Posted on 12/16/2005 6:27:34 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
Not that I forgot about this event, but a FReeper poster on this thread alerted me to next week's sentencing date, Dec. 21, for Robert Creamer, who pleaded guilty this summer to charges largely involving kiting checks while heading the goo-goo organization Illinois Public Action Council.
Although she has not been implicated in any crimes, it's curious that Jan was serving on the board of directors of this self-appointed consumer watchdog group while her husband was shepherding the financial improprities at IPAC.
This August 31 USA Today article has more details on Creamers transgressions.
Congresswoman Schakowsky, a quite-liberal Democrat from Evanston, IL, is politicking the Dem politicos in the House--in spite of this impending bad news--with the goal of her becoming the vice chair of the House Democratic caucus, which would make Jan the fourth-ranking member of the House Democratic leadership. This write-up from The Hill explains it all. Two northeasterners, Joe Crowley of New York and Rubén Hinojosa of Connecticticut, are also candidates for that position. As far as I know, they don't have spouses awaiting sentencing.
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