Republican Party Crooks
President George W. Bush
charges: treason, perjury, 'high crimes & misdemeanors'
multiple violations of the Geneva Conventions
Vice President Dick Cheney
charges: treason, perjury, conspiracy
war profiteering {still owns stock in Halliburton}
multiple violations of the Geneva Conventions
Cheney's chief-of-staff (since Libby resigned) David Addington
treason & conspiracy per Title 50 Section 421
long-term disregard of the Geneva Conventions
White House staffer Karl Rove
treason & conspiracy per Title 50 Section 421
D former Cheney chief-of-staff I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby
indicted 28 Oct 2005 for perjury & obstruction of justice; trial set for Jan 2007
convited 6 March 2007 on 4 of 5 counts
other charges: treason & conspiracy per Title 50 Section 421
D then-White House procurement official David Safavian
arrested 16 September 2005 for lying to investigators;
convicted 19 June 2006 on 4 counts
D former White House policy advisor Claude Allen
arrested 9 March 2006 for 25 counts of theft at Target;
pled guilty on 4 August 2006, sentenced to probation & penalties (no jail time)
former White House counsel Harriet Myers
conspiracy in the firing of 8 U.S. Attorneys in December 2006
former Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld
charges: treason, perjury, conspiracy
multiple violations of the Geneva Conventions
conspiracy & fraud per Title 18 Section 371
resigned 8 November 2006
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers
conspiracy & fraud per Title 18 Section 371
Geoffrey Miller, Maj. Gen. U.S. Army (Ret)
chief of torture at Guantanamo & Abu Ghraib prisons
multiple violations of the Geneva Conventions
U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus
lying in testimony to Congress (not under oath)
Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice
charges: treason, perjury, conspiracy
conspiracy & fraud per Title 18 Section 371
former Secretary of State Colin Powell
conspiracy & fraud per Title 18 Section 371
Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte
commission of war crimes, including training & operation
of 'death squads' around the world
former Deputy Secretary of State Randall Tobias
resigned 27 April 2007 over dealings with indicted 'D.C. Madam'
State Dept. Inspector General Howard J. Krongard
under investigation by Congress for impeding investigations in Iraq
former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
conspiracy to torture, violation of intl. treaties & the 8th Amendment
plus the firings of 8 U.S. Attorneys in December 2006 & lying about the reason
resigned effective 17 September 2007
former head of the C.I.A. Porter Goss
resigned 5 May 2006, amid allegations about the Cunningham scandal
hooker parties at Watergate
former Exec Director of the C.I.A. Kyle "Dusty" Foggo
resigned May 2006; under investigation of taking bribes for defense contracts
indicted 13 Feb 2007 for fraud & other counts
former Asst. Secretary of Labor David Lauriski
resigned Nov 2004 over improper awarding of contracts
D former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles
pled guilty 23 March 2007 to perjury before Congress in 2005
re Abramoff scandal; sentenced 26 June to 10 months in prison
Homeland Security official Brian J. Doyle
arrested April 2006 for soliciting sex with a minor over the internet
Abramoff / DeLay Scandals
former G.O.P. House Speaker Tom DeLay of TX
indicted 28 Sept 2005 for conspiracy to violate Texas election laws; dismissed 5 December 2005; indicted 3 Oct 2005 for conspiracy & money laundering;
resigned House seat 9 June 2006
D DeLay's chief-of-staff Tony C. Rudy
pled guilty 31 March 2006 to one count of conspiracy
John Colyandro, executive director of DeLay's T.R.M.P.A.C.
indicted in September 2005 of multiple felony counts of election law violations, conspiracy & money laundering
Jim Ellis, executive director of DeLay's ARMPAC
indicted in September 2005 of multiple felony counts of election law violations, conspiracy & money laundering
K-Street Project co-founder (with DeLay) Grover Norquist
under investigation in the Abramoff scandals, for conspiracy & money-laundering
D lobbyist Jack Abramoff
pled guilty 3 Jan 2006 in Florida to 3 felony counts;
sentenced 29 March 2006 to minimum 5 years 10 months in prison
D partner with Abramoff in SunCruz Casinos Adam Kidan
pled guilty 15 Dec 2005 to conspiracy & wire fraud
D ex-DeLay aide & partner of Abramoff Michael Scanlon
pled guilty to bribery 21 Nov 2005 {agreed to five years in prison)
ex-DeLay chief-of-staff Ed Buckham
Federal Election Commission report 9 April 2004 named U.S. Family Network & National Republican Congressional Committee, who paid $280,000 fine
Republican activist Ralph Eugene Reed, Jr.
