Prosecutor: Richardson not charged, not exonerated

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/28/09 | Barry Massey - ap

[NormsRevenge]

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico's top federal prosecutor confirmed Friday that no charges will be brought against Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson and his former top aides after a probe of an alleged pay-to-play scheme prompted him to withdraw his nomination as U.S. commerce secretary.

But U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt said the decision not to bring charges "is not to be interpreted as an exoneration of any party's conduct."

In a letter sent to defense attorneys, Fouratt said a yearlong federal investigation "revealed that pressure from the governor's office resulted in the corruption of the procurement process" so that state bond deal work went to a Richardson political donor in 2004.

[NormsRevenge]

In your face, America.. In your face.

How much corruption is too much corruption?

[NormsRevenge]

From Havana..

Do us all a favor and stay there, Bill.

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson attends a news conference
in Havana August 28, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa

[NormsRevenge]

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson talks to Reuters during a ride through Old Havana August 26, 2009. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who has a history of diplomatic troubleshooting, may try to push U.S.-Cuba relations forward on what one expert called an "intriguing" visit to Cuba this week. A spokeswoman in Santa Fe, New Mexico, said Richardson was to arrive in Havana on Monday and return home on Friday on a trip officially billed as a trade mission for New Mexico farm products. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA POLITICS)

[NormsRevenge]

..and some of his old chums from North Korea were over recently too..

New Mexico governor Bill Richardson (C) meets North Korean diplomats Kim Myong-Gil (L) and Paek Jong-Jo in Santa Fe, on August 19. Richardson said they indicated they wanted a new dialogue with the United States about the nuclear standoff. But they rejected a return to a six-nation nuclear disarmament forum which Pyongyang quit on April. (AFP/File/Tom Sharpe)

[Cicero]

I looked him up. He was appointed in January 2008, under the reign of President Bush. Good job.

I also get kind of a sick kick out of the top item that appeared when I did a google search for him:

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“Por favor comuníquese con la oficina central a los teléfonos ya mencionados. Email: usanm.webmaster@usdoj.gov. Gregory J. Fouratt US Attorney”

[Proud2BeRight]

The Democrats cannot face another Blagojevich. Even the most brain dead voter will eventually notice the pattern.

[OldDeckHand]

"How much corruption is too much corruption? "

Here's the problem that conservatives face with a unabashedly liberal media industry. If Richardson and Rengel were conservatives, or just Republicans, they would be the butt of every late-night talk show, they be the subjects of front-page exposés and every morning show would be leading with a twenty-minute story about the fraud and corruption rampant in the GOP.

Because it's a Democrat, we hear nary a peep from any of the aforementioned. So, to almost all of the public - except for the acutely politically aware - this didn't happen; Richardson didn't barely escape Federal prosecution, to say nothing of the fact that he should have been prosecuted, and Rengel didn't cheat on his taxes and shelter millions in income from the IRS - while being in charge of the committee that writes tax law.

The media knows it got Barack Obama elected, and they like it - they're relishing in it. It's only going to get worse, which bodes poorly for the GOP ever taking back the reigns of government.

[CPT Clay]

New Mexico bump

[Spok]

The DOJ is hopelessly corrupt.

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[jimt]

Joseph diGenova, a Republican and former U.S. Attorney during the Reagan administration, called Fouratt's letter "stupid" because it makes allegations of corruption after the case is over.

"That letter is an outrage and the U.S. Attorney who wrote it should be fired. The case is closed. If he had charges, bring them. Otherwise, he should shut up. He's being a politician now, not a prosecutor," diGenova said.

I agree completely. This is just prosecutor CYA.

[normanpubbie]

The Federal prosecutor is trying to have it both ways. No sale, fellow.