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July 10, 2006
Carnival of Democratic Corruption Continues
Get this...it actually involves a CARNIVAL! How apropos:
A bankruptcy trustee for a carnival company whose owners received a pardon from President Clinton is seeking to garnish the bank accounts of Mr. Clinton's brother-in-law to recoup more than $100,000 in loans.
Anthony D. Rodham, one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's two brothers, got the loans from United Shows of America Inc. after its owners obtained the presidential pardon in March 2000 over the objections of the Justice Department.
Michael E. Collins, trustee for United Shows, filed papers in Alexandria bankruptcy court seeking the return of $107,000 plus $46,034 in interest from Mr. Rodham, 51, for the loans he received from the carnival company, which went bankrupt in 2002.
I really don't have a problem, legally speaking, with the Clinton pardons. Clinton was president and presidents have the power to pardon. To say that a president cannot pardon family members is to unfairly punish people who could be good candidates for pardons.
However, Clinton's actions were totally unethical and, short of the Clintons stealing the White House furniture, this was essentially Clinton giving America the finger.
Now, more on William Jefferson, Democrat, Louisiana:
Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan said members of Congress are not above the law. He rejected requests from lawmakers and Democratic Rep. William Jefferson to return material seized by the FBI in a May 20-21 search of Jefferson's office.
In a 28-page opinion, Hogan dismissed arguments that the first-ever raid on a congressman's office violated the Constitution's protections against intimidation of elected officials.
Jefferson's theory of legislative privilege "would have the effect of converting every congressional office into a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime," the judge said.
Now will the Dems run to the microphone and praise the "Rule of Law" and the judges decision like they did in their glee with the Hamdan decision?
Posted by Aaron at July 10, 2006 06:41 PM
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