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Ex-chair of tribe that welcomed Pilgrims goes on trial
The Associated Press ^
| April 19, 2022
Posted on 04/19/2022 7:56:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BOSTON (AP) — A former chairperson of the Massachusetts tribe whose ancestors aided the Pilgrims goes on trial Tuesday for bribery, extortion and other federal charges related to the tribe’s planned casino project.
Cedric Cromwell’s criminal trial opens in U.S. District Court in Boston after being delayed for months by the coronavirus pandemic.
Federal prosecutors say Cromwell used his position as chair of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to extort tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and engaged in a conspiracy to commit bribery.
The Cape Cod-based tribe’s casino plan has faced years of legal setbacks, but it got a boost in December when President Joe Biden’s administration affirmed the tribe’s sovereign reservation.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; boston; brandon; bribery; bribes; capecod; casino; cedriccromwell; democrat; godsgravesglyphs; goodfellas; mashpeewampanoag; massachusetts; pilgrims
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
04/19/2022 7:57:36 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(Ask a liberal if they hav do they just collect them from lives they destroy. )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Guess it’s back to the traditional Wampanoag occupations as hunter gatherers, fishing, cigarette smuggling and high stakes bingo.
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posted on
04/19/2022 7:58:44 AM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Also, let’s not forget the Wampanoag set the Puritans against the Iroquois, and then attacked them themselves during the king Philip war.
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posted on
04/19/2022 7:58:53 AM PDT
by
struggle
To: Oldeconomybuyer
A former chairperson of the Massachusetts tribe whose ancestors aided the Pilgrims
And that's relevant because?
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posted on
04/19/2022 7:58:54 AM PDT
by
JoSixChip
(2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
To: Jonty30
Would that be skimming or scalping.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
President Joe Biden’s administration affirmed the tribe’s sovereign reservation. It wasn't just Chief Cromwell getting bribes and kickbacks.
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:01:20 AM PDT
by
Fido969
(45 is Superman!)
To: JoSixChip
Without that part it would not be in the news.
To: JoSixChip
I thought maybe the article would explain how various officials in the tribe had been charged for aiding the Pilgrims and that it would turn out to be the Bee.
That was the main (Maine?) reason for looking beyond the headline.
To: JoSixChip
And that's relevant because? Exactly - 400 years later, how does that fit into this guys financial crimes today?
Its the same kind of thinking that gives you: "Some Jews killed Jesus Christ 2000 years ago, so they have culpability today..."
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:04:50 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Looks as indian as Sen. Liawatha. same cheeks.
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:05:43 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Lol. From the headline I at first thought that some wackos were doing a trial in absentia of an Indian Chief from 400 years ago.
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:07:13 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Diogenesis
Put on a Bolo and you too can be .001% Indian.
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:07:41 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Oldeconomybuyer
He must have paid off Hunter somehow.
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:08:40 AM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: Diogenesis
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:09:10 AM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
To: JoSixChip
“And that’s relevant because?”
He deserves it for helping the Pilgrims, I suppose.
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:09:29 AM PDT
by
beef
(Let’s go Baizuo!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
So the glass beads were just a down payment?
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:10:03 AM PDT
by
READINABLUESTATE
(It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
To: Diogenesis
What tribe?
The Hutus or the Tutsis?...............................
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:16:34 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Hieronymus
I thought maybe the article would explain how various officials in the tribe had been charged for aiding the Pilgrims and that it would turn out to be the Bee.I thought maybe the article would explain how various officials in the tribe had been charged for aiding the Pilgrims and that it would turn out to NOT be the Bee.
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04/19/2022 8:16:42 AM PDT
by
Pollard
(PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
04/19/2022 8:18:19 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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