Wednesday, July 8, 2020

As the man says...

...the swamp isn't just in DC: "FBI arrests a third of Toledo city council".
On Tuesday, following a 2-year investigation, the FBI arrested an attorney and four members of the city council of Toledo, Ohio for involvement in a complex bribery and extortion scheme. All politicians arrested are Democrats.

Following the arrests, US Attorney Justin Herdman said on Fox News, “As alleged in the Complaint, four Toledo City Council members and a local attorney have been engaged in a pay-to-play scheme involving bribes for Council votes. Maintaining the public’s trust in its elected officials is one of the Department of Justice’s core responsibilities.”
Well, I'd say the Department of Justice has a hell of a long way to go to reach that goal, but nice bit of work, nonetheless.

1 comment:

Veeshir said...

They're everywhere.
In NY, people tried to get a candidate through a GOP primary, district 22 or 23 as I recall. The NY machine slapped them down.
In Mississippi the GOP slapped down another upstart for Senate.
Wisconsin had the worst example, except for what they're doing to Trump.
The Dem machine had secret John Doe warrants and sent the SS in the dead of night to arrest people who were under a gag order so they couldn't even talk about. The cases were dismissed but the damage was done and the message was sent, dissent was not tolerated.
Those are just a few of the more noticeable examples.
We're at a cusp, how it plays out will determine the future of the American experiment in self rule.
I'm not confident in the outcome.