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Guilty! House Intelligence Subcommittee Chairman Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charges
The AP is reporting that, Rep. Duke Cunningham, Republican Chairman of the Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Human Intelligence, pleaded guilty today to bribery, tax evasion, mail fraud and wire fraud. Prosecutors reveal that:
Cunningham admitted to receiving at least $2.4 million in bribes paid to him by several conspirators through a variety of methods, including checks totaling over $1 million, cash, rugs, antiques, furniture, yacht club fees and vacations... According to prosecuting U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, "He did the worst thing an elected official can do — he enriched himself through his position and violated the trust of those who put him there."Meanwhile, in Cunningham's Committee, no progress has been made to uncover why, before the vote to authorize force in Iraq, the White House hid from Congress a CIA report that demonstrated Iraq had no role in 9/11. Additionally, all Resolutions of Inquiry seeking answers about the Downing Street Minutes and pre-war intelligence have been voted down in the House on a party-line basis. And no Republican Member of the House has stepped forward to lead an investigation into the pre-war intelligence that was used to mislead us into war.
So, when does former Senator Cunningham start paying back the taxpayers for his salary we paid for him?
When does he give the millions he took in bribes back to the taxpayers too?
And how much will we keep spending on the war in Iraq that the defence contractors gave him in order to get his votes?
Let's continue this loop...will these defence contractors also return their war profits to the taxpayers as well?
The AP is reporting that, Rep. Duke Cunningham, Republican Chairman of the Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Human Intelligence, pleaded guilty today to bribery, tax evasion, mail fraud and wire fraud. Prosecutors reveal that:
Cunningham admitted to receiving at least $2.4 million in bribes paid to him by several conspirators through a variety of methods, including checks totaling over $1 million, cash, rugs, antiques, furniture, yacht club fees and vacations... According to prosecuting U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, "He did the worst thing an elected official can do — he enriched himself through his position and violated the trust of those who put him there."Meanwhile, in Cunningham's Committee, no progress has been made to uncover why, before the vote to authorize force in Iraq, the White House hid from Congress a CIA report that demonstrated Iraq had no role in 9/11. Additionally, all Resolutions of Inquiry seeking answers about the Downing Street Minutes and pre-war intelligence have been voted down in the House on a party-line basis. And no Republican Member of the House has stepped forward to lead an investigation into the pre-war intelligence that was used to mislead us into war.
So, when does former Senator Cunningham start paying back the taxpayers for his salary we paid for him?
When does he give the millions he took in bribes back to the taxpayers too?
And how much will we keep spending on the war in Iraq that the defence contractors gave him in order to get his votes?
Let's continue this loop...will these defence contractors also return their war profits to the taxpayers as well?
posted by The Angry Tax Payer | 6:53 PM
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