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Posted on 05/20/2025 1:22:41 AM PDT by Libloather
DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro notched a significant legal victory Monday after retired four-star Navy Adm. Robert Burke was found guilty of bribery charges related to a scheme to steer government contracts to his future employer.
Burke, who served as the vice chief of naval operations during part of President Trump’s first term, was convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, performing acts affecting a personal financial interest and concealing material facts from the US after a five-day trial.
Formerly the Navy’s second-highest-ranking officer, Burke is now the senior-most member of the US military to ever be convicted of a federal crime.
“When you abuse your position and betray the public trust to line your own pockets, it undermines the confidence in the government you represent,” Pirro said in a statement after the verdict. “Our office, with our law enforcement partners, will root out corruption – be it bribes or illegal contracts – and hold accountable the perpetrators, no matter what title or rank they hold.”
Burke, 63, was indicted in the case investigated by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and the FBI’s Washington Field Office last May.
He was accused of accepting a $500,000 yearly salary and a grant of 100,000 stock options from his co-conspirators, Yongchul “Charlie” Kim and Meghan Messenger, in exchange for using his position as a Navy admiral to steer a government contract to an entity named in the indictment as “Company A.”
Kim and Messenger – the co-CEOs of “Company A” – had reached out to Burke on multiple occasions between 2019 and 2022 about the status of a government contract despite being warned by the Navy not to contact the four-star admiral, according to the Justice Department.
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Nah, I’m a cheap bastard. Can’t (or won’t) afford them. I get mine on the cheap, buying police trade-ins and military surplus. Although I’m rapidly getting priced out of the surplus market.
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Name a 4-star who hasn’t.
Name a 4-star who hasn’t.
Judge Jeanine had nothing to do with this prosecution.
This is unusual?? Somebody got arrested? Standard military Industral Complex.
Why did it take three separate government agencies to investigate this?
DOGE anybody?
still investigating companies B thru Z
wow
Big fish in a little pond...................
“DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro notched a significant legal victory Monday...”
That's par for the course with government employees. I bet she could prosecute a couple thousand former government employees for this.
I’m surprised how bad the new SIG is. My P228 from the early 90s has never had any issues.
Burke’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for August, the same month Kim and Messenger are slated to head to trial on their bribery charges.
tip of the iceberg.
The Navy terminated its contract with Next Jump in 2019 and instructed the company to have no contact with Burke. However, Kim met with Burke in Washington, D.C., in July 2021 to reestablish the contract, where Burke agreed with Kim to use his influence as a Navy admiral to reopen the contract between Kim’s company and the Navy, the DOJ said.
Burke also promised to persuade other generals to grant Next Jump more contract opportunities for training programs. Kim estimated the value of the contracts at “triple digit millions,” the DOJ said.
You abuse your position and betray the public trust to line your own pockets.
Yep he took the democrat party oath but got caught.
Twenty Five years Hard Labor at Leavenworth; Restitution of ALL monies, bribes, etc.; reduction in rank to Seaman; Forfeiture of ALL pay and allowances.
That should be a good start.
I agree.
Naturally, this had to be worked in early in the story:
...served as the vice chief of naval operations during part of President Trump’s first term...
OTOH, if the NY Slimes even bothered to cover it, their headline would be "Trump Admiral Convicted of Corruption". :^)
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