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Posted on 06/29/2009 9:26:04 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town
CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora on Monday accused the U.S. Department of Justice of launching its local public corruption probe two years ago in a conspiracy with Republicans to undermine the Democratic turnout for Barack Obama.
• Earlier version of story.Dimora said he and his lawyers will ask the Justice Department and Congress to investigate the motives behind the corruption probe, which became public last July when FBI agents raided the commissioner's home and office and the home and office of political ally Frank Russo, the county auditor. "This is a Republican-driven prosecution," Dimora said during a late-afternoon news conference at the county administration building. He said he believes national Republican Party strategist Karl Rove helped initiate the probe.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.cleveland.com ...
Yeah, they inheirited it from Clinton. LOL!!!
For weeks, Democratic activists and elected officials in this county have had plenty to say about Jimmy Dimora behind his back, but at the sight of a reporter, their own backs buckle.
Instead of saying publicly what they whisper privately — that the scandal swirling around Dimora has made him bad for the party and worse for the county — they sound like the enabling siblings of a brother they fear as much as they love.
http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/index.ssf/2009/06/cuyahoga_commissioner_dimora_c.html
It doesn’t matter that Dimora has so far escaped indictment. Federal agents raided his house. Recent documents make it clear that he is suspected of personally benefiting from public coffers, and sometimes at the expense of our poorest citizens.
Jimmy Dimora has lost his moral authority. Nobody with integrity trusts him anymore.
His fellow commissioners, Peter Lawson Jones and Tim Hagan, appear to be aging before our eyes as they attempt to rein in their colleague even a little. Last Thursday, Dimora scoffed at their request that he refrain from voting on public business until the federal investigation is resolved.
Dimora waits, and cronyism congeals. Longtime party insiders — County Prosecutor Bill Mason chief among them — see opportunity in Dimora’s demise and are already plotting to consolidate for themselves the kind of influence that has brought little good to this county.
Oh yeah.
The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
Yawn.
Dimora on Monday accused the U.S. Department of Justice ...
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Lucky Luciano used to complain about the feds buggin him too...
RAW Video is finally posted:
VIDEO: Jimmy Dimora Fires Back, Shifts Blame In FBI Corruption Probe (popup video—you may need to turnoff blocker to view. Video is from Channel 19, last night press conference)
Just In: Jimmy Dimora Takes Staunch Stance, “I’m No Angel But I’m No Crook” (Cleveland, Ohio)
WOIO Channel 19 ^ | 06/29/2009 | Web Staff
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I can't believe that he thinks Carl Rove is behind this investigation. Has he even considered that it is his own corrupt self that might have some bearing on the case?
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Yep. And but we’re not supposed to make the same assumption after the long and growing list of “congressional investigations” against incumbent Republicans just weeks before an election.
Oh and the part about political contributions? Dems. get next to nothing, but the Republican party gets so much more money...? Maybe if we had an untampered with election in Cuyahoga County the people would choose to throw these bums out! I volunteered last November to be a poll watcher, the Republicans were so disorganized I didn't have a poll to watch, a poll pass ...nothing. Weeks later I got a letter of apology for the fiasco. Conspiracy my butt! We couldn't even get our act together! Let alone the restrictions the BOE told us existed. We couldn't even use our cell phone cameras!
Ugh!!! Don't even get me started. Everything Dimora rants on about is a farce and a lie.
Every Dem learns to sing this song before they run for office. There must be a pamphlet they hand out teaching them how to blame Republicans for everything, especially their own corrupt practices.
WAIT ! wait! The GOP is conspiring to clean up corruption?.....and that’s bad?
The first few folks indicted have the opportunity to give up someone or something and plea bargain to a lighter sentence or better cell.....Last one indicted gets the full force of justice thrown at them....He’s just worried that he will be last...No one left to rat on.
FIrst GOP targets corrupt rats in Cleveland then: W. Toledo church rallies for gun rights(Ohio)
What ever is happening in OHIO?....Looks like a few are finding their buckeyes!
Bush’s Fault! What a bunch of whiners.
*SIGH* I always get left out of the good conspiracies. :( Do I need to refresh my membership?
He can change his name and scream conspiracy,like ACORN it won’t make it go away.
Actually, the ass is in the middle.....
Thanks to the last 25 years of Dem control in this once great city, Cuyahoga County now proudly hold claim to the welfare capital of America. It doesn’t matter who the candidate is, as long as a D Is next to his/her name, those who have nothing better to do, like work come election day will vote for them. They know what’s been given to them for decades and as long as the machine keeps humming, that won’t change.
Then we have the mayor of my city, Parma. It seems Dean DePiero has had his hand in the cookie jar too and has been mentioned as a fringe player in this mess. Then there is the ward 16 councilman in Cleveland(where my grocery store is)who told me to my face that welfare isn’t a problem even after a report came out saying 36% of country residents receive benefits complete strangers provide to them.
There has to come a time when those of us who think work is still important can overcome those who don’t and get all the scum out of county government once and for all....
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