[Mr.Clark]

I'm sure the Senate Ethics Committee will be all over this. Senate Ethics, now that's an oxymoron.

[Bogey78O]

Now... now. If you can't trust a US Senator who can you trust?

[Miss Marple]

You can't go to bed yet...look at this!

[The Mayor]

Senate Ethics, now that's an oxymoron.

yes

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

But prosecutors announced earlier this year that no criminal charges will be brought against Torricelli. And the matter was referred to the Senate "Ethics" Committee.

Well, that's the end of it. No story here. Move on.

[martin_fierro]

www.torricelliduck.com

[MJY1288]

As long as Tom Daschle is the majority leader in the senate, there will no ethics. Daschle has one thing we don't..... The media covering for us.

[SkyPilot]

Hell, he is a Democrat---nothing will happen to him. The Media will look the other way, and he will probably get his own talk show.

[monkeyshine]

For some reason, I believe Chang.

[Paleo Conservative]

I'm sure the Senate Ethics Committee will be all over this. Senate Ethics, now that's an oxymoron.

If Ted Kennedy can chair the comittee investigating obesity, Bob Torricelli should chair the Ethics Committee.

[kayak]

fyi

[ThePythonicCow]

"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 ..."

Well that settles it. Anyone making accusations against Reno must be a pathological lying nut case.

[joyce11111]

This will go no where...

[Demidog]

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?

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

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?

[henbane]

... 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.

[gridlock]

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.

[mewzilla]

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.

[Ed_in_NJ]

"Mr. Chang is a deeply troubled individual..."

Haven't we heard this (fill in the subject's name) somewhere before?

[rwfromkansas]

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[Ed_in_NJ]

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