2009

Paid sister for bogus services, ex-finance chairman says
A US Attorney's office "erroneously" sent a confidential court document to The Washington Post after the Post requested a different file, exposing that 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 have contacted Steele's sister, the chairman's spokesman told the paper.

"Fabian offered the information last March as he was seeking leniency for himself during plea negotiations on unrelated fraud charges," the Post said. "It is unclear how extensively his claims have been pursued. Prosecutors gave him no credit for cooperation when he was sentenced in October."

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/RNC_chairman_under_paid_sister_for_0207.html

[Maeve]

1. Pass the popcorn!

:popcorn:

[ooglymoogly]

46. forget the popcorn, more fun watching the popped brains

coming out every orifice of these above the law pugthugs; Who for the last eight years have been just that.

[DissedByBush]

64. I'm bringing the butter

I love to see political crooks get burned.

[Daemonaquila]

2. It's been what, a full week?

Good humor! Bets on how long it takes before they replace him?

Poor guy... he just demanded the entire RNC staff resign yesterday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/06/new-rnc-chair-demands-ent_n_164584.html

[Ian David]

3. This is gonna be a fun eight years! n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

72. Yes it is LOL!! nt

[nc4bo]

4. Oh my! So quick, so efficient, so amazingly vicious. LOL

You just had to know that most pukes did not want Steele to head the RNC.

:rofl: :popcorn:

[beac]

13. And now they can say they TRIED having a black leader, but

OBVIOUSLY that didn't work out.


I wonder if they will elect a Latina woman with a scandal-in-waiting next-- just so they can say they really gave "inclusiveness" the old college try before handing the reins back to a rich, white man.

[SpiralHawk]

5. REPUBLICON 'family values' strike again

ptoooey

[surrealAmerican]

79. You mean nepotism isn't a family value?

How about fraud?

[zazen]

6. "he paid >$37,000 to Brown Sugar Unlimited, a company run by Steele's sister, Monica Turner."

I wonder what services a company called "Brown Sugar" would provide. This name alone would have to be driving the WASP republicans crazy.

[jazzjunkysue]

20. Sounds like the new pancake platter at IHOP: Brown Sugar Unlimited!

:rofl:

[FLyellowdog]

50. Another Monica? OMG

[Baby Snooks]

61. Some would flee...

But where would go they go? They hate Democrats. Simply because they believe all Democrats are minorities.

Some of the Republican "ladies who lunch" were just now recuperating from Sarah Palin. And now this. They'll probably blame it on a left-wing conspiracy or something.

It is nice to know minorities are welcome in the Republican Party. Particularly if they share the belief that corruption is a virtue.

[RJ Connors]

74. Brown Sugar, You're not making me feel so go, uh-hu.

[Hokie]

75. Brown Sugar Unlimited

There are only two things a company with that name could supply. One is cookies and the other is ......

I will vote for the second.
:smoke:

[faulknercindy]

7. So if found guilty

what's the penalty I wonder?

[jmowreader]

40. If found guilty he'll be sentenced to run the RNC for life

I thought being a criminal was one of the qualifications for the job he has now.

[crossroads]

51. LOL... good one! nt

[Vinca]

8. But, but, but . . . it was a "clerical" error.

:rofl:

[Dr.Phool]

9. And Steele was the best and brightest at the bottom of the barrel.

Everybody else was even worse. If you can imagine.

Bring on Ken Blackwell!

[glitch]

15. They are in an impossible position: finding someone who isn't corrupt

from within their ranks. It can't be done.

[jazzjunkysue]

21. Finding someone who hasn't beaten/abandonded/cheated on his wife.

:popcorn:

[SoCalDem]

56. Remember the one who choked his wife/girlfriend?

who was that?..I forgot his name.. I think he was from a western state

[NBachers]

69. You mean Don Sherwood the Pennsylvania Strangler?

From Wonkette:

Good-bye To the Pennsylvania Strangler! Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

We’ll miss you, Republican Congressman Don Sherwood.

