Ethics Committee Delays Rangel, Waters Trials as New Poll Says Pelosi Failed...
It’s official. The House Ethics Committee will not conduct trials of Reps. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Maxine Waters (D-NY) until safely after the November 2 election. Ethics Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)...
View ArticleJesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty to $750K in Campaign Fund Thefts
The elder Jesse Jackson has grown wealthy these past couple decades mainly by shaking down corporations. One of his sons, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. (see photo), has preferred a different...
View ArticleNewark Mayor Cory Booker Linked to Pay-to-Play Scheme
The New York Postreports today:A Newark nonprofit tied to associates of Cory Booker acted as a clearinghouse for lucrative construction contracts in exchange for donations to his charity and mayoral...
View ArticleCorruption Surrounds World Bank Loan for Argentina
The United States is broke. The federal government has to borrow 40% of each dollar it spends. We send billions to lending institutions, most of all, the World Bank, to which the American taxpayer is...
View ArticleNYC Councilman Ruben Wills Busted
New York City Councilman Ruben Wills of Queens was arrested today on corruption charges, the latest New York politician to be caught up in investigations apparently triggered by NLPC. According to the...
View ArticleRangel Campaign Manager Set Up Fake Charity
The axiom that "all that rises must converge" is upside down in New York State where all that falls is now converging. According to the New York Post, Rep. Charles Rangel's campaign manager helped...
View ArticleNY Times: Cuomo ‘Hobbled’ Anti-Corruption Moreland Commission
On Wednesday the New York Times published an account of how New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff derailed the workings of an anti-corruption commission that Cuomo had established with great...
View ArticleMcDonnell Going to Jail, but We're Stuck With His Taxes
Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife were found guilty yesterday of charges related to their acceptance of gifts from a businessman named Jonnie Williams, Sr. They are most likely going...
View ArticleSheldon Silver Latest Domino to Fall in New York Political Scandals
Ex-New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was convicted this week on corruption charges, is the latest domino to fall as New York’s culture of political corruption unravels. The next is likely...
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