Posted on 03/27/2007 10:31:38 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Webb Denies He Gave Aide Gun That Led to Arrest
Tuesday , March 27, 2007
WASHINGTON Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said Tuesday he did not give aide Phillip Thompson the gun that led to his arrest in a Senate office building. Webb did not say whether it was his gun.
Thompson is awaiting arraignment in D.C. Superior Court after being arrested Monday for trying to enter the Russell Senate Office Building, where Webb's office is located, carrying a loaded pistol and two fully loaded magazines.
The judge will determine whether Thompson, 45, will have to pay bail to get out of jail, and will set a date for a preliminary hearing. Thompson spent the night in a D.C. jail after U.S. Capitol Police determined Monday that he did not have a permit to carry a gun in Washington, D.C., where only law enforcement officials are allowed to carry handguns.
He is charged with carrying a pistol without a license and possession of an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition. According to the court docket, Monday was Thompson's birthday.
A senior Democratic aide said Monday evening that Thompson forgot that he had the weapon when he sent the senator's bag through the X-ray machine at the office building. The aide said Webb gave the bag that contained the gun to Thompson when the aide drove the senator to the airport.
Webb said he has been in New Orleans since Friday and returned Monday night. He denied that he gave the weapon to Thompson.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
webb gave a press conference where his "piggy eyes were darting back and forth indicating he was a bit nervous.
I am hoping that people will quit arguing about the Second Amendment and focus on WHY Webb was carrying a gun inot the Capitol!!!
As the story develops..., will Webb claim that his aide stole Webb's gun, placed it in Webb's bag, and was on a mission to wreak havoc on the Senate? (Classic politico response...).
I don't think ANY of Congress needs to be packing heat into the Capitol building, but ESPECIALLY that lunatic Webb.
I think it is high time we start finding out about Webb's past history with his former wife. And where is his current wife, who seems to be missing in action?
And what in the heck was he doing in New Orleans?
Thanks for the info......you are right...no SANE politician has someone tailed like that!
OMG!! A Bootlicker...uh....BootHolder! Webb has official bootholder! YUK!
Because it wasn't the first time he had carried it into the Capitol building and he is a VIP.
Webb does seem to have a few loose screws.
I want an explanation!
Sadly you are right...NOTHING will happen to either of them past a slap on the wrist for Thompson.
BTW, Webb surrounds himself with brownshirt types who are more than willing to be thrown under the buss, or tank, or whatever. Some of them are probably dangerous.
The CLIPS make me think things were not so innocent!!
The guy is a walking inferno of bottled rage, he hates women and minorities, he hates President Bush and almost everyone in his administration, and he is both a liar and an opportunist.
And I haven't even gotten to his books!
Flat-out nuts!
My wife didn't believe that part ~ but I saw the picture. Webb has a professional bootlicker ~
Most unsettling.
I'm sure that Katie and Pinchie and Timmah and Chrissy and all the rest of them just can't wait to start digging into that one. It's sure to be a front page investigative special. </extreme dripping sarcasm>
the one to really watch will be the Compost, which on the one hand almost single handedly destroyed George Allen so this vile Webb thing could get elected in the first place, and on the other hand has been wailing non-stop about how it's the end of the universe because the DC gun ban got overturned. My guess is they will ignore this story with every fiber in their being - you won't even see it buried at the back of the Metro section.
The rats are just a bunch of puke eating dogs, eating their own puke. They are trying to get the sheeple to dine with them. This webb slime is right in their with them head first.
The rats are just a bunch of puke eating dogs, eating their own puke. They are trying to get the sheeple to dine with them. This webb slime is right in their with them head first.
The rats are just a bunch of puke eating dogs, eating their own puke. They are trying to get the sheeple to dine with them. This webb slime is right in their with them head first.
The guy who owns the Post is also an ex-marine. His intention in crushing Allen wasn't simply to get rid of Allen. He really did want Webb elected ~ think of him kind of like one of the rich German industrialists who backed Hitler.
Every single thing that Webb does needs to be put on You Tube. Sooner or later Virginians are going to have to do something about this guy.
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