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Pa. AG shuts down corruption sting when too many fellow Dems caught redhanded
http://libertyunyielding.com ^ | march 17, 2014 | Colin Flaherty

Posted on 03/17/2014 6:28:40 PM PDT by lowbridge

It started as a plea arrangement between a lobbyist arrested for fraud and the Republican attorney general of the state of Pennsylvania. And it ended not with a bang but a whimper by the new Democratic attorney general, who shut down the investigation without filing a single charge.

Philly.com quotes Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane, who took office in 2013, as telling the Inquirer that the investigation was “poorly conceived, badly managed, and tainted by racism, saying it had targeted African Americans.”

The undercover sting, begun three years ago by Kane’s predecessor, Republican Tom Corbett, captured leading Philadelphia Democrats, including four local members of the state’s House delegation, on tape accepting money. The lobbyist who agreed to wear a wire and tape officials reacting to offers of cash and/or gifts is Tyron B. Ali, 40, who was arrested in a $430,000 fraud case.

“Sources with knowledge of the sting said the investigation made financial pitches to both Republicans and Democrats, but only Democrats accepted the payments,” said the Inquirer.

(Excerpt) Read more at libertyunyielding.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: corruption; democrats; pennsylvania
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1 posted on 03/17/2014 6:28:40 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

seeing that a couple key agents in this were black i don’t believe her.


2 posted on 03/17/2014 6:31:07 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lowbridge

Afraid the trail would lead back to him or his cronies.


3 posted on 03/17/2014 6:31:19 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

^ her


4 posted on 03/17/2014 6:32:06 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: lowbridge
"...and tainted by racism, saying it had targeted African Americans

Are African Americans suddenly above investigation? Maybe if the word "unfairly" was inserted in there the statment might not seem so odd.
5 posted on 03/17/2014 6:35:16 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: lowbridge

The AG won’t even defend the Constitution and Laws of PA. She should resign or be Impeached.


6 posted on 03/17/2014 6:36:23 PM PDT by mortal19440
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To: mortal19440

Are you defying Our Lord Holder?


7 posted on 03/17/2014 6:37:19 PM PDT by Crazieman (Are you naive enough to think VOTING will fix this entrenched system?)
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To: lowbridge

Another crooked PA Democrat. She recently declared that she won’t defend the state’s ban against gay marriage.

Shades of Eric Holder.


8 posted on 03/17/2014 6:38:46 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Telepathic Intruder
Are African Americans suddenly above investigation?

Not all, Kwame Kilpatrick is still in jail.

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9 posted on 03/17/2014 6:38:54 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: lowbridge

This is how Democrats behave when they win elections. If they win more elections, it will get worse. Voters don’t seem to understand this and they will pay a big price if they don’t figure it out.


10 posted on 03/17/2014 6:43:13 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: Secret Agent Man

.......wow!..........your black or a woman politician and accepting bribes is ok......................isn’t that the take away, setting aside Kane’s bs....................


11 posted on 03/17/2014 6:46:03 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: cripplecreek

Where da goooool at?

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8


12 posted on 03/17/2014 6:51:18 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: lowbridge

What? Taking money on the side is illegal?

Who would of have thought?

What is a lobbyist to do? Who can they pay off? How is the system to work?

/s


13 posted on 03/17/2014 6:51:28 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (Because Brawndo's got electrolytes. Because Ethanol has Big Corn Lobby)
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To: lowbridge

The purpose of the Democrat party is to elect thieves to office so that they have access to public treasuries in order to loot them.


14 posted on 03/17/2014 6:51:33 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: cripplecreek

Again? Not keeping up I guess.


15 posted on 03/17/2014 6:51:35 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

They’re always after me lucky bling bling.


16 posted on 03/17/2014 6:52:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

He got something like 40 years. He won’t do it all but he’s gonna be staying at least a decade.


17 posted on 03/17/2014 6:55:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: centurion316

What makes you think voters have anything to do with it?

You think county election offices are clean when they are situated with a large democrat urban area that is controlled by unions?


18 posted on 03/17/2014 6:57:04 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: lowbridge

just sick and tired of....AFRICAN AMERICAN THIS AND THAT...

TIME TO BE AN A M E R I C A N...or move on...

time to let Hussein obama know the RACE CARD has been played out, and we are sick and tired of it...he started it and he needs to end it...


19 posted on 03/17/2014 7:01:11 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: Cen-Tejas

crimes don’t care about the color of the criminals. da shouldn’ t either.


20 posted on 03/17/2014 7:02:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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