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CNN media reporter Brian Stelter said Sunday on his show “Reliable Sources” that his network faces a “legal mess” from executives Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust, and anchor Chris Cuomo’s exits. Stelter said, “When CNN President Jeff Zucker abruptly resigned this month, people wondered if another shoe was going to drop. Zucker tied his exit to his failure to disclose a romantic relationship with Allison Gollust But was there more to the story? A few days ago, Gollust also resigned, and now there are stories about the reasons why. It seems the second shoe was landed. Well-placed sources have told me...

The Obama team has been knocked for bringing "Chicago style" politics to Washington -- but if you ask us, things down there are starting to smell suspiciously like . . . Albany. A terrifying thought. Politico reported last week that one of the president's top political advisers, Patrick Gaspard, took home nearly $40,000 last year from one of the country's most powerful labor unions -- without telling a soul. You'd think that's the sort of trick that only New York state legislators, who regularly engage in off-the-books moonlighting for special interests, would be brazen enough to try. Yet Gaspard has...

So ... Congresscriminal Charlie Rangel had his lawyer blast the House ethics panel last week for being "wrong on the facts and unsupported by the law," eh? He didn't know about the corporate financing, eh? It's not "good" that Rangel's been admonished, but The Wicked Witch of Congress says "it's not jeopardizing our country in any way," eh? So, how come there are photos of good ole Charlie at a corporate event during one of the junkets ... and photos of corporate signs all around his lying arse?

Have you noticed that despite the Speaker's claim that hers will be the most ethical congress in history the list of Democrats getting caught in ethics violations? And even when the violations are being investigated, some politicians (Charlie Rangel) try to "pay off" their colleagues on the ethics committee with campaign donations. Rangel's ethics problems are massive, and the list is very long, here are just a few: * In September he admitted a failure to report $75 thousand in taxes. * He was discovered taking a tax break for people whose primary residence was in Washington DC, but if...

The mainstream media are focusing on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's increasing popularity among Republican Iowa caucus-goers and his showing this past weekend at the annual Reagan Dinner in Iowa: Three of the top-tier Republican presidential candidates—Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and John McCain—failed to show at the seventh annual Reagan Dinner in Iowa Saturday night, unwisely ceding the floor to the six remaining GOP hopefuls. Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson took advantage of the absences.... Rising in the Iowa polls, Huckabee used his time on the stage to assure the crowd against one of his biggest criticisms by some in...

It appears that Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) broke Senate ethics rules by improperly using the Senate seal on a campaign video. By visiting Senator Durbin's YouTube channel, you will see that it is titled "Dick Durbin For Senate," gives his campaign website (not his Senate website) as its URL, and even describes the channel as "All the latest videos from Senator Dick Durbin's re-election campaign." Posted on Dick Durbin's YouTube channel is a video he recorded for the YearlyKos Convention, which we all know is a gathering of liberal bloggers/activists, otherwise known as the "netroots." Seen on the video is...

Durham — A trial date is now set for the ethics complaint filed against Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong. . . The bar takes issue with comments Nifong made early-on in the case. Nifong's trial is set for May 11. He hired an attorney from Winston-Salem to defend him. A three-member panel will decide guilt or innocence, and then, depending on the outcome, impose a sentence. That could be anything from a warning to being disbarred.

DeLay Statement on Unanimous Dismissal of Bell Complaint WASHINGTON- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today released the following statement: "The Ethics Committee has done the right thing in dismissing Mr. Bell's embellished allegations with bipartisan unanimity. While the allegations were dismissed, I accept the Committee's guidance. Mr. Bell displayed contempt for Congress by manipulating the ethics process in pursuit of his personal vendetta, and today's dismissal says more about Mr. Bell's conduct than it does about anything else. "The Committee was forced to complete its work in a highly divisive atmosphere fostered by politically motivated individuals and entities who...

TVC Weekly News: Senate Majority Leader Loses Top Aide Over Democrat Memos Summary: Senate Republicans have lost a faithful man over the exposure of memos showing collusion between Senate Democrats and leftist special interest groups over Bush's judicial nominees. Manuel Miranda, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's (R-TN) staff lawyer has resigned under pressure for his role in exposing memos from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee showing collusion over President Bush's judicial nominees. Democrats have successfully turned attention away from the content of the memos-and possible ethics violations-to focus attention on the whistleblowers who exposed the collusion. The Coalition for...

<p>Problems mount for Shreveport councilman Lester barred from practicing in federal court in Western District.</p> <p>Don Walker / Staff Writer Posted on July 16, 2003 Shreveport City Councilman Calvin Lester has been barred from practicing law in the federal court system in several Louisiana cities - including Shreveport - until May 2005, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court here.</p>