Posted on 06/04/2020 1:47:10 PM PDT by george76
John Hickenlooper, the Democrat Senate candidate, will be forced by a “team” from the Attorney General’s office to appear before the state’s Independent Ethics Commission after refusing their subpoena.
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Commissioner Bill Leone on Hickenlooper: "I believe our subpoena was very clear ... he currently is in contempt of that subpoena."
Leone asks Grueskin if he, Grueskin, will take part in the hearing. The attorney says he will
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Colorado's Independent Ethics Commission votes 5-0 to have the Attorney General's Office enforce its subpoena of U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper
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Hickenlooper had been subpoenaed to appear on Thursday morning for a hearing looking into charges that he accepted illegal travel-related gifts to various events throughout 2018. Previously, he’d been accused of improperly using federal funds for his personal political benefit.
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The onetime presidential hopeful is not exactly popular with some of his fellow Democrat officer-seekers. After having promised not to run for the Senate this year, Hickenlooper’s candidacy forced out several contenders who couldn’t hope to compete with his war chest or name recognition.
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In its final months, the former governor’s administration used federal funds from a 2003 account to cover a prominent Democratic attorney $525-an-hour fee and spent $13,385 for a legacy website designed to tell the story of how the governor and his team “paved the way for Colorado’s journey and growth.”
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Some of those federal funds came from the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, which was meant to aid state governments — not elected officeholders — following the recession caused by the 9/11/2001 terror attacks.
More to come, I’m sure, so stay tuned.
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I am not a huge fan of Gardner either but we need to hold the Senate. Just imagine if the Dems had both houses of Congress. There would be no one to stop another impeachment.
How did the GOP stop the first impeachment? They didn’t. To this day the GOP controlled Senate fail to uphold their sworn oaths to the Constitution by providing Congressional oversight and help stop the ongoing coup.
The same point as Bernie running at all. Some demonrats were extreme Bernie partisans; some supported the murdering thief.
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