Posted on 08/01/2006 2:15:51 PM PDT by AKSurprise
Former N.C. Rep. Michael Decker admitted in federal court today receiving $50,000 and a legislative job for his son in exchange for supporting Jim Black for a third term as House speaker in 2003.
The former Forsyth County lawmaker, who switched parties from Republican to Democrat, pleaded guilty to a single of charge of conspiracy to extort, commit mail fraud and launder money.
He is to be sentenced Nov. 1. He could get five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The plea agreement read in court today said that Decker met with a Democratic House member to discuss the political deal, but the papers did not name that person. Later, Decker received an envelope containing $38,000 in checks and $12,000 in cash, court documents said. An unnamed Democratic House member delivered the money, whose source was unclear. A prosecutor said that much of the money went into Decker's campaign account.
Decker's support created a 60-60 split in the House, allowing Black to remain as co-speaker. Black, a Mecklenburg County Democrat, in 2003 entered into a power-sharing agreement with Republican Rep. Richard Morgan.
Although Black was not named, he has testified in a Board of Elections hearing that he raised campaign money for Decker after Decker agreed to support him.
Decker reported spending campaign funds on a car and a trip to Florida to pick up the car. He pocketed a $4,000 contribution from Black, and State Board of Elections hearings found that Decker cashed $3,400 in contributions from Black's fellow optometrists that he did not disclose.
Black and Decker? you jest
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The plea agreement read in court today said that Decker met with a Democratic House member to discuss the political deal, but the papers did not name that person. Later, Decker received an envelope containing $38,000 in checks and $12,000 in cash, court documents said. An unnamed Democratic House member delivered the money, whose source was unclear.
"but the papers did not name that person"
...WHY NOT?
"An unnamed Democratic House member delivered the money"
...WHY AREN'T THESE PEOPLE PROSECUTED AS WELL?
how can any (even mediocre) reporter ignore those questions?
someone is protecting the co-conspirator(s)...
so that is how North Carolina consistently votes for freedom-loving, heroic representatives/sentators for the federal goverment yet consistently gets socialist, abortionist-loving, tax-and spend, power hungary idoits in the state government...
....this is the tip of the ice burg here in North Carolina....the North Carolina Democratic party is a massive corrupt octopus w/ tentacles reaching far and wide into currupt pockets...
"Decker, a former Republican, faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced in November."
we can rewrite the obviously biased journalism...
"Decker, a Democrat who received $38,000 in checks and $12,000 in cash from an unnamed Democratic House member to switch political parties, faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced in November. Mystery surrounds the identity of the unnamed Democratic House member(s) and why they are not being prosecuted on bribery charges."
would be better journalism....
what kind of reporter wouldn't dig deeper to find out who "unnamed Democratic House member delivered the money" is?
where is Lois Lane when you need her?
The Republican party of NC isn't worth s**t. The Democrats of NC are the undead. After running things (into the ground) for over a century, you still can't get rid of them.
When Speaker Black does the perp walk things should start to improve.
That's ok, something would be seriously wrong if someone didn't add an image of a Black and Decker product.
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