54-46 is the current breakdown. Campaign visits by Cheney and Bush did not help, obviously.

He ran a great campaign. Stranglin’ Sherwood always claimed that he didn’t really strangle the bitch. Sure, he paid her half a million dollars to shut up until tomorrow, but that’s just politics!

Good-bye, Don. See you in Hell, you sick sack of trash. (And that means the Dems need just two seats?) Can we run the campaign poster once again, for old time’s sake? Okay, after the jump.

End of Wonkette article

And let's not forget about Shotgun Randy Kuhl from New York's 29th district, who was beat by awesome Eric Massa in 2008:

From Top Ten Conservative Idiots No. 260 http://journals.democraticunderground.com/top10/260

At the end of September, Vice President Dick Cheney will attend a fundraiser for Rep. Randy Kuhl (R-NY). So what? Well, funny story actually - it turns out that both Dick Cheney and Randy Kuhl have been involved in shotgun-related incidents.

As you all probably know, earlier this year Cheney shot 78-year-old Harry Whittington in the face after mistaking him for a quail (see Idiots 233). But what you probably didn't know is that, according to Roll Call, "widely reported divorce records showed that Kuhl, currently running for his second term, pulled not one but two shotguns on his wife during a 1994 dinner party at their home. Kuhl's ex-wife also described him as an abusive drunk who 'hustled women.'"

[Left Coast2020]

66. How about my dog? All he does is fart once in awhile?

:sarcasm:

[glitch]

73. Well, if he's a registered republican I suppose they could nominate him.

I have no doubt he'd be an improvement.

[Stanchetalarooni]

10. I think I've heard this guy sub for William Bennett on early morning talk radio.

These guys talk the talk without any shame whatsoever.
Of course when it comes to walking the walk......
...they end up stepping on their own dicks!

[No Elephants]

30. You may be giving their, um, anatomy, way too much credit.

[icnorth]

55. That strikes me as an anatomical impossibility,

unless of course you are speaking figuratively. ;)

[webDude]

60. Speak for yourself. (har har!!!)

text

[FarCenter]

11. Did the sister or sister's company declare the income to the IRS?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

29. my second thought exactly.

my first thought was how to stop laughing out loud so much.

[ScaryBob]

12. HAHAHAH haha hhha ahaha

Man of Steele --> Man of Cardboard

Just when I thought that XMas was over!!!

[Daemonaquila]

19. Oh no!

The Rethugs are the gift that keeps on giving (at least once Bush & Co got their grubby hands in).

[BootinUp]

14. This is rich.

lolololol.

He isn't chairman for 2 weeks before he turns up rotten.

[merh]

16. This shows that the GWB admin's Attorney General had the

information since last March - does it take a new Attorney General or a change of admin for the AG's office to investigate allegations made against republicans?

Stevens was their sacrificial lamb, when the truth about their efforts to destroy dems came to light, when it was just too obvious, they went after a repug - they just were so sloppy it is likely the conviction will be reversed.

[No Elephants]

32. My first thought exactly "last March."

[cherish44]

17. Hopefully what ever they're probing him with is spikey and medieval

nt

[beac]

31. I like the way you think!

Welcome to DU!! :hi:

[alfredo]

18. If there's going to be probes, maybe Vitter would be interested.

[jazzjunkysue]

22. Paging Jeff Gannon.

Oh, yeah. He's gone, now.

I forgot!!!

