By Fester:
Rep. Murtha will be hiring the prestigious law firm of Dewey Cheatum & Howe as some of his associates are being very friendly with the Feds investigating an alleged kickback scheme for earnmarks. Via the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
Federal prosecutors filed corruption charges yesterday against a
onetime defense contractor who has ties to both U.S. Rep. John Murtha
and a suburban Johnstown defense contractor currently under criminal
investigation.
Richard S. Ianieri, former president and CEO of Coherent Systems
International Corp., was accused of accepting $200,000 in kickbacks. He
is charged through a criminal information and is expected to plead
guilty.
If I understand the legal system well enough, a criminal information is usually what is used for an indictment where there is a pre-arranged plea deal. Commonly that plea dealer will involve the defendent to start talking and filling in the gaps. If I was Rep. Murtha, I would be sweating, especially after I have gone on the record with a defense of corruption that is amazingly old-school hack:
The Murtha quote in the Post Gazette is priceless (actually, we can probably get a price for it if we hire PMA...)
Change names and that statement could come from Rep. Young, (R-AK), or Tom Delay or half a dozen current federal prisoners.
The fine firm of Dewey Cheatum & Howe will make a bloody fortune off of the Murtha defense if things proceed the way I think they will...."If I'm corrupt, it's because I take care of my district," Mr. Murtha
said. "My job as a member of Congress is to make sure that we take care
of what we see is necessary. Not the bureaucrats who are unelected over
there in whatever White House, whether it's Republican or Democrat.
Those bureaucrats would like to control everything. Every president
would like to have all the power and not have Congress change anything.
But we're closest to the people."
said. "My job as a member of Congress is to make sure that we take care
of what we see is necessary. Not the bureaucrats who are unelected over
there in whatever White House, whether it's Republican or Democrat.
Those bureaucrats would like to control everything. Every president
would like to have all the power and not have Congress change anything.
But we're closest to the people."
Change names and that statement could come from Rep. Young, (R-AK), or Tom Delay or half a dozen current federal prisoners.
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