Posted on 09/28/2018 5:26:00 AM PDT by george76
A former Massachusetts state senator awaiting trial on federal corruption charges was found dead in his home Thursday..
The body of former state Sen. Brian A. Joyce, 56, was found by his wife, the Bristol County District Attorney's office said in a statement. The DA’s office said “foul play” was ruled out ..
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The Democrat, who served as assistant majority leader, was first elected in 1998. Joyce left the Senate after not seeking re-election in 2016 amid the federal probe.
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In December 2017, Joyce was named in a 113-count indictment charging him with racketeering, extortion, wire fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors said he allegedly accepted up to $1 million in bribes and kickbacks that he laundered through his company.
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“Democrat awaiting corruption trial found dead; autopsy planned”
A start but so many to go.
Two recent Massachusetts Speakers of the House resigned because of criminal charges. One did time. Have you heard about state Senator Dianne Wilkerson, who was caught on tape stuffing bribe money into her bra? She did time too. One-party rule breeds arrogance and corruption.
Joyce, a Democrat from Milton, schemed to defraud the state by “conspiring to accept and accepting a stream of concealed bribes and kickbacks from private individuals,” in exchange for official actions as a senator.
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That’s just business as usual. He must have done something to tick off the establishment.
What was his connection to the Clintons? Just thinking
The story yesterday mentioned a recent traffic accident.
Arkancide?......................
Maybe he tried to suck start his Glock.
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So what happens now? Does the wife get to keep the money? Does it still get litigated?
First thing that comes to mind is there any ties to Hillary or the Clinton Foundation.
Naw, shot himself five times in the head with a bolt action rifle. Coroner calls it the worst case of suicide he ever did see.
In Massachusetts, as in most other states, an unattended death REQUIRES an autopsy.
Yes. Two holes in the head. :-)
For the Death Certificate; many states require it. If significant life insurance is involved, it’d mandatory.
Bribery in government, I’m shocked.
Meanwhile, the Klintoons have done much the same thing to the nth degree. They have more friends and a more effective extortion racket.
I was going to say that he shot himself three times in the back of the head, then calmly laid down to die with the gun still in his hand. Just like at Fort Marcy Park.
Massachusetts has a foreign made wind turbine funded with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds meant for domestic use.
“Global warming as having “so little scientific basis, it can only rationally be considered a political scam.” Doug Casey
“Politics produces nothing; it’s all about who decides, who gets what at whose expense.” Doug Casey
I do remember stories of funding "renewable" garbage that went belly-up in a fairly short amount of time.
I first heard of the guy in NR or TAS. Clinton appointed him to some sort of AA DOJ position. He previously had made his money playing the race card, suing his (Fortune 100?) employers for firing him for incompetence.
(I asked the then-wife if she knew him from prep school, and it turned out he was AA there as well. She took umbrage at me asking about the AA efforts.)
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