No wonder Hastert Worried About FBI Raids - Hastert under investigation

[Ioo]

That is where he is hiding his guilt!!!!



http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4202925

ABC News has learned that the Speaker of the House, Illinois Republican Dennis Hastert, is being investigated by the FBI, which wants to determine his role in an ongoing public corruption probe that is swirling around Congress.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigation by the FBI, which is seeking to determine his role in an ongoing public corruption probe into members of Congress, ABC News has learned from high level official sources.

Federal officials say the information implicating Hastert was developed from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government.

Part of the investigation involves a letter Hastert wrote three years ago, urging the Secretary of the Interior to block a casino on an Indian reservation that would have competed with other tribes.

The other tribes were represented by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff who reportedly has provided details of his dealings with Hastert as part of his plea agreement with the government.

The letter was written shortly after a fund-raiser for Hastert at a restaurant owned by Abramoff. Abramoff and his clients contributed more than $26,000 at the time.

[CPMaz]

1. What's that sound coming from Washington?

Ahh yes....the sound of shredders working overtime.

[Dave Reynolds]

Yep,

my first thought exactly..:7

[Ioo]

3. Remember GOP - Just because you delete it, it is not gone

We will find it

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Where's Fawn Hall

when you need her?

[987654321]

9. Ha, ha,!

[Pacifist Patriot]

20. I thought that was butt puckering. My bad.

[caligirl]

2. Hiding his guilt? I misread that as his GUT. He has a big one.

[Patsy Stone]

5. LOL!

Between your post and the Fawn Hall reference, this is a sweet little thread.

[seemslikeadream]

6. what's up with that Turkish money Hastert?

Vanity Fair floats allegations GOP chief Hastert took Turkish bribes

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4255768

Vanity Fair’s September edition, now out in New York but yet to hit national newsstands, packs a punch with an article about Sibel Edmonds, the FBI translator who has been gagged by the Bush Administration from revealing information about conversations she translated surrounding a seemingly major corruption scandal involving Turkish nationals and U.S. lawmakers, RAW STORY can reveal.

[Ripley]

7. Public Corruption probe that is SWIRLING around Congress...

What the Hell is it doing THAT for?

I want VULTURES dive bombing and feeding frenzies and Investigative Journalism and Heads to Roll and Jail Sentences to All (D's, too) and Hearings and A CLEAN UP!!

Instead, our wonder MSM gives us party girl swirling dresses. Cocktail swizzlestick stirred not shaken martini's. Pretty puffy clouds swirling in the sky.

ATTACK!!

:nuke:

[987654321]

12. Well what do you expect?

Who in their right mind would want to cover corruption when there are so many other important issues out there like who will win American Idol and which celebrity is mad at Tom Cruise now?

Priorities, priorities!

[Ripley]

14. I think they must all be on Numb Drugs

What Journalist wouldn't be chomping at the bit to be the next Watergate Woodward and Bernstein? There are literally HUNDREDS, if not THOUSANDS of slants/angles/routes to take to cover the Illegal, illicit, immoral, outrageously extra-constitutional BULLSHIT going on. Each day there is a Fresh New Hell one could choose to focus on.

Hey JOURNALISTS - GET OFF THE MEDS!

[987654321]

19. Journalists are a rare breed

We have news media personalities now.

[The Witch]

8. I have just given him an honorary sticky

look up ^_^;;

[DemReadingDU]

15. HaHa!

LOL!!!

[KyndCulture]

10. Hastert knows people in glass houses shouldn't take showers!

:rofl:

[etherealtruth]

13. Not when you look like Dennis Hastert

Nobody wants to see that.

[Octafish]

11. Sibel Edmonds may've testified about Hastert-n-hanky panky.

Sibel Edmonds Rebukes Dennis Hastert

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002384.htm

[DemReadingDU]

16. Too bad Sibel has been gagged

I wish she could leak all her documents and testimony similar to what Wired News did with Mark Klein alleging that AT&T cooperated in an illegal National Security Agency domestic surveillance program

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. The sound of freezer doors opening and closing all over D.C.

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." - Mark Twain

[Tiggeroshii]

18. I saw this coming a mile away

I saw the article and said, "He just doesn't want that to happen to him." I've been certain for a while he was a crooked fellow and only time would tell before he's in trouble.

[Imagevision]

21. Sibel Edmunds may get to offer testimony F-I-N-A-L-L-L-Y!!

[johnaries]

22. Perfect! I can't wait to email everyone at work.

It fits perfectly whith this thread I just posted:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1277205

[mcscajun]

23. Contrary Report from Bloomberg News - JD Denies ABC Story

Justice Department Denies ABC Report of Hastert Investigation

May 24 (Bloomberg) -- The Justice Department said it isn't investigating U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert in connection with a lobbying scandal.

"Speaker Hastert is not under investigation," said Justice Department spokeswoman Tasia Scolinos.

The statement was issued tonight in response to an ABC News report that Hastert had come under scrutiny by prosecutors investigating the activities of lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Hastert's spokesman, Ron Bonjean, also issued a statement denying the report.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aiGNp04DLQoY

And Hastert is now demanding a full retraction from ABC News.

[Ioo]

24. How odd, is Bloomburg a RW Shilling House?

[Garbo 2004]

26. Reuters news service also reporting Justice Dept denial.

[mcscajun]

27. Um, is the Pope Catholic?

Sure they are. But they're not the only ones with the story, just the first ones who had it.

And ABC News isn't pure as the driven snow, either.

[Ioo]

28. No, he is a Nazi, don't you read the news :P

[mcscajun]

29. Ha!

:rofl:

[slipslidingaway]

25. Thanks for the update. n/t