[Newsbot]

Title: Alabama House Speaker Hubbard (R) convicted on 12 felony counts
Category: Uncle Sam
Posted By: BeaverFever
Date: 2016-06-13 07:38:46

[BeaverFever]

$1:

Public-corruption trials aren�t exactly unusual among the 50 state governments. In New York, federal prosecutors toppled Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver last year. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently reviewing Bob McDonnell�s 2015 conviction for accepting lavish gifts from an influential donor while Governor of Virginia. And New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran resigned last October after pleading guilty to fraud and embezzlement.

But even by those standards, Alabama�s current situation is an outlier. In addition to Hubbard�s conviction and ouster, both the state�s governor and its chief justice are also facing removal from office.

Alabama�s House Judiciary Committee will meet this week to consider articles of impeachment against Governor Robert Bentley for the firing for Spencer Collier, the state Law Enforcement Agency secretary. Collier then accused Bentley of an extramarital affair with his senior political advisor. Bentley admitted to sending sexually explicit messages to her but denied an affair.

Last month, the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission also charged Chief Justice Roy Moore with six counts of violating judicial ethics. Moore issued a controversial order to the state�s probate judges in January forbidding them from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, effectively defying a federal district court�s orders. It would not be his first removal from office: Moore was previously ousted in 2003 for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state supreme-court building.

Hubbard�s sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 8. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on each of the 12 charges.

http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive ... ma/486698/

I thought Republicans were the "moral majority"?

[Freakinoldguy]

Thank god Democratic stalwarts like Jesse Jackson Jr and his wife Sandi were wrongly convicted because, if they weren't your argument might be viewed as a completely partisan driveby.

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Jackson and wife Sandi signed plea agreements in early February 2013. Jackson Jr. agreed to plead guilty to charges of fraud, conspiracy, making false statements, mail fraud, wire fraud, and criminal forfeiture�having used about $750,000 in campaign money for over 3000 personal purchases that included a Michael Jackson fedora and cashmere capes.[111]

The Justice Department filed the charges on February 15, 2013, and Jackson pleaded guilty on February 20, 2013 to one count of wire and mail fraud in connection with his misuse of $750,000 of campaign funds. On June 7, 2013, federal prosecutors indicated that they sought a four-year prison sentence for Jackson. On August 14, 2013, Jackson was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, while wife Sandi was sentenced to 12 months in prison for filing false tax returns in attempt to conceal the crimes.

But, thanks for enlightening me on the facts since I used to mistakenly think it was pretty much all politicians who were corrupt assholes. Fortunately for me though, through your unbiased investigative zealotry you've proven that it's only the Republicans who fit that description.

(sarcasm off)

[BeaverFever]

No, no. ALL US politicians are corrupt. Their system doesn't practically allow for an honest politician to get elected, let alone stay in office.

But the collapse of the Alabama Republican government under a series of scandals in both the legislature and executive branches is enjoyable none the less

[2Cdo]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

No, no. ALL politicians are corrupt.

You had 2 too many letters in your first sentence.

[BRAH]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

$1:

Public-corruption trials aren�t exactly unusual among the 50 state governments. In New York, federal prosecutors toppled Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver last year. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently reviewing Bob McDonnell�s 2015 conviction for accepting lavish gifts from an influential donor while Governor of Virginia. And New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran resigned last October after pleading guilty to fraud and embezzlement.

But even by those standards, Alabama�s current situation is an outlier. In addition to Hubbard�s conviction and ouster, both the state�s governor and its chief justice are also facing removal from office.

Alabama�s House Judiciary Committee will meet this week to consider articles of impeachment against Governor Robert Bentley for the firing for Spencer Collier, the state Law Enforcement Agency secretary. Collier then accused Bentley of an extramarital affair with his senior political advisor. Bentley admitted to sending sexually explicit messages to her but denied an affair.

Last month, the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission also charged Chief Justice Roy Moore with six counts of violating judicial ethics. Moore issued a controversial order to the state�s probate judges in January forbidding them from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, effectively defying a federal district court�s orders. It would not be his first removal from office: Moore was previously ousted in 2003 for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state supreme-court building.

Hubbard�s sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 8. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on each of the 12 charges.

http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive ... ma/486698/

I thought Republicans were the "moral majority"?

Your Right Wing obsession is getting out of HAND.

[BartSimpson]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

I thought Republicans were the "moral majority"?

Pretty much, we are. We're far less tolerant of corruption and vice among our political leaders than are the Democrats.

If a Reep gets caught doing something wrong then the best he can hope for after that is an occasional consulting gig on CNN.

If a Democrat gets caught doing something wrong then they either get re-elected or their wife wins the Democrat nomination for President.

[BeaverFever]

Oh are you talking about Lewinsky?

[2Cdo]

BRAH BRAH:

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

$1:

Public-corruption trials aren�t exactly unusual among the 50 state governments. In New York, federal prosecutors toppled Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver last year. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently reviewing Bob McDonnell�s 2015 conviction for accepting lavish gifts from an influential donor while Governor of Virginia. And New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran resigned last October after pleading guilty to fraud and embezzlement.

But even by those standards, Alabama�s current situation is an outlier. In addition to Hubbard�s conviction and ouster, both the state�s governor and its chief justice are also facing removal from office.

Alabama�s House Judiciary Committee will meet this week to consider articles of impeachment against Governor Robert Bentley for the firing for Spencer Collier, the state Law Enforcement Agency secretary. Collier then accused Bentley of an extramarital affair with his senior political advisor. Bentley admitted to sending sexually explicit messages to her but denied an affair.

Last month, the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission also charged Chief Justice Roy Moore with six counts of violating judicial ethics. Moore issued a controversial order to the state�s probate judges in January forbidding them from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, effectively defying a federal district court�s orders. It would not be his first removal from office: Moore was previously ousted in 2003 for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state supreme-court building.

Hubbard�s sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 8. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on each of the 12 charges.

http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive ... ma/486698/

I thought Republicans were the "moral majority"?

Your Right Wing obsession is getting out of HAND.

That's a dead ringer for Beaver and Andy!

[BeaverFever]

Or Martin after you've put up a post.

[2Cdo]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

Or Martin after you've put up a post.

No, it's definitely a dead ringer for you and Andy.

[BartSimpson]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

Oh are you talking about Lewinsky?

Lewinsky is actually among the least of the accusations against Bill Clinton.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government ... y-clinton/

[BeaverFever]

But were' not talking about "accusations" from political opponents, we're talking CONVICTIONS aren't we?

[BartSimpson]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

But were' not talking about "accusations" from political opponents, we're talking CONVICTIONS aren't we?

And we all know that liberals and leftists don't have any convictions at all, right?

[BeaverFever]

The government of the state of Alabama is collapsing due to massive scandal involving bribery, kickbacks and abuse of power from its most senior elected officials.

Enjoy that while you fuss over a Democrat congressman who misused his campaign funds.

I'm sure it won't be long before a Democrat government comes under a similar scandal - as I said the whole US political system is a massive snake pit of legalized corruption - but today's not the day.