" I say the squealer goes. We order Daley to break his legs and put him in cement overshoes."
Ben Nelson's “Cornhusker Kickback” also netted him a cool $500K, transferred to his campaign fund the first banking day after his Christmas Eve sell-out health care vote.
Rahm was in charge of getting all those people elected to congress...
" I say the squealer goes. We order Daley to break his legs and put him in cement overshoes."
That is an illegal conversion---using govt money specified by law for one purpose for another purpose is illegal.
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The FBI, DOJ, US Postal Service, IRS, SEC, and forensic auditors should scrutinize Nelson's filings to determine whether extortion or other criminal means was used to embezzle tax dollars. Chances are Nelson and Obama and/or his WH minions conspired to collude-----to exchange govt money for his healthcare vote.
Nelson's campaign finance records should be scrutinized for possible violations. Determine if names of contributors are legit and whether campaign funds were used illegally, and whether tax dollars were disguised as campaign contributions to influence votes. WH individual apparently conspired to collude, and agreed to give something of value, campaign assistance, campaign cash, a govt gratuity, perhaps even jobs for relatives, etc, in exchange for Nelson's O/care vote.
If Nelson filed fraudulent federal and state documents, this is prosecutable and incurs felony charges for first-degree tampering with public records, first-degree offering of a false instrument for filing, fourth-degree grand larceny, and first-degree falsifying of official records.
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RICO LAWS “Patterns of wrongdoing” would also mobilize RICO laws.
HOBBS ACT The Hobbs Act covers extortion by public officials. If actions by public officials impacted commerce that could be prosecutable.
POSSIBLE CHARGES It might be postulated that collusion and conspiracy to collude to facilitate financial fraud took place. Charges could include: official acts prohibited, misuse of govt funds, abuse of public office; violating oath of office; misuse of government position; abuse of government power; conflict of interest; influence buying; conspiracy to deceive; misuse of elective office, collusion, conspiracy to collude; government fraud.
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Do you have a source for that Ben Nelson info? I thought the DNC paid for $500,000 worth of ads defending him after the sell-out. Did he get an additional $500,000? Has he filed his campaign contribution report for this quarter? This is juicy.
If I were Blago, I wouldn’t go jogging anywhere near the lake or river.
Let us NOT forget ... he also mentioned wanting
a big position with SEIU!
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Blagojevich And The SEIU
From pdf page 62 of the Blagojevich indictment [pdf] (page 60 as the indictment is numbered).
Later on November 7, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH discussed the open Senate seat in a three-way call with JOHN HARRIS and Advisor B, a Washington D.C.-based consultant.
ROD BLAGOJEVICH indicated in the call that if he was appointed as Secretary of Health and Human Services by the President-elect, then ROD BLAGOJEVICH would appoint Senate Candidate 1 to the open Senate seat.
HARRIS stated “we wanted our ask to be reasonable and rather than make it look like some sort of selfish grab for a quid pro quo.” ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that he needs to consider his family and that he is “financially” hurting.
HARRIS said that they are considering what will help the “financial security” of the Blagojevich family and what will keep ROD BLAGOJEVICH “politically viable.”
ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated, “I want to make money.” During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH, HARRIS, and Advisor B discussed the prospect of working a three-way deal for the open Senate seat. HARRIS noted that ROD BLAGOJEVICH is interested in taking a high-paying position with an organization called “Change to Win,” which is connected to Service Employees International Union (“SEIU”).
HARRIS suggested that SEIU Official make ROD BLAGOJEVICH the head of Change to Win and, in exchange, the President-elect could help Change to Win with its legislative agenda on a national level.
Advisor B asked why SEIU Official cannot just give the job to ROD BLAGOJEVICH. HARRIS responded that it would be just a big “give away” for SEIU Official and Change to Win since there are already individuals on the Change to Win payroll doing the functions of the position that would be created for ROD BLAGOJEVICH.
HARRIS said that Change to Win will want to trade the job for ROD BLAGOJEVICH for something from the President-elect.
HARRIS suggested a “three-way deal,” and explained that a three-way deal like the one discussed would give the President-elect a “buffer so there is no obvious quid pro quo for [Senate Candidate 1].”
ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that for him to give up the governorship for the Change to Win position, the Change to Win position must pay a lot more than he is getting paid right now. Advisor B said that he liked the idea of the three-way deal. ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that he is interested in making $250,000 to $300,000 and being on some organization boards.
Advisor B said they should leverage the President-elect’s desire to have Senate Candidate 1 appointed to the Senate seat in order to get a head position with Change to Win and a salary. Advisor B agreed that the three-way deal would be a better plan than ROD BLAGOJEVICH appointing Senate Candidate 2 to the Senate seat and getting more done as Governor.
On November 8, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH talked with JOHN HARRIS about the Senate seat. During the conversation, ROD BLAGOJEVICH and HARRIS discussed whether it would be possible to obtain a financial benefit for ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife in relation to the Senate seat.
Specifically, ROD BLAGOJEVICH referred to his wife’s Series 7 license and asked “is there a play here, with these guys, with her” to work for a firm in Washington or New York at a significantly better salary than she is making now. Also, ROD BLAGOJEVICH wanted to know whether SEIU could do something to get his wife a position at Change to Win until ROD BLAGOJEVICH could take a position at Change to Win.
Now what are the odds that Obama had nothing to do with all this?
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2008/12/blagojevich-and-seiu.html