Posted on 02/26/2014 5:15:25 AM PST by moneyrunner
When you're part of the Obama Administration, fresh from publishing the Virginian Pilot, and being used to telling people what to do, a little thing like the law doesn't stop you.
An internal federal probe has concluded that Maurice Jones, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s new commerce secretary, improperly lobbied Congress while he was in the Obama administration last year.
Mr. Jones, who was a deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, sent an email to more than 1,000 recipients — including 46 people at HUD — asking them to contact senators to “defend against efforts by some Republicans” to prevent a housing bill to come up for a vote, according to the internal probe. The message also asked “friends and supporters” to tell senators to vote “no” on another amendment. A monthslong investigation by the HUD’s office of inspector general concluded that Mr. Jones and four others at HUD appear to have violated anti-lobbying laws, which restrict the use of funds for publicity or propaganda directed at pending legislation before Congress. The probe also concluded that Mr. Jones violated internal HUD policy on lobbying by federal employees.
Jones claimed ignorance.
“[Deputy secretary]{Jones} stated that it was articulated to him that ‘I could do things that others could not,’” investigators wrote in the report obtained by The Washington Times.
Laws are for the little people.
The Obama DOJ - the most politicized in history - declined to prosecute its own employee. and the investigation is busy being swept under the rug. I confidently predict that Jones will not be prosecuted.
One last point, this tireless advocate of the working man, managed to do very well for himself even as he was throwing others out of work.
In 2012, The Washington Times reported that a federal financial disclosure form showed Mr. Jones pocketed more than a quarter-million dollars in bonus compensation as publisher of the Virginian-Pilot about the same time he was slashing newsroom jobs.
The Virginian Pilot did not cover this story. But then they have a history of refusing to cover the mishaps of their own employees, even when those employees are the victims of an unprovoked attack by a gang of black youths.
They speak like Marx, rule like Stalin, live like the Rockefellers while the people suffer.
The more I hear about the political corruption foisted upon us by Obama, Holder and their cronies, the more I keep waiting (in vain) for someone wearing a white hat to ride in on a white horse and “clean up this town.” Unfortunately, Gary Cooper and John Wayne are dead.
ALL of Holder’s people (includes felons, rapists, terrorists)
are above the “law” and protected by the DO”J”.
American equal Justice and Law is FINISHED -—
thanks to the lazy, corrupted Issa and Roberts.
The Virginian-Pilot is a worthless rag. If I had a parakeet I’d bet he wouldn’t take a crap on it.
What keeps that paper in business? Is Virginia Beach crammed with liberals or completely uninformed people, to repeat myself?
The Virginia Pilot is a piece of agit prop fulfilling the requirements of Edward Bernays – Propaganda.
It is delivered to my home for one reason: The Sports Page.
Somehow, my spouse can’t do without it.
“What keeps that paper in business?”
The usual suspects. I get my local news online from a local TV station which doesn’t appear to have an agenda. What’s really funny is WND (Whirled Nuts Daily) keeps close tabs on the Virginian-Pravda/Red Star for stories that they bury.
If odumbo and McAuliffe appointed him, breaking the law became his assignment.
And he’s an alumnus of my son’s college, Hampden-Sydney...named for two historic figures who fought and died for Freedom from tyranny in England and were greatly admired by our founding fathers.
Shameful man.....
It’s a puzzle that it’s still going...
I got rid of our subscription long ago...only buy it from the 7/11 on Sun for the coupons and crosswords.
Recently, two of their reporters got mugged in downtown Norfolk and the paper completely suppressed the info on the incident.
Real probing reporting from the VP....
Democrats being democrats. Nothing to see here, folks, move along...
Not quite Stalin; the killing hasn't started YET.
They're not buying all that ammo as a paperweight.;)
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