Posted on 01/07/2016 3:25:13 PM PST by CedarDave
SANTA FE - Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was cited for following too closely and failing to report an accident after a hit-and-run fender bender in downtown Santa Fe on Wednesday morning.
According to the police report, the accident occurred about 8:15 a.m. during wet, snowy conditions. Richardson rear-ended a vehicle driven by a Santa Fe woman while both were traveling east on Marcy Street at the intersection with Paseo de Peralta.
The woman told the police a yellow Jeep hit her car from behind while she was stopped at a stop sign. The Jeep then hit her a second time, hard enough to push her into the intersection, before she pulled over and then saw the Jeep drive away, the police report says. A witness told the Journal her rear bumper was dented and "hanging down a couple of inches."
Caitlin Kelleher, a spokeswoman for Richardson, released a statement a few hours after the incident saying the former governor made "an honest mistake" when he failed to stop.
Richardson told police he wasn't sure he had struck anyone. "Did I hit somebody?" he asked, according to the police report. "It popped a little bit, but I think it was like a little hit. ⦠It was a stop light and I think I barely popped it."
About an hour after the accident, Richardson was at the Roundhouse for a live interview about North Korea on MSNBC that aired around 9:30 a.m. Richardson, who also served in the U.S. House and was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and secretary of the federal Department of Energy under President Bill Clinton, was New Mexico governor from 2003 through 2010.
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He will get a Kiss on the Cheek at court instead of a slap on the wrist....he’s a LIBERAL DEMOCRAT!!!
Democrats LIE....it’s what they do BEST!!!
Why is he driving himself? I guess he doesn’t have the money of fellow drunk Hillary, who gets to sleep it off in the back of limo.
There was/is a bar in Santa Fe named “The Bull Ring” where many politico’s hung out. Maybe he had been there for a few early in the day Bloody Mary’s.
What a shock. Another lawless Democrat that gets away with a small slap on the wrist.
F*** this country anymore. It’s a safe haven for the Godless only.
The second hit sounds more like road rage.
Well, plus racism, though he’s the whitest “Hispanic” I’ve ever seen.
No one is above the Law.
He didn’t “not know”, he says himself it was just a little hit. So it depends of what the meaning of “hit” is.
NM is full of liberal Democrats, really everywhere except the southeastern quadrant of the state.
There are many conservatives in the northwestern part of the state around Farmington, too.
Guess he had a couple Margarita’s with his breakfast burrito? They got some good ones in Santa Fe!
Yes, the green fire one!
Didn’t those people know who he is?
They should have gotten out of his way. He is an important man, can’t be delayed by some peasant.
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Richardson is known drunk...
Did you see him on TV? He’s either had some kind of weight reduction surgery or he’s in bad health. Ain’t gonna say it.
Murky...just another POS politician.
Hey it was really cold and he was installing antifreeze in his coolant system, everyone knows antifreeze contains alcohol. And remember he said he just gave her a little pop, because he's just a little pri..........
Yup, we used to call him King Bill.
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