Georgia Governor Nathan Deal will be indicted

[Bob Juch]

Republican Georgia Governor Nathan Deal will be indicted by a federal grand jury by no later than January 15, 2015, according to a source close to the investigation of the embattled former member of Congress. A second independent source confirmed that Deal will indeed be indicted, but could not verify when the indictment will be handed down.

Deal, who won reelection to a second four-year term as Georgia’s governor in November, has been under investigation since 2010. While a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Deal was accused of wrongdoing by the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). The report issued by OCE concluded that Deal had improperly used his office staff in an attempt to pressure Georgia officials continue the state’s vehicle inspection program. This program, the report concluded, had generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue for Deal’s auto salvage company. Deal denied any wrongdoing and defiantly stated, “I have done nothing wrong and am not going to let this tarnish my record of public service. Less than a month later, Deal resigned from his Congressional seat but said he had done so to concentrate on his planned run in the Georgia gubernatorial primary.

In 2011, Deal became the subject of a state ethics investigation. This probe accused Deal of using campaign funds collected for his 2010 race for governor to pay legal bills stemming from the ethics investigation while still a member of Congress. As subpoenas were about to be issued in the state case, two members of the State Ethics Commission were released from their positions. One of the people appointed to replace the fired Ethics Committee members, it was later reported, had been hand-picked by the governor’s office. Shortly thereafter, Deal was cleared by the state ethics panel but did pay $3,500 to resolve “campaign and financial disclosure law” irregularities.

The current investigation by the U.S. Justice Department is believed to be focused on both the campaign-finance charges and the improper use of staff while Deal was still in Congress. A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that Deal will be indicted on multiple charges and that the case against him is “airtight.”

[Estonut]

2010–2014

Alabama
• State Representative Terry Spicer (D) pleaded guilty to accepting more than $3000 per month in bribes. (2011)

Arizona
• State Representative Richard Miranda (D) resigned from the legislature in February 2012 citing family and health reasons. In March he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion. (2012)

Local
• Nogales Mayor Octavio Garcia Von Borstel (D), and his father, Octavio Garcia Suarez, were arrested on fraud, theft and money laundering charges. He was ultimately convicted of bribery charges and received a three and a half year prison term. He was sentenced to seven years probation on the fraud charges.

Arkansas
• State Representative Hudson Hallum (D) pleaded guilty to voter bribing. (2012)

California
• State Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D) She was charged with felony grand theft after being caught on video surveillance allegedly shoplifting $2,445 worth of merchandise from San Francisco's Neiman Marcus store. She was sentenced to $180 fine and three years probation and was ordered to stay more than 50 feet from the store. (2011)

Local
• Mayor of San Diego Bob Filner (D) given three months of house arrest, three years probation, and partial loss of his mayoral pension after pleading guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and battery. (2013)

Connecticut
• State Senator Thomas Gaffey (D), arrested for larceny. He resolved the criminal charges by agreeing to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, resign his state senate seat effective January 5, 2011, and serve 100 hours of community service. (2011)

Local
• Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut Eddie Perez (D), was sentenced to eight years, suspended after three years, with three years in prison, to be followed by three years of probation for corruption. (2010)

Florida

Local
• Port St. Lucie Mayor Patricia Christensen (D) was convicted of theft of campaign funds. In a guilty plea agreement, she was sentenced to probation. (2011)

Georgia
• State Senator Charles Walker (D), was convicted of 127 felony charges related to various schemes. Walker paid $698,047 in restitution and another $200,000 in fines and court fees. (2013)

Illinois
• State Reprsentative Keith Farnham (D) convicted of distributing child pornography. (2014)
• State Representative Derrick Smith (D) was arrested and convicted of accepting a $7000 bribe. (2012)
• Illinois Comptroller and Treasurer for Dixon, IL, Rita Crundwell (D) was arrested for fraud after allegedly embezzling as much as $30 million over many years. On February 14, 2013, Crundwell was sentenced to 19 years and 7 months in prison, just under the maximum 20-year sentence.

