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Ethics Complaint From Judicial Watch Says Price Dodd Paid For Cottage Amounts To A Gift
The Hartford Courant ^
| April 25, 2009
| Edmund H. Mahony and Matthew Kauffman
Posted on 05/02/2009 5:14:30 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
The conservative government watchdog group Judicial Watch filed an ethics complaint Friday against U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, saying the price Dodd paid for his cottage in Ireland amounted to a gift from a friend and accusing the senator of failing to report it as such on government disclosure forms.
"It's relatively straightforward," said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch. "It looks like he is getting taken care of in Ireland, and he's not reporting the nature of the gifts he is getting as a result of his being taken care of."
Dodd's office responded angrily, attacking Judicial Watch's credibility, criticizing the group's complaint and criticizing The Courant for reporting it.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: chrisdodd; dodd; doddtoad; judicialwatch; taxcheat
To: Clintonfatigued
Is Judicial Watch still in business?
I hope this suit goes as far as the rest of their suits have/sarc
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:16:57 PM PDT
by
basil
( It's time to eliminate all "Gun Free Zones")
To: nutmeg; neverdem; Impy; Norman Bates; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; Free ThinkerNY
I can only imagine what they’re able to dig up.
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:17:13 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(The McCain/Palin ticket was like a Kangaroo, stronger on the bottom than at the top)
To: Clintonfatigued
What about Zero’s house in Chicago?
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:18:13 PM PDT
by
Oldexpat
To: Clintonfatigued
Dodd's office responded angrily, attacking Judicial Watch's credibility, criticizing the group's complaint and criticizing The Courant for reporting it. You just gotta love libs and their strawman attacks. They never address the issue.
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:20:56 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
To: Clintonfatigued
This is the best they can come up with?
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:23:37 PM PDT
by
ex91B10
To: Clintonfatigued
"It's appalling that any 'respectable' news organization would give currency to the rantings of this laughable band of kooks," spokesman Bryan DeAngelis said in a brief statement. "Their allegations are a joke, beneath dignifying."
Methinks the spokesman doth protest too much.......
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:23:49 PM PDT
by
GQuagmire
(Who is EveningStar?)
To: Clintonfatigued
To: GQuagmire
There is only 1 question—either he paid fair market price for the house or he did not.
It shouldn’t be that hard to verify one way or the other.
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:28:20 PM PDT
by
TheConservator
("I spent my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless, but not men.")
To: GQuagmire
Now if a conservative said that about the ACLU (laughable band of kooks) they would demand that he/she would quite their position.
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:29:18 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Psalm 83:1-8 is on the horizon.)
To: Clintonfatigued
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:29:31 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: guitarplayer1953
Now if a conservative said that about the ACLU (laughable band of kooks) they would demand that he/she would quite their position.
or quit their position ;-)
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:33:16 PM PDT
by
GQuagmire
(Who is EveningStar?)
To: basil
I hope this suit goes as far as the rest of their suits have/sarcTo all appearances, JW is doing the right kind of thing and deserves support.
To: GQuagmire
Either way they’d shut them up!!!!
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posted on
05/02/2009 6:13:22 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Psalm 83:1-8 is on the horizon.)
To: basil
Very amusing sarcasm. They haven’t had a lot of success in the conventional sense, but they did give the Clinton Administration a lot of headaches during the 1990’s.
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posted on
05/02/2009 6:19:38 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(The McCain/Palin ticket was like a Kangaroo, stronger on the bottom than at the top)
To: Tax Government
The JW track record is pee-poor.
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posted on
05/02/2009 6:20:38 PM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(Pruning makes the plant grow bigger!)
To: Clintonfatigued
What’s wrong with a gift? I like gifts.
If they think it was a bribe, why don’t they call it a bribe?
To: Clintonfatigued
Don’t hold your breath. Judcial Watch does not accomplish much other than press releases.
To: SaraJohnson
Did they get even 1 judgement against the Clinton crime family?
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posted on
05/02/2009 10:06:29 PM PDT
by
nufsed
(Release the birth certificate, school and passport records.)
To: nufsed
No but they sure did a lot of fundraising pimping their legal actions as I recall. I got on their mailing list somehow...
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