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Exclusive: Documents Allege Torricelli Fund-Raising Scandal(Stunning!)
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| 5/22/02
Posted on 05/22/2002 8:44:48 PM PDT by Mr.Clark
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To: Mr.Clark
This will go no where...
To: heleny
Are you saying there is a bias in the news media?
Shocking!!! truly shocking! /sarcasm
To: Mr.Clark
Torricelli's office has described Chang as mentally disturbed and as a pathological liar. They point to his criminal conviction, and his lies early on in the investigation. Newschannel 4 called Toricelli's office and they offered a statement. The statement said: "Mr. Chang has a long history of making false accusations against public officials that included not only Sen. Torricelli, but also Attorney General Janet Reno and other high-ranking government officials. Mr. Chang is a deeply troubled individual whose own lawyers have referred to his psychiatric problems. These outrageous allegations by an admitted perjurer are false and after an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office, which Mary Jo White called 'thorough and exhaustive,' the matter was closed." So perhaps one of the smarter freepers can explain to me how Chang was convicted for violating campaign finance laws involving his donations to Torriceli, but Torricelli himself is not guilty of violating those same laws. Is this the way the law is written or is Torricelli above the law? And why, if the Bush administration is handling this investigation and criminal proceeding, are they refusing to charge Torricelli with any violations?
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posted on
05/22/2002 11:14:39 PM PDT
by
Demidog
To: Demidog
My my... All those pesky questions, Demidog. Whatsa matter with you? You don't really expect our side to be allowed a level playing field, do you? And hold liberals/dims to the same ethical standards as the rest of us??
....Ain't gonna happen.
Now just hush and write those checks to the tax man. The Beast is hungry!
To: Mr.Clark
Chang said he made "14 such deliveries to Torricelli's home in Englewood, N.J. Each payment was approximately $8,000 or $9,000." That adds up to more than $100,000. .... "Chang said Torricelli would call him from Washington on Friday afternoons, and they would meet at the senator's home later that same night. "Is that what Jesse Jackson calls "walkin around money"? 8 grand a weekend makes for one hell of a party. It would be interesting to find out Torricelli's itinerary for those weekends. A weekend in the Hamptons? A flight to Vegas? Maybe a trip into the City or Atlantic City?
To: Mr.Clark
... after an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office, which Mary Jo White called 'thorough and exhaustive,' the matter was closed."Oh yeah!
Isn't this the Clinton-appointed Dem shyster that was supposed to do "a thorough and exhaustive" investigation of Bubba's outrageous pardon of that exiled criminal, Marc Rich?
Case closed.
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posted on
05/23/2002 12:04:31 AM PDT
by
henbane
To: Demidog
So perhaps one of the smarter freepers can explain to me how Chang was convicted for violating campaign finance laws involving his donations to Torriceli, but Torricelli himself is not guilty of violating those same laws. Is this the way the law is written or is Torricelli above the law? And why, if the Bush administration is handling this investigation and criminal proceeding, are they refusing to charge Torricelli with any violations? EXCELLENT QUESTION!! I reworded slightly and sent it to the DOJ and Senate Ethics Comm............just to let them know some people out here are paying attention.
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posted on
05/23/2002 2:29:28 AM PDT
by
Elkiejg
To: Mr.Clark
And at a 7-Eleven in Fort Lee, N.J., Chang claims Torricelli and the head of a garbage hauling company followed him inside. Chang ran out the back door. This WNBC article does not mention what Sue Simmons read on the air last night, that Chang claims to have the security video from the 7-Eleven that caught this encounter on tape. It will take videotape smoking-gun evidence to extinguish the Torch, but Chang may have it.
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posted on
05/23/2002 3:05:02 AM PDT
by
gridlock
To: Mr.Clark
Chang had some pretty interesgting ties to Toon, too, if I recall corectly. And I think Chang gave some big bucks (at least 20 grand, I'll see if I can find the figure) to Toon's defense fund.
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posted on
05/23/2002 3:32:56 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: gridlock
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posted on
05/23/2002 3:37:36 AM PDT
by
Elle Bee
To: Mr.Clark
"Mr. Chang is a deeply troubled individual..."
Haven't we heard this (fill in the subject's name) somewhere before?
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posted on
05/23/2002 4:10:04 AM PDT
by
Ed_in_NJ
To: Mr.Clark
bump
To: MJY1288
LOL are you suggesting that if Trent Lott was the Senate Majority Leader, he would conduct a thorough investigation into Toricelli's corruption?
To: Ziva; ELS
Ping.
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posted on
05/23/2002 4:33:45 AM PDT
by
Ed_in_NJ
To: Mr.Clark
SHOCKING!
To: Ed_in_NJ, Mr.Clark
Two polls (by Quinnipiac in late Jan 02, and by National Research in mid Feb 02) showed
20% and 28% of those polled wanting to re-elect the Torch and 49% and 43% wanting to elect someone else, respectively. He's currently leading all three GOP candidates in the latest WABC-TV poll from earlier this month, but the Torch doesn't break 48% against any of them. He's still vulnerable if the NJ GOP can get its act together (I know, big "if").
The bad news is Torricelli has a ton of money.
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posted on
05/23/2002 6:01:09 AM PDT
by
Coop
To: Mr.Clark
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posted on
05/23/2002 6:01:50 AM PDT
by
Elenya
To: Mr.Clark
"I'm sure the Senate Ethics Committee will be all over this."LOL. Stop, you're killing me. Seriously though, I do hope that this gets some play in NJ. The Torch is in trouble and November is fast approaching. A pox on MJ White for letting him go on this...
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posted on
05/23/2002 6:21:07 AM PDT
by
eureka!
To: Mr.Clark
Disconcerted, perpetually disappointed Daschle worry about such a slight meaningless thing as Democrat ethics?
He wouldn't know ethics even if it smacked him on the side of his head.
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posted on
05/23/2002 7:58:20 AM PDT
by
harpo11
To: Coop
He's still vulnerable if the NJ GOP can get its act together
New Jersey has a GOP? Funny, I live there and I haven't heard of it...
There used to be a GOP, but they stopped supporting their candidates. So I did too.
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