Local
• Alderman of Chicago, Sandi Jackson (D) pled guilty to one count of filing false tax returns. (2013)

Indiana

Local
• Mayor of East Chicago George Pabey (D) was convicted by a federal court jury on September 24, 2010 of conspiracy and theft of government funds. (2010)

Louisiana

Local
• New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (D) was found guilty on 20 counts of bribery and was sentenced to ten years in federal prison. (2014)

Maryland

Local
• Mayor of Baltimore Sheila Dixon (D) was convicted of fraudulent misappropriation and was sentenced to four years of probation. (2010)
• Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D), On May 17, 2011, Johnson pleaded guilty to extortion and, witness and evidence tampering. (2011) On December 6, 2011, Johnson was sentenced to seven years and three months in Butner federal prison in North Carolina. He was also fined $100,000.
• Prince George's County Councillor Leslie Johnson (D), was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for political corruption. (2011)

Massachusetts
• State Representative Carlos Henriquez (D) was convicted of two counts assault and battery charges and sentenced to 2.5 years, with six months to be served in the Billerica County House of Correction and the remaining two years to be spent on probation. (2014)
• State Representative Stephen Stat Smith (D) pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of deprivation of rights under color of law for his role in a voter fraud scheme. (2012)
• Speaker of the House Salvatore DiMasi (D) was found guilty of using his position to secure multimillion-dollar state contracts for Cognos, a business intelligence software company, in exchange for kickbacks. (2011)

Local
• Boston Councillor Chuck Turner (Green Party) was expelled from the Boston City Council on December 1, 2010 following his conviction on federal bribery charges.

Michigan
• Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court Diane Hathaway (D) was sentenced to 366 days in Prison for criminal mortgage fraud. (2013)

Local
• Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick (D) was sentenced to 18 months to 5 years in prison for violating his probation in 2010. In 2013 he was sentenced to 28 years in prison for federal charges including racketeering and extortion. (2013)
• Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers (D) pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery and served just over 27 months at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia. (2010)

Mississippi
• Judge Bobby DeLaughter (D) was made famous for finally convicting Byron De La Beckwith in 1994 for the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963. DeLaughter pled guilty of one count of lying to the FBI and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. (2010)

Missouri
• Governor of Missouri Roger B. Wilson (D), on May 12, 2012, was fined $2,000 by the Missouri Ethics Commission. In July he was sentenced to two years of probation on the money laundering charge. (2012)

New Jersey
• State Assemblyman and Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey Joseph Vas (D) sentenced to 6 and a half years for federal corruption. (2011)

New York
• State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa (D) sentenced to a year in jail for entering into a sham marriage in order to gain U.S. citizenship. (2014)
• State Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr. (D) convicted of bribery (2014)
• State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson (D) found guilty of bribery, conspiracy and other related charges. (2014)
• State Assemblyman Nelson Castro (D) convicted of perjury (2013)
• State Senator Shirley Huntley (D) convicted of mail fraud. She was sentenced to one year and a day in prison.(2013)
• Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Pedro Espada Jr. (D) On May 14, 2012 a federal jury found Espada guilty of embezzling money from federally funded healthcare clinics, after 11 days of deliberation.
• New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi (D), was convicted on charges surrounding a "pay to play" scheme regarding the New York State Pension Fund, and was sentenced to 1–4 years. (2011)
• State Senator Carl Kruger (D) resigned his seat and pled guilty to charges of corruption and bribery. (2011)

Local
• New York City Council member Larry Seabrook (D) On February 9, 2010, a federal grand jury indicted Seabrook on 13 counts of money laundering, extortion, and fraud. Seabrook was convicted on 9 charges (2012).
• President of the New York City council Andrew Stein (D) was convicted of tax evasion regarding a Ponzi scheme (2010).

North Carolina
• Governor of North Carolina Mike Easley (D) was convicted of a federal campaign law felony (2010).

Local
• Mayor of Charlotte Patrick Cannon (D) charged with accepting bribes (2014)

Ohio
• State Representative W. Carlton Weddington (D) was convicted on bribery charges and sentenced to three years in prison. (2012)

Oklahoma
• President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate Mike Morgan (D) as found guilty of accepting $12,000 in bribes (2007)

Pennsylvania
• State Representative Jose Miranda (D) convicted of fraud. (2013)
• State Representative and Democratic Minority Whip of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Bill DeWeese (D) sentenced to 30 to 60 months in state prison for theft. (2012)

Local
• Luzerne County Board of Commissioner Greg Skrepenak, (D), was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for corruption. (2010)

Wisconsin

Local
• Racine, Wisconsin Mayor Gary Becker (D) was convicted of attempted child seduction, child pornography, and other child sex crimes. (2010)

[silverscreenselect]

Much as I would enjoy seeing Deal get his day in court, I must say that your sourcing seems a bit suspect. The story seems to have originated with a website called "Liberal America" and doesn't reference any other news organization. Until CNN, the Atlanta Journal (both of whom have close ties to Georgia), or any other news organization reports it, I would take this with a gigantic grain of salt.

