Posted on 10/05/2010 8:28:13 PM PDT by BAW
The wife of US Representative John F. Tierney is poised to plead guilty tomorrow to federal tax charges for managing a bank account that her brother allegedly used to deposit millions of dollars in illegal gambling profits he raked in from an offshore sports betting operation in Antigua.
Patrice Tierney, 59, who is married to the Salem Democrat, is charged with four counts of aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns by her brother, Robert Eremian, of St. John’s, Antigua.
The US Attorney’s office said she is scheduled to plead guilty tomorrow afternoon.
Tierney insists his wife is innocent and that she thought the money she was handling on her brother’s behalf came from legitimate sources. Tierney’s Republican challenger Bill Hudak was recently touting an internal poll showing he is in striking distance of Tierney:
The poll shows Hudak with a 41 to 40 percent lead over Tierney among independent voters. Hudak trails Tierney, 46 to 39 percent, among a group defined as “high interest likely voters.”
Whether that poll was reliable or not, I suspect that after tomorrow Tierney’s lead in the race is going to narrow.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/wife-of-rep-john-f-tierney-d-mass-to-plead-guilty-in-tax-evasion-scheme-104388448.html#ixzz11Xr3Erx9
Democrats are sposed to pay taxes? Who knew?
I hope the GOp can get some money to the Repub. HE needs a money bomb.
Damn, That's one lucky guy!
I don’t think he was a player; I think he owned the joint.
Hope he no body tells him what the “Lady in Red” did to John Dillinger’s career.
They better not use TV as the medium for the message.
Haha, I know. Now I was thinking these are tax records prepared for her brother, I wonder if they checked her personal taxes along with Tierney’s?
No tax please, we’re Democrats.
From Salem? Must be a witch...............
From Salem? Must be a witch...............
The WaPo wouldn’t have put the perp’s party affiliation in the headline...
Representative John F. Tierney Dem-Mass, he'll just "Rangel" his way out of it and leave "The Wife" to flop around in prison by herself.
I fear you’re right, on the bright side the story is topping the news here - I see FOX has picked it up too, as have several newspapers nationwide.
Hey Spark, did you see who her lawyer is? Donald Stern, former United States Attorney for District of MA and chief legal counsel to Mike Dukakis. Now he’s specializing in representing clients involved in securities fraud, healthcare fraud, foreign corrupt practices, political corruption, insurance fraud and antitrust. The MassRats must have this guy on speed dial.
I am sure he will take up residence in the beltway, as he will be in for life.
This congressional district has more retards than every asylum in the northeast combined.
My metal shop teacher used to make fun of students by saying “They named a town after you...Marblehead”.
Do you remember Governor Peabody from the early 60’s? It was said that he was the only Mass politician to have 3 towns named after him: Marblehead, Peabody, and Athol. Think about it.
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