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Kemp Guilty On 27 Counts In Federal Probe Case [Philadelphia's former treasurer...
NBC10 ^ | May 9, 2005

Posted on 05/09/2005 10:40:28 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Kemp Guilty On 27 Counts In Federal Probe Case

POSTED: 12:06 pm EDT May 9, 2005 UPDATED: 1:32 pm EDT May 9, 2005

Philadelphia's former treasurer was convicted of 27 counts for taking gifts from people seeking city contracts, while four co-defendants were convicted on at least some of the charges they faced in a wide-ranging federal probe of municipal corruption.

Video: Breaking News On Verdicts

Corey Kemp, the former treasurer, was charged with corrupting his office by accepting thousands of dollars worth of gifts from the late lawyer and prolific Democratic fundraiser Ronald A. White.

The payments were lavish by any standards. Investigators said Kemp got a new deck for his house, an all-expenses paid trip to see the 2003 Super Bowl, free meals and parties in his honor, and an outright payment of $10,000.

Two Commerce Bank executives were accused of participating in the scheme to corrupt Kemp by arranging for their bank to overlook his bad credit history and give him a mortgage equal to 100 percent of the value of his new home.

All three were convicted of the main conspiracy charge.

The five defendants faced dozens of combined charges and the jury deadlocked on some counts and acquitted on others. Each of the five defendants was convicted of at least some counts.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bribes; corruptdems; corruption; demorats; guiltyascharged; kemp; paytoplay; philadelphia; rats; streetsmachine; taxdollarsatwork; youpayforthis

1 posted on 05/09/2005 10:40:32 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

The slime of Philadelphia gets a little bit cleaner...


2 posted on 05/09/2005 10:42:49 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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To: Sub-Driver

I am assuming he's a democrat mostly because the article doesn't mention political affiliation.


3 posted on 05/09/2005 10:44:46 AM PDT by ctlpdad (There can be no triumph without loss, no victory without suffering and no freedom without sacrifice!)
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To: Owl_Eagle

Philly Ping!


4 posted on 05/09/2005 10:46:18 AM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Too bad. For second I had thought some jury had found Jack Kemp guilty of stupidity over the illegal immigration issue. Oh well, there is always tomorro.


6 posted on 05/09/2005 10:48:29 AM PDT by NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961
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To: Sub-Driver

Well, it's a start.....but we have a long way to go to clean up the mess that is Philadelphia.


7 posted on 05/09/2005 10:51:33 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (Barbara Boxer is deeply saddened......)
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To: Sub-Driver

Thank goodness. So much garbage going on here we don't know where to start, but we'll take it.

Hope this isn't overturned with all the jury acrimony.


8 posted on 05/09/2005 10:52:41 AM PDT by pa mom
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To: Sub-Driver

Is this related to the federal probe into civic bribes by the same Rats in Cleveland, Houston, Detroit, and other cities?

Their attendence at the 2003 Super Bowl leads me to suspect the answer is "Yes".

This should be a BIG story as it snakes through many major metropolian areas and shows how the taxpayers have been taken to the cleaners.


9 posted on 05/09/2005 11:06:31 AM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: Sub-Driver
Amazing how John Street didn't know about ANY of this...
 
One of these guys is going to flip and then we'll have our man.
 
Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

10 posted on 05/09/2005 11:07:31 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Sub-Driver
This is the ever growing scandal that I am referring to:

Corruption probe here broadens to 3 states (FIVE STATES now!!!) Oliver Spellman case

11 posted on 05/09/2005 11:09:05 AM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: Owl_Eagle

From your lips to God's ears.

How did he get back in? I know, I know, it was more of a cry of dismay than a real question! :)


12 posted on 05/09/2005 11:17:02 AM PDT by pa mom
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To: ctlpdad

LOL


13 posted on 05/09/2005 12:11:09 PM PDT by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/charterschoolsexplained.htm)
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To: NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961

"Too bad. For second I had thought some jury had found Jack Kemp guilty of stupidity over the illegal immigration issue. Oh well, there is always tomorro."

I thought it was Shawn Kemp and it was about his children.



14 posted on 05/09/2005 12:31:11 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
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