politics scandals

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/us/idaho-legislator-accuser-identity-revealed/index.html Idaho Republicans extracting their pound of flesh from an intern that dared report a rape at the hands of a Republican lawmaker.

I won't include links becaust this sotry is all ovoer the place, pushing the CPAC confrenece off the lead news story place. IMHO this should be investigated, and if guilty, Cuomo should be punished. Sadly, too many Dems are making excuses for Cuomo, and playing the What About game by saying that...

FULL AUDIO: Call between President Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on election WASHINGTON, D.C. — Channel 2 Action News investigative reporter Justin Gray has independently obtained the full recording of a phone call between President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/bannon-build-the-wall-indictment/index.html Indicted for fraud. Seems he and others created a "We Build the Wall" fundraising campaign, but didn't use the money for building the wall. I wonder if there is also a "We Drain the Swamp" organization.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/07/21/ohio-bribery-case-state-official-charged-federal-prosecutors/5477862002/

To charges of misusing campaign funds. He was an early and fervent Trump supporter. This case has been going on for a couple of years. I'm sure there are many articles about it, but you can't beat this one: Congressman Pleads Guilty to Using Campaign Funds for Rabbit Travel

Pretty huge announcement out of Israel: This is going to cause some issues in US politics as well!

The Republican Party once again showing their true colours. Election of party official rocks Clark County GOP Man elected to post was convicted of residential burglary, violation of a civil anti-harassment order and furnishing alcohol to minors Excerpt: A 43 year old sneaking into a 15...

Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of improper relationships with staffers Seems like her estranged husband is out to get her and he has the goods to smear her too. Nowadays they call that "revenge porn" and supposedly it's illegal. Somehow compromising pictures of her are...

CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/28/middleeast/israel-benjamin-netanyahu-indictment-intl/index.html

Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, other federal prosecutors violated the rights of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-crime victims, judge rules

Alleged victims say powerful Georgia lawmaker repeatedly delays cases What a corrupt monster.

What can we say about Trump that hasn't already been said? I know, LOCK HIM UP! For all his chants of leading his fandom to cheers of 'Lock her up' when referring to Hillary . It is Trump that belongs in prison as does his children with the obvious exception of the daughter we never hear...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/staffer-who-doxed-republican-senators-faces-nearly-50-years-in-federal-prison "The former Democratic congressional staffer who posted personal information about Republican senators online faces nearly 50 years in prison. Jackson Cosko, a 27-year-old...

Apparently the kindly Nunes family of California dairy farmers are actually Iowa dairy farmers, something that Nunes and his whole family kinda keep out of the public eye. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a23471864/devin-nunes-family-farm-iowa-california/ I was going to put this into the...

Today's indictments name Duncan Hunter, a congressman from California, and Margaret Hunter, his wife, for fraudulently appropriating more than a quarter million dollars from his political campaign to pay for personal goods and luxuries.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens indicted on felony invasion of privacy charge stemming from affair tl;dr: Prior to being elected, Greitens had an affair with married woman took a picture of her naked, to which she did not consent. He admits he took the photo but denies he blackmailed her during the...

South African President, Jacob Zuma has finally resigned at the last minute. This comes after months of pressure. At the recent ANC elective conference, a new ANC president and working council was elected. This put Cyril Ramaphosa as the new ANC president. Since taking over the governing...

I'm surprised there isn't a thread on this already (if there is, I can't find it) http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/new-details-come-to-light-in-watergate-scandal-970735683642 Just goes to show what a bunch of criminals the Republicans really were under Tricky Dicky, and how much they...

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been indicted for lying to the FBI about hush money he paid to someone, apparently to cover up past misconduct. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/05/28/former-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-indicted/ Steve S

Short version: UKIP host an event and someone pays the £900 bill. Next day the UKIP MEP asks for a receipt for several times that amount so they can "repatriate the money from Europe". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-31976343 This news will likely make no difference to the UKIP core...

At first when I was reading the article I kind of thought "who cares": I mean, mileage seems like a kind of slow way to rip off the government. It adds up to a healthy chunk of change; however the timeline in the article says a bit more. Hopefully they'll get someone in office that is a bit...

According to AP, the computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Clinton's emails — on a private account she exclusively controlled and used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — traced back to an Internet service registered to her family's home in...

Slippery Pete is now being investigated for defrauding the Commonwealth of $900 in cab charges in 2010. Should Tony Abbott be investigated for possibly defrauding the Commonwealth of at least $6651 in 2009 whilst advertising his book Battlelines. From The Independent. Any comments on this. Do...

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/10/26/jeffco-democrat-of-the-year-convicted-of-felony-theft/ "The woman named “Democrat of The Year” this year by the Jefferson County Democratic Party has been convicted of felony theft by a Jefferson County jury for stealing from a developmentally disabled...

http://www.businessinsider.com/berlusconi-sentenced-to-4-years-in-jail-2012-10 I wonder if he'll ever do a single day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6RGhAdfgEUQ#! Here are some of Peter Slipper's text messages Warning - strong language. Plibersek evidently tried to hide these from publication; Gillard and Labor defended this bloke! And they accuse others of misogyny. Gillard fails...

What should happen to Peter Slipper. With the cabcharge and sexual harassment imbroglio, should he step down from the Speakers position until both matters are dealt with? I think he should. I think the Gillard Government should put the Slipper out, not in, to retain any resemblance of...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9005

Another month, another social conservative republican sex scandal. This one's pretty shocking though. This one involves a lawmaker (who happens to be a "family-values" conservative) bragging about his sexual exploits with two women, at least one a lobbyist, to another lawmaker. I don't think I...