Posted on 07/08/2008 8:56:43 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
The California Democratic Party has donated $250,000 to help Don Perata pay off his legal bills, as the Senate Democratic leader continues to rack up expenses fending off an ongoing FBI corruption investigation.
The party made the quarter-million dollar donation on July 1, according to campaign filings.
The money comes just in time for Perata, who, according to a May disclosure, had only $273 cash on hand in his legal defense fund and $250,000 in unpaid bills.
Jason Kinney, a spokesman for Perata on legal issues, said the donation -- and the continuing expenses -- are "no indication of anything."
"As long as this scurrilous and seemingly endless investigation continues to meander, Senator Perata will unfortunately continue to accrue significant legal expenses," Kinney said.
An Oakland-based federal grand jury launched the Perata investigation in 2004, probing the business dealings of Perata, his family and close friends. That year, FBI agents raided the homes of both Perata and his son, Nick. A year later, investigators subpoenaed Perata's Senate e-mails over a six-year period.
The FBI probe has been publicly quiet of late, last bubbling to the surface in November, when the Los Angeles Times reported on recent activity by investigators. There has been no indication the probe is close to ending, either with an indictment or nothing at all.
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Apparently he didn’t steal enough to pay for attorneys to protect him from the fallout of his corruption...
Word of caution to future corrupt politicians. If you’re going to be corrupt, be absolutely corrupt. The penny and dimes stuff won’t keep you out of jail. /sarc
a spokesman for Perata on legal issues, said the donation — and the continuing expenses — are “no indication of anything.”
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IOW, nothing to see here, move along.. ;-)
William Jefferson will be in jail before this creep is ever indicted at the rate things are moving along investigation-wise.
pretty much his whole family was involved in influence peddling.. much as Harry Reid and his family.
What do you bet they just let him leave office and they never indict this scumbag?
Sickening.
They sure don’t do that with Republicans, huh?.
Here’s hoping Russoniello doesn’t pooch this one.
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