SHOHAT, MARIA 4/27/2001 $375.00 MIAMI, FL 33176 BLERMAN SHOHAT ET AL -[Contribution] FRIENDS OF SENATOR CARL LEVIN
Now that's an interesting piece of news. Giving money to a Democrat in MICHIGAN. ('course I gave money to JEB LOL) What good would giving money to a Michigan senator do? BTW, my PC is NOT gonna show here: What kind of last name is "Shohat?"
Answered my own question--it's Jewish. He also defends sex offending Rabbis:
"As an alternative to jail, Rabbi Jerrold Levy has asked a federal judge to allow him to undergo psychiatric and psychological treatment in an out-of-state, secure prison while he awaits trial on charges of using the Internet to entice a child to have sex.
Levy, former associate rabbi of Temple Beth El in Boca Raton, has been in jail since his arrest last month on federal charges. 'Levy is in need of intensive psychological evaluation and treatment,' his attorney, Edward Shohat, said in his motion..." (Sun-Sentinel)
http://www.usajewish.com/scripts/usaj/paper/Article.asp?ArticleID=1198
From what I can find, Shohat is most commonly an Israeli/Jewish surname.
There is a Gil Shohat who is a German Composer from Israel and a present/former(?)Israel Finance Minister named Avraham Shohat.
Not wanting to get into stereotypes but this would not be out of kind for a lawyer from Miami.
If it is any indication of how pliable the man's morals are, check the following:
Chicago Tribune May 14, 1988 Saturday, NATIONAL EDITION
LEHDER COCAINE SMUGGLING CASE GOES TO U.S. JURY
A jury began deliberating the case of Carlos Lehder on Friday after the prosecution said the defense had contradicted itself by arguing the alleged cocaine lord was both a legitimate businessman and victim of a frame-up.
U.S. Atty. Robert Merkle said attorney Edward Shohat began the trial by saying Lehder, 38, was a businessman who wanted to develop a resort on Norman's Cay in the Bahamas. "Now he is saying, 'My client may be a bad boy, but he is not a part of this indictment,' " Merkle said. Lehder is charged with being a leader of the infamous Colombian Medellin cartel, which investigators say is responsible for about 80 percent of the U.S. cocaine supply. If convicted of the 11 counts in his indictment, Lehder, who was extradited to the United States from his native Colombia, could be sentenced to a maximum of life in prison and millions of dollars in fines and property forfeitures.
The Bulletin's Frontrunner July 10, 1998, Friday
Glicken Charged With FEC Violation. The Miami Herald (7/10, Bussey) reported Miami business executive Howard Glicken, "one of the Democratic Party's biggest fundraisers, was charged Thursday with soliciting $20,000 in illegal foreign campaign contributions in 1993."
Glicken, "who said he had helped to convince Vice President Al Gore that the 1994 Summit of the Americas should be held in Miami, agreed to plead guilty to two counts of violating the Federal Election Campaign Act, his Miami lawyer said."
The W. Post (7/10, A14, Lardner) reported Glicken lawyer Ed Shohat "said Glicken has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor" FEC violations. Each count "carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine." Gore spokesman Chris Lehane said yesterday: "Glicken has been a political friend and supporter of the Vice President as well as many other Democrats. Vice President Gore regrets that Howard and his family face these difficulties. The Vice President recognizes both the seriousness of the charges against Howard and the fact that Howard is taking responsibility for his actions."
A Gore aide "said Glicken is 'not involved in the Vice President's political activity, and we do not foresee that he will be.'"