under investigation in the Abramoff scandals
Congressional Scandals
G.O.P. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski
under investigation for Kenai River land deal ethics violations
G.O.P. Alaska Senator Ted Stevens
F.B.I. agents searched his home in Alaska 30 July 2007
as part of Bill Allen bribery investigation
D then-CEO of VECO Corp. Bill Allen
pled guilty 7 May 2007 to extortion, bribery & tax evasion
G.O.P. Congressman [CA-4] John T. Doolittle
under investigation in the Abramoff & Wilkes scandals
G.O.P. Congressman [CA-41] Jerry Lewis
under investigation by Los Angeles D.A. for ties to lobbyist Bill Lowery
lobbyist Bill Lowery
left Congress after the 1992 House check kiting scandal
under investigation by Los Angeles D.A. for ties to Rep. Jerry Lewis
G.O.P. Congressman [CA-44] Ken Calvert
officially 'unindicted co-conspirator #3' in the Cunningham scandal
D former G.O.P. Congressman [CA-50] Randy 'Duke' Cunningham
pled guilty to bribery; sentenced 3 March 2006 to 8 years & 4 months { in prison }
D defense contractor Mitchell Wade
pled guilty 24 February 2006 of bribing Cunningham
D San Diego, CA defense contractor Brent R. Wilkes
under investigation for bribery of Congressmen (with money & prostitutes)
official 'unindicted co-conspirator' in the Cunningham scandal
indicted Feb 2007 for fraud & other counts; convicted on all 13 counts in Nov 2007
G.O.P. Congressman [CA-52] Duncan Hunter
under investigation as a co-conspirator in the Cunningham scandal
former G.O.P. Congresswoman [FL-13] & Florida election-thief Katherine Harris
D G.O.P. Congressman [FL-16] Mark Foley
resigned from Congress 29 September 2006
over emails to a 16-year-old male page
G.O.P. Senator Larry Craig of Idaho
arrested 11 June 2007 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on suspicion of lewd conduct; pled guilty in August 2007 to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct; under pressure and dithering about resigning
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G.O.P. former House Speaker [IL-14] Dennis Hastert
May 2006: ABC News reported F.B.I. investigation of Hastert re Abramoff scandals
June 2006: Hastert being investigated for land/highway deal in 2005
on 17 August 2008, Hastert announced his retirement
G.O.P. Louisiana Senator David Vitter
admitted in July 2007 to having paid money
to prostitutes in New Orleans and D.C
G.O.P. Congressman [MO-07] Roy D. Blunt
under investigation for ties to Tom DeLay
former G.O.P. Montana Senator Conrad Burns
under investigation for bribery in the Abramoff scandals
D G.O.P. Congressman [OH-18] Bob Ney
Abramoff, Rudy, Scanlon & Volz named Ney in their guilty pleas
House Ethics Committee 18 May 2006 announced investigation of bribery
pled guilty 13 October 2006 to two felony counts
resigned from Congress (prior to expulsion) 3 November 2006
sentenced 19 January 2007 to 30 months in prison & 2 years probation
D Ney's former chief-of-staff Neil Volz
pled guilty 8 May 2006 to one count of conspiracy
former G.O.P. Tennessee Senator Bill Frist
under investigation since Sept 2005 by S.E.C. for insider trading;
did not run for re-election in 2006 race
G.O.P. Congressman [VA-05] Virgil Goode
tainted by illegal donations from defense contractors
Richard Berglund & Mitchell Wade {who both pled guilty}
former G.O.P. Congressman [WI-08] Mark Green
accepted freebies from Abramoff; accepted $30,000 from DeLay
The Enron Fraud
Enron Scandal section on 'Corporations vs. America' Page
Timeline of the Enron Scandal at Wikipedia
D Bush crony & former Enron chairman/CEO Ken Lay [1942-2006]
convicted 25 May 2006 of six counts of conspiracy & securities & wire fraud
also convicted of four counts of bank fraud in a non-jury portion of the trial
Ken Lay died on 5 July 2006 before sentencing
D former Enron president Jeffrey Skilling
convicted 25 May 2006 on 19 of 28 counts of conspiracy & fraud
sentenced 23 October 2006 to 24 years & 4 months in prison
D sixteen ex-Enron executives, including ex-CFO Andrew Fastow,
ex-ex-CAO Richard Causey & finance exec Sherron Watkins
all 16 pled guilty: Fastow sentenced 26 Sept 2006 to 6 years in prison
State-Level Corruption Scandals
D former Alaska Rep. Tom Anderson [2003-2007]
indicted in December 2006 on allegations of extortion and bribery;
convicted 9 July 2007 on all seven felony counts
D Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland
pled guilty to corruption charges in 2004; served 10 months in prison
D former Illinois Governor George Ryan
convicted on 16 counts of corruption 17 April 2006; later sentenced
to 6.5 years in prison; free pending appeal
Kansas G.O.P. Party Chair Kris Kobach
sent email in Dec 2007 bragging about success in {illegal!} voter caging
Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher
indicted 11 May 2006 for conspiracy & misconduct
Ohio Governor Bob Taft
pled no contest Aug 2005 to state campaign/ethics violations & paid $4,000 fine
Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell
blamed for rampant voting irregularities in Nov 2004 Ohio elections
2006 G.O.P. candidate for Ohio governor
under investigation for purging 1.2 million Democrats from voter rolls in 2006
D Ohio Republican Party official Tom Noe
pled guilty 31 May 2006 to 3 felony counts of money laundering
indicted 13 Feb 2006 on 53 state counts for 'Coingate' scandal
sentenced to 18 years in prison on 20 November 2006
wife Bernadette Noe
forced to resign as chair of the Lucas Coounty Board of Elections in 2004
Other Republican Crooks
Spokane, WA Mayor James West
admits soliciting gay sex online, denies molesting Boy Scouts (May 2005)
professional liar Rush Limbaugh
investigation began Oct 2003 into allegations of 'doctor shopping', purchase of illegal drugs & money laundering;
arrested & sentenced 28 April 2006 for 'doctor shopping' for OxyContin;
detained 26 June 2006 at Palm Beach Airport returning from Dominican Republic in illegal possession of Viagra
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