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Former Charity CEO Pleads Guilty To Multi-Million-Dollar Political Corruption Scheme
The former CEO of a charity headquartered in Springfield, Missouri has pleaded guilty to her role in a multi-million-dollar political corruption scheme that involved bribes and campaign contributions for elected public officials in Missouri and Arkansas, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison of the Western District of Missouri
Under her plea agreement, Nolan also admitted that she and her conspirators:
Caused the charity to contribute financially to the campaigns of candidates for public office through “straw donors,” including the charity’s lobbyists, who were also reimbursed by way of invoices that were falsely described as “training” and “consulting” expenses;
Encouraged charity employees to contribute to candidates for public office and
caused the charity to reimburse them for those contributions by providing funds falsely described as reimbursement for travel or other expenses the employees had not actually incurred; and
Caused the charity to provide in-kind contributions to the campaigns of candidates for public office, including in Missouri where they organized fundraisers for several candidates running for seats in the Missouri State Senate, Missouri House of Representatives, and the Greene County Commission and in Arkansas, where Nolan and her conspirators organized fundraisers (often at hotels or restaurants) for many candidates running for seats in the Arkansas State Senate and Arkansas House of Representatives.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
You do realize Rick Scott is a criminal scumbag whoze health insurance company ripped off the government (taxpayers) for billion(s) of dollars?
Then he acted by leaps and bounds to screw over the will of Florida voters to torpedo medical marijuana access, all to set up his corporate criminal crony cannabis cartel (CCCCC).
F Red Tide Rick.
Two Party Politics has everyone at constant odds with their own principles in these bogus "choices" it presents them. The machination has US perpetually compromise ourselves, sell our souls if you will, which is part of the point of it how its been designed. Another part is then going mad against "our" opposition to defend our lesser of two evil (still evil) "choices" we made.
*Shrug* It's either him or Skeletor. And at least Scott isn't engaging in blatant ballot box stuffing to secure a reelection he didn't really win.
And I don't like the 2-party system either, but it is what is is. There are no third parties that stand even a ghost of a chance of becoming major within the next several decades.
You realize the 'perfect' path to the White House is Governor then Senate, dont you?
And Rick Scott is also skeletor in the face and of the PROVEN career criminal variety.
And I watched in horror as he rigged the FL governor + 1st medical marijuana vote in 2014. Wasnt able to report on it at the time but I was here I saw it all go down man. I saw it coming when the poll results flipped from a super-majority 84% and then WHAMO literally overnight it was the classic 50-50 split, thats how you know the fix is in. For months after me and all of mine asked everyone we knew if they knew of ANYONE who voted for him and I only got back a report of one single individual. That point was crucial in stopping the legalization avalanche across the nation, and then 2nd vote we got was totally watered down and damn near pointless by then the way he pre-empted it during that period, stacking up his Corporate Criminal Crony Cannabis Cartel Model (CCCCCM) which is the 'Walmart Marijuana Model' the Ruling Establishment intends to roll out when national legalization becomes inevitable to stomp any and all little guys from having a stake at the game and the upward mobility it Promises for little people across the nation. THE GOP IS JUST AS MUCH THE ENEMY FOLKS!
Remember how Hillary the PROVEN career criminal HAD to be stopped?
originally posted by: RelSciHistItSufi
a reply to: crankyoldman
cranky, the Capitals in that tweet look interesting...
BFISSNOPSACLFN
BF = Black Friday
ISS = space station
NOP = Naval Operation, Not Our Problem, Nuclear Ordnance Platoon (USMC),
SAC = Strategic Air Command, Sacrifice, Special Agent in Charge, Senate Appropriations Committee
LFN = Local Foreign National
originally posted by: RelSciHistItSufi
a reply to: xuenchen
11:11 keeps making me think of legs... and therefore reminds me of soldiers walking 2 by 2. There's a line in the Jungle Book about animals walking in 2 by 2. Then you have the loading of animals onto Noah's Ark 2 by 2.
Finally there are the protestant ant-Trinitarian religious movements known as the Two by Twos.
10. Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.