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This is a big development, to say the least. Either Stipe's terminally ill, or Roberts has really got the dope on him and he's going down like a White House intern.

No way Gene goes gently into that good night. I saw that Walt is supposed to be sentenced on July 15th, that gives him four months to (live) sing about his dealings with Gene so the Feds can set the hook.

On the other hand, did you see Stipe's quote that he had "stories to tell and books to write?" If that dude starts naming names Oklahoma won't have a state government left. It'll be worse than the county commissioner scandal(s) of the 70s.

This is like one of those bad old horror movies, I'm not believing Gene's gone until they drag his casket out of the state house into the sunlight and Stipe turns to dust. :)

Well, the word is that Gene will be indicted by the federal grand jury in Washington. This thing was in the works for a long time. The first sign that this would be his Waterloo was the fact that it was being handled by justice in DC. The next was that Roberts and the assistant woman were charged by information rather than indictment. Third was that they both had plea deals cut and made before they were even charges. And last is that both have sentencings set way off in the future. When you see that, well you can know that those persons have cut a deal to testify against the real target of the investigation. They set that sentencing off to ensure that they cooperate fully. I supposed when Roberts was charged by information that this is where it was headed. I would now suspect that Gene has cut some sort of deal. Resignation preventing possible prison time, or maybe even, no charges (but that I doubt, since they will want to ensure that he never runs for anything again,) Gene wouldn't go so quietly and quickly otherwise. If I were Walt Roberts or the woman, I would be making inquiries about witness protection, because Gene won't take their betrayal very easily. He will want his pound of flesh. I agree with you okchemyst, Gene knows where a lot of skeletons are buried. I wish he would name names. It could really clean this place up. You don't get to where he got without knowing where those skeletons are.