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Frank Perry is retired from the FBI and works for non-profit Foundation for Ethics in Public Service.
Feds probing Edwards affair Thursday, May 07, 2009 | 11:58 AM -snip “It is the FBI that makes a determination of that allegation, to see if it’s credible, specific and coherent enough to proceed,” he said. “I think many people wrongly believe US attorneys generate public corruption cases, but the initiation, the vetting, the working of the case, the FBI is driving that train and it’s done with a true abundance of caution, fairness, and you want to be as firm and fast as you are fair.” In 2006 and 2007, Edwards’ political action committee paid Hunter $114,000 to produce videos of Edwards. Federal investigators are trying to figure out if those payments violated federal law. Perry is not connected to the Edwards investigation, but says political corruption cases focus on a federal law - called “honest services fraud”. “Honest services means that a public official has done something that deprives the citizens of the honest services they expect from public officials,” he explained. -snip “It can take some time to build a case,” he said. “And While it appears the investigation is being conducted in Raleigh, Perry says political corruption cases have a lot of oversight - from both FBI headquarters in Washington and the Justice Department in Washington. http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=... I actually don't see this getting anywhere in the end. Mistress or not, there was a product purchased from a legal company for use by the campaign. The job was fulfilled even if use of the product was limited. The only thing I see tripping them up on this is if the financial records were somehow finagled to wash the cash. I dunno. Am I missing something?  |
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I was "Jersey" on DU, Summer 2003-February 2004; "WesDem" February 2004-January 2009. Random Journal
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I don't believe that America is run by politicians in Washington. I believe it's run by people like us, in places like this. -Tulsa OK, January 29, 2004 We must assure investments in the technology infrastructure — the broadband and wireless access improved and modernized highway, air, and rail transportation systems, and the access to affordable, reliable sustainable energy essential to continuing economic development. We must have a real plan to achieve energy independence. And we need to do so without further damaging our fragile environment. In fact, sustainable energy and so-called green engineering provide major growth opportunities for American ingenuity, and we must move in that direction. - "Real State Of The Union," January 30, 2006 We need to really get to the bottom of the Abramoff scandal, we should have a special prosecutor appointed for that, we really need a congressional investigation of the whole business of the NSA wiretapping and how far that goes, there's been a lot of squirreling around the edges; we've never completed the investigation of 9/11 and whether the administration actually misused the intelligence information it had - the evidence seems pretty clear to me, I've seen that for a long time. I think Americans are best served by a strong 2-party system and that's been out of whack and what I can do in 2006 is try to help the right Democrats get into office and that's what I'm going to do. - "This Week," March 5, 2006 Blogroll DU Journals
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