[mellytu74]

Just emailed an old friend from DC, who worked for Deal when he was a Democratic Congressman.

She said she hasn't heard anything but she wouldn't be surprised. But she hadn't heard anything

[bazodee]

Nathan Deal has been investigated for four years now; there has frequently been talk of a pending indictment. No one is Georgia would be surprised. No one in Georgia would care if he was found guilty. The sitting Lieutenant Governor is an egomaniacal creep. Don't know which one most Georgians would prefer.

[flockofseagulls104]

2010–2014

Alabama
• State Representative Terry Spicer (D) pleaded guilty to accepting more than $3000 per month in bribes. (2011)

Arizona
• State Representative Richard Miranda (D) resigned from the legislature in February 2012 citing family and health reasons. In March he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion. (2012)

Local
• Nogales Mayor Octavio Garcia Von Borstel (D), and his father, Octavio Garcia Suarez, were arrested on fraud, theft and money laundering charges. He was ultimately convicted of bribery charges and received a three and a half year prison term. He was sentenced to seven years probation on the fraud charges.

Arkansas
• State Representative Hudson Hallum (D) pleaded guilty to voter bribing. (2012)

California
• State Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D) She was charged with felony grand theft after being caught on video surveillance allegedly shoplifting $2,445 worth of merchandise from San Francisco's Neiman Marcus store. She was sentenced to $180 fine and three years probation and was ordered to stay more than 50 feet from the store. (2011)

Local
• Mayor of San Diego Bob Filner (D) given three months of house arrest, three years probation, and partial loss of his mayoral pension after pleading guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and battery. (2013)

Connecticut
• State Senator Thomas Gaffey (D), arrested for larceny. He resolved the criminal charges by agreeing to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, resign his state senate seat effective January 5, 2011, and serve 100 hours of community service. (2011)

Local
• Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut Eddie Perez (D), was sentenced to eight years, suspended after three years, with three years in prison, to be followed by three years of probation for corruption. (2010)

Florida

Local
• Port St. Lucie Mayor Patricia Christensen (D) was convicted of theft of campaign funds. In a guilty plea agreement, she was sentenced to probation. (2011)

Georgia
• State Senator Charles Walker (D), was convicted of 127 felony charges related to various schemes. Walker paid $698,047 in restitution and another $200,000 in fines and court fees. (2013)

Illinois
• State Reprsentative Keith Farnham (D) convicted of distributing child pornography. (2014)
• State Representative Derrick Smith (D) was arrested and convicted of accepting a $7000 bribe. (2012)
• Illinois Comptroller and Treasurer for Dixon, IL, Rita Crundwell (D) was arrested for fraud after allegedly embezzling as much as $30 million over many years. On February 14, 2013, Crundwell was sentenced to 19 years and 7 months in prison, just under the maximum 20-year sentence.

Local
• Alderman of Chicago, Sandi Jackson (D) pled guilty to one count of filing false tax returns. (2013)

Indiana

Local
• Mayor of East Chicago George Pabey (D) was convicted by a federal court jury on September 24, 2010 of conspiracy and theft of government funds. (2010)

Louisiana

Local
• New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (D) was found guilty on 20 counts of bribery and was sentenced to ten years in federal prison. (2014)

Maryland

Local
• Mayor of Baltimore Sheila Dixon (D) was convicted of fraudulent misappropriation and was sentenced to four years of probation. (2010)
• Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D), On May 17, 2011, Johnson pleaded guilty to extortion and, witness and evidence tampering. (2011) On December 6, 2011, Johnson was sentenced to seven years and three months in Butner federal prison in North Carolina. He was also fined $100,000.
• Prince George's County Councillor Leslie Johnson (D), was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for political corruption. (2011)

Massachusetts
• State Representative Carlos Henriquez (D) was convicted of two counts assault and battery charges and sentenced to 2.5 years, with six months to be served in the Billerica County House of Correction and the remaining two years to be spent on probation. (2014)
• State Representative Stephen Stat Smith (D) pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of deprivation of rights under color of law for his role in a voter fraud scheme. (2012)
• Speaker of the House Salvatore DiMasi (D) was found guilty of using his position to secure multimillion-dollar state contracts for Cognos, a business intelligence software company, in exchange for kickbacks. (2011)

Local
• Boston Councillor Chuck Turner (Green Party) was expelled from the Boston City Council on December 1, 2010 following his conviction on federal bribery charges.

