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Posted on 08/18/2005 7:07:24 AM PDT by radar101
The U.S. Attorney's Office has filed a secret lawsuit against Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham that contends he should forfeit his Rancho Santa Fe home to the government because it was purchased with illegally obtained money.
Notice of the lawsuit and the government's interest in the property was filed with the San Diego County Recorder's Office.
Cunningham's attorney, Lee Blalack, declined to comment yesterday on the lawsuit but said he had filed a motion challenging the U.S. government's legal claim on the house.
The home – a five-bedroom, eight-bath Spanish colonial estate on Via Del Charro – was listed for sale yesterday for $3.5 million. However, the U.S. attorney's declaration that it has a claim on the property makes a sale difficult if not impossible for the time being, local real estate agents said.
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Please don't try to compare John Kerry's exploits with those of Randy Cunningham.
Navy Fighter pilots in Vietnam had a much more difficult time becoming aces than river boat jockeys had accruing medals that they wrote for themselves.
Have you read about why Benedict Arnold was executed? It wasn't from financially bleeding a defense contractor for personal gain.
And please don't get started on John McCain....you might have to call him a "jerk" too, since he has a fondness for "personal" banking.
Sorry my bad on history..Benedict Arnold was not executed, but self-exiled.
And add John Glenn to McCain as among the Keating 5 and decorated military vets you might choose to call jerks because they became greedy politicians.
He was trying to convert the house into cash. By the time the criminal trial was over, the assets could be well hidden offshore.
Then jail him a year for every $10K he can't/won't come up with...
Are they more focused on justice or on getting their hands on money?
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You don't consider making a criminal give up the fruits of his crime to be justice? Remember, the house has not been seized. A pre-judgement civil lien has attached, about the same as a dispute with a contractor or a lumber supplier, and only a little different from a lis pendens which would be available in any civil action involving the property.
And contrary to the story, the house could still be sold, with the lien attaching to the proceeds. Once the civil case (not criminal) case is concluded, the money could then be distributed.
Property rights are for large corporations.
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He better sell it quick, the market is tanking down in SD
BTTT!!!!!!
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