Posted on 11/22/2017 5:45:28 PM PST by george76
They say people in a democracy get the representatives they deserve. But it’s hard to see what we’ve done to earn this gang of miscreants.
The Office of Compliance, part of Congress we didn’t know about, has paid $17 million of taxpayer dollars in more than 250 settlements to workers wronged in the past 20 years. Some of the money has gone to pay off staffers sexually harassed by members of Congress.
Thanks to leaked documents, we now know that Congress handles these cases with a secrecy that protects predators and leaves future victims clueless.
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.
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The arrangement endangers women and allows lawmakers to continue their predations with no cost to their bank accounts or their reputations. It is a protection racket for sexual miscreants.
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Congress needs to fix this corrupt system. The Office of Compliance should bar nondisclosure agreements in settlements with members or top staffers, leaving it up to the victim whether to publicize the case. Second, paying settlements with taxpayer money is unacceptable. Members should pay out of their own pockets.
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Giving the people the business.
So, I guess the first order of business is just WHO runs or is in this Congressional Office of Compliance? Secondly, where does the money that has been expended show up in the budget? Is it a line item? Or is it really a slush fund, and to whose budget is it attached? The Speaker? Thirdly, who actually make the determinations as to what is paid out and who specifically authorizes those payments? This information should be a matter of public record, and subject to a FOIA inquiry.
Lastly, for whose benefit have disbursements been made, and where are the non-disclosure agreements that have been signed by recipients?
If their identities are protected, then they are under a cloud and therefore subject to being blackmailed.
I guess I should have done a search before posting my last comment:
https://compliance.gov/about-ooc/board-directors
It’s a bicameral Office, run by a bunch of DC lawyers appointed by the Majority and the Minority Parties in both houses. Still need to open the books on where the money went though.
These lame f**ks are hiding a LOT more than just payoffs for sex scandals. I can guarantee that we the taxpayers are getting screwed more ways than a porno movie.
LOCK THEM UP!
Is it finally “Go Time” for We The People? Can we take any more insults from this pack of clowns, perverts and thieves?
The word “incumbent” must become poison. All of them. Out. Now.
SPREAD IT AROUND: POST IF YOU CAN. TRYING TO DO THINGS WITH A USELESS DOMINATE RIGHT HAND IS NOT EASY. 1 FINGER TYPING IS THE PITS.
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Nobody gets fondled (after all, he is 80 years old), but Conyers suggests, employee claims to be abused, settlement is paid.
The alleged victim is blackmailed for conspiring/perpetrating fraud on the US gov't. and has to pay a portion of the settlement. The blackmailer is actually Conyers himself.
Cute little scam...
Conyers is a founder......L/E needs to audit bank accounts of the Congressional Black Caucus (C/B/C).....and the office accounts of its members , for instance, Conyers.
NOTE WELL The “Bank Secrecy Act” was passed to protect the public from harm by identifying and detecting criminal enterprises, government fraud, money laundering, tax evasion or other unlawful activities.
Under the Bank Secrecy Act, banks are required to establish, implement and maintain programs designed to detect and report suspicious activity that might be indicative of govt fraud, money laundering, embezzlement, and other financial crimes.
<><> Joint bank accounts might be used to facilitate the transfer of of govt funds. Govt monies may pay for personal and private expenses, credit cards, real estate subsidies and vehicle purchases, and costs to engage in sexual activity.
<><> To cover their tracks, fake invoices might be created to show that money deposited into accounts was being used for legitimate govt purposes.
The scheme might be advanced by issuing phony statements of payments from federal and state sources that actually covered the transfer of funds for govt employees own use.
<><> L/E is directed to get ahold of: (1) copies of C/B/C checks, (2) wire transfers, (3) account statements, (4) invoices, (5) bills, (6) delivery tickets, (7) correspondence including e-mail, contracts, loan agreements, and, (8) any other books or records. L/E should also explore (a) monies paid to brokers, sub-brokers, (b) family members, (c) mortgage brokers, (d) financial managers, and, (e) real estate agents, brokers, and developers.
<><> L/E should scrutinize bank accounts for suspicious activities: (A) large deposits, (B) funds transferred from one account into another, (C) frequent requests for withdrawals, (d) purchases of airline tickets for female companions.
<><> Bank records might also show diversions to secret LLC other accounts, to operate personal businesses. Govt fraud can also be facilitated by withdrawals, gift cards purchases, credit card purchases and intra-bank transfers from govt accounts into personal accounts.
<><> A huge tipoff is whether bank withdrawals support luxurious lifestyle including payments for real estate, investment and stock holdings, jewelry, luxury vehicles, resort travel and gifts from luxury outlets for wives and mistresses.
Taxpayers demand the Bank Secrecy Act be used to prosecute govt fraud pronto.
THIS JUST IN from DETROIT FREE PRESS: EXCERPT:
Late Tuesday afternoon, the House Ethics Committee issued a statement saying it was aware of allegations that
(A) Conyers may have engaged in sexual harassment
(B) age discrimination, and,
(C) misuse of government resources.
All are under investigation.
No details yet on the basis for the additional allegations.
THE CONYERS MO-—John Conyers STOLE $27,000 tax dollars to pay hush money... media missing the story. “If the woman dropped her complaint and signed a legal document attesting that Conyers had done no wrong, and if she agreed never to disparage him or make subsequent claims, she’d be re-hired as a temporary “no-show” employee and paid $27,111.75 over the course of three months. She accepted the terms.”
A NOTORIOUS CASE OF CONYERS ABUSE the victim was fired then rehired and paid a salary out of his tax-paid office budget.......but told not to show up in his office again.
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