:toast:

[No Elephants]

35. How do we know he's gone?

[alfredo]

39. He's now a Restroom Attendant in a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop.

[ooglymoogly]

43. and will do any job for cash nt

[Left Coast2020]

67. How about "WWWIIIIIIDDDDE stance Larry Craig?

:hurts:

[alfredo]

80. Larry has a bad rash and can't join in.

[No Elephants]

33. Oh, BeHAVE!

[alfredo]

37. Hell no.

[beac]

34. Vitter will only be interested AFTER Steele is actually hauled into court:

[alfredo]

41. BTW, his diapers are made by Armani.

[pnorman]

44. Gotta save that photo!

Never tell when it might be URGENTLY needed! THANKS!

pnorman

[SoCalDem]

58. Time to re-post the Vitter picture parade..

[alfredo]

59. Oh yuck! That's going to leave a scar.

[beac]

62. Awesome. AND terrifying.

:rofl:

[eridani]

68. Shouldn't that last one be

"Depends" on me?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

71. ROFLMAO!!! Thank you for that....

Now I think I'll just go :puke:

[crossroads]

52. LOLOLOLOL

[underpants]

78. Like this? (from CNN today)

[CATagious]

23. "How do you like me now?" LOL nm

[Arugula Latte]

24. I hope he's also probed by aliens.

:evilgrin:

[No Elephants]

36. I don't know about aliens, but I have a feeling some undocumented folk

might enjoy probing with a sharp instrument.

[Enrique]

25. BrownSugarGate

In one allegation, Fabian says Steele's Senate campaign paid more than $37,000 to Brown Sugar Unlimited, a company run by Steele's sister, Monica Turner. Records show the expense being for "catering/web services," but Turner filed to dissolve her company 11 months before the payment was received.

[riskpeace]

26. She was married to Mike Tyson

You'd think she would have been financially secure after that divorce.

[Catherine Vincent]

27. Problems problems.

They didn't vet the Steele.

[Mr. Sparkle]

28. I never thought the republicans would turn on themselves so quickly, how delightful !

[No Elephants]

38. Pubs did not turn on Steele at all. To the contrary, they had suspicious info on him for

almost a year and did nothing about it, except elect him head of their Party.

[Mr. Sparkle]

77. I think Steele's election as party chairman went down with some of the faithful like a lead balloon.

I knew some republicans were going to turn against him, but not this quick.

[whistle]

42. As most certainly must be done

[Dappleganger]

45. Yummy, hot schadenfreude fresh out of the oven!

[ooglymoogly]

47. The free ride Bushco gave all the pugthugs turns out to be the rope to hang themselves;

At least in that respect the next eight years are going to be very gratifying.

[704wipes]

63. what will be cool was all the background they did to control

these types of guys. When they had the DOJ you know they used to check on their own so they could remind them of all their foibles when it came time for a close vote, etc. Now all that research for that purpose is available to the court system as it should have been all along. But you know they were using it for party control/solidarity.

[ooglymoogly]

48. KR NT

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. I know he's a phlegm wad; but I can't help feeling a little sorry for him...

He's basically a very intelligent, well-spoken man. If he wasn't such a rabid rethuglican, he could be a tremendous inspiration to young people, particularly young black people.

His folks were Democrats. I wonder why he turned to the dark side of the Force.

[Alcibiades]

54. Because it's highly renumerative

Steele has been after money for the whole of his career. It's what he's all about: he was created by Maryland Republicans as a black sock puppet. I lived in Maryland back when he began his political career, and was unimpressed by him then, and now. I have no doubt he is sincerely conservative, but I also think that he's a mediocrity.

The most important thing you should know about Michael Steele is that he's for sale. Always has been, always will be.

[dixiegrrrrl]

53. See? They are always about sex....always.

"US Attorney probing RNC chairman"

[eleny]

57. High horses have slippery saddles

[raysr]

65. Jagger/Richards

...................Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
(a-ha) brown sugar, just like a young girl should
A-huh.

Drums beating, cold english blood runs hot,
Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop.
House boy knows that hes doin alright.
You should a heard him just around midnight.
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
(a-ha) brown sugar, just like a black girl should
A-huh

[Sarah Ibarruri]

70. Um....

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[Hokie]

76. Why doesn't this thread show up on the Greatest Page? NT

On edit. I guess it has past 24 hours. Never mind.