Michigan
• Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court Diane Hathaway (D) was sentenced to 366 days in Prison for criminal mortgage fraud. (2013)

Local
• Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick (D) was sentenced to 18 months to 5 years in prison for violating his probation in 2010. In 2013 he was sentenced to 28 years in prison for federal charges including racketeering and extortion. (2013)
• Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers (D) pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery and served just over 27 months at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia. (2010)

Mississippi
• Judge Bobby DeLaughter (D) was made famous for finally convicting Byron De La Beckwith in 1994 for the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963. DeLaughter pled guilty of one count of lying to the FBI and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. (2010)

Missouri
• Governor of Missouri Roger B. Wilson (D), on May 12, 2012, was fined $2,000 by the Missouri Ethics Commission. In July he was sentenced to two years of probation on the money laundering charge. (2012)

New Jersey
• State Assemblyman and Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey Joseph Vas (D) sentenced to 6 and a half years for federal corruption. (2011)

New York
• State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa (D) sentenced to a year in jail for entering into a sham marriage in order to gain U.S. citizenship. (2014)
• State Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr. (D) convicted of bribery (2014)
• State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson (D) found guilty of bribery, conspiracy and other related charges. (2014)
• State Assemblyman Nelson Castro (D) convicted of perjury (2013)
• State Senator Shirley Huntley (D) convicted of mail fraud. She was sentenced to one year and a day in prison.(2013)
• Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Pedro Espada Jr. (D) On May 14, 2012 a federal jury found Espada guilty of embezzling money from federally funded healthcare clinics, after 11 days of deliberation.
• New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi (D), was convicted on charges surrounding a "pay to play" scheme regarding the New York State Pension Fund, and was sentenced to 1–4 years. (2011)
• State Senator Carl Kruger (D) resigned his seat and pled guilty to charges of corruption and bribery. (2011)

Local
• New York City Council member Larry Seabrook (D) On February 9, 2010, a federal grand jury indicted Seabrook on 13 counts of money laundering, extortion, and fraud. Seabrook was convicted on 9 charges (2012).
• President of the New York City council Andrew Stein (D) was convicted of tax evasion regarding a Ponzi scheme (2010).

North Carolina
• Governor of North Carolina Mike Easley (D) was convicted of a federal campaign law felony (2010).

Local
• Mayor of Charlotte Patrick Cannon (D) charged with accepting bribes (2014)

Ohio
• State Representative W. Carlton Weddington (D) was convicted on bribery charges and sentenced to three years in prison. (2012)

Oklahoma
• President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate Mike Morgan (D) as found guilty of accepting $12,000 in bribes (2007)

Pennsylvania
• State Representative Jose Miranda (D) convicted of fraud. (2013)
• State Representative and Democratic Minority Whip of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Bill DeWeese (D) sentenced to 30 to 60 months in state prison for theft. (2012)

Local
• Luzerne County Board of Commissioner Greg Skrepenak, (D), was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for corruption. (2010)

Wisconsin

Local
• Racine, Wisconsin Mayor Gary Becker (D) was convicted of attempted child seduction, child pornography, and other child sex crimes. (2010)

I must've missed BJ's posts about these incidents. But I'm sure these were all false charges and convictions, politically motivated by the evil republicans. Only charges made against non democrats are actually true corruption.

But seriously (but why do I bother?) BJ, there will always be corrupt people in government. It doesn't matter what party they belong to. Because many corrupt people are attracted to the power that public office gives them. And those people, once in government, seek to expand the power that they have. And we have elected a lot of those people, and the power of government has expanded geometrically in the past few decades, and especially in the past decade. That is why Washington DC is one of the most, if not the most, wealthy city in the country. Government is a booming industry, and it's all on our dime.

That is why I am invested in the Tea Party Movement. It seems to be the only political movement that understands that this can't go on. And that is also why the Tea Party is vilified and lied about by the powers that be.

[Flybrick]

Indeed. Corruption is not party specific.

Something about "not a smidgen of corruption involving the IRS" I believe is the current meme.

That said, the powers that be, on either side of the aisle, don't want their gravy boat rocked:

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/j ... ml?hp=t1_r

So rather than readjust to what the people who elected him want, McCain wants to get even.

I despair for our country.

Or should I say ancient Rome?

I get confused sometimes...

[Bob Juch]

Indeed. Corruption is not party specific.

Something about "not a smidgen of corruption involving the IRS" I believe is the current meme.

That said, the powers that be, on either side of the aisle, don't want their gravy boat rocked:

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/j ... ml?hp=t1_r

So rather than readjust to what the people who elected him want, McCain wants to get even.

I despair for our country.

Or should I say ancient Rome?

I get confused sometimes...

Well at least McCain is doing something good down here.

Please note I have posted about corrupt Democrats too; probably equal with Republicans.

[flockofseagulls104]

Indeed. Corruption is not party specific.

Something about "not a smidgen of corruption involving the IRS" I believe is the current meme.

That said, the powers that be, on either side of the aisle, don't want their gravy boat rocked:

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/j ... ml?hp=t1_r

So rather than readjust to what the people who elected him want, McCain wants to get even.

I despair for our country.

Or should I say ancient Rome?

I get confused sometimes...

Well at least McCain is doing something good down here.

Please note I have posted about corrupt Democrats too; probably equal with Republicans.

Name one.

[Flybrick]

Name one.

I second that call for proof.

A post in WWTBAM where you posted about a corrupt Democrat complete with link to source.

I will be happy to be wrong. Surprised mightily, but happy.

So which will it be - surprised or happy?

I got's to know...

[Bob Juch]

Name one.

I second that call for proof.

A post in WWTBAM where you posted about a corrupt Democrat complete with link to source.

I will be happy to be wrong. Surprised mightily, but happy.

So which will it be - surprised or happy?

I got's to know...

I have many better things to do than to spend my time searching my posts here.

[Estonut]

Please note I have posted about corrupt Democrats too; probably equal with Republicans.

[flockofseagulls104]

Name one.

I second that call for proof.

A post in WWTBAM where you posted about a corrupt Democrat complete with link to source.

I will be happy to be wrong. Surprised mightily, but happy.

So which will it be - surprised or happy?

I got's to know...

I have many better things to do than to spend my time searching my posts here.

Just to restate the obvious: we all have better things to do than to read the talking point leftist propaganda you disseminate on this bored. Cut it out once and for all. If I posted all the political things that outrage me I would spend all my time here posting. But I spare the bored. The uncommitted or apethetic don't want it and all I'd get from people like you is flames, not debate. I only respond to useful idiots so their propaganda is at least questioned.

[Flybrick]

I have many better things to do than to spend my time searching my posts here.

Liiiiiiiike finding unsubstantied charges against those ideologically different than you?

That is a much better use of your time than showing you have the character than you claim to possess.
Then decline to show proof of those claims.

In the end, I was neither happy nor surprised.

Just sad that the liar and blowhard side of you enters another year.

It grows ever larger...

[Bob Juch]

Tisk, tisk, and I didn't even bring up Steve Scalise.

[Flybrick]

Neither did you mention the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Or the 80+ and counting visits to the White House Rev. "Tawana Brawley/Hymietown/Kike, etc, " Al Sharpton.

But, fortunately, this is all about you now.

You made a statement of fact about you identifying political corruption (which Scalise is not accused of, but nice deflection) regardless of party.

You have been asked to provide proof because at least two of us think you are a liar.

This is all about you now. You should be loving the attention.

It is your currency and ho's need to get paid.

[Bob Juch]

[Flybrick]

But still no proof of your claim regarding your pointing out corruption regardless of political affiliation.

This is starting to get expensive. Do ho's take checks?

[Estonut]

You have been asked to provide proof because at least two of us think you are a liar.

There are 3 of us in this thread. That was the point of the list I posted, that I didn't recall BJ mentioning a single one of those cases, neither at accusation, trial nor conviction. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the number of Republicans I deleted was far, far less than half the complete list. BJ would have BBs believe otherwise.