The Chicago Way Strikes Again!
Posted on 04/21/2010 2:35:23 PM PDT by freespirited
The Internal Revenue Service has opened a "primary" investigation into the tax records of three former Florida GOP officials, including GOP Senate candidate Marco Rubio, the St. Petersburg Times and Miami Herald jointly report.
The investigation has not been publicly confirmed, and Rubio's campaign adviser told the Times that no federal investigators have contacted Rubio.
Nevertheless, the reported investigation puts new scrutiny on the former Florida House Speaker just as speculation mounts that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will run for the Senate as an independent, leaving the GOP nomination for Rubio, who is far ahead in the polls.
The IRS is investigating expenses that Rubio and two other officials, ex-state party chairman Jim Greer and ex-party executive director Delmar Johnson, put on the American Express cards issued to them by the Republican Party of Florida, the newspapers report. Investigators are reportedly looking into whether Rubio and the others used their GOP credit cards for personal expenses without reporting or paying taxes on additional income.
The newspapers reported earlier that Rubio charged more than $100,000 to his GOP credit card during his two years as House speaker for expenses including grocery bills and plane tickets for his wife. Rubio released a statement saying that his expenses were for "legitimate political purposes." "When I made personal charges, I paid for them directly to American Express," the statement said. "I have not been contacted and don't know anything about any potential inquiries, but I welcome the chance to set the record straight once and for all."
Crist has zeroed in on the expenses put on Rubio's credit card, charging that he used party money inappropriately.
"He's trying to pawn himself off as a fiscal conservative," Crist said in March. "And yet just in reason weeks, two weeks ago it has come out in news accounts he had a Republican Party of Florida credit card that he charged $130 haircut, or maybe it was a back wax." (There is no evidence that Rubio got a "back wax.")
Meanwhile, the Herald and the Times report, the IRS, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tallahassee have launched a separate criminal investigation into the use of Florida GOP Party credit cards. Former House Speaker Ray Sansom and others could reportedly face charges of tax evasion and making false statements on their tax returns, according to the newspapers.
I’m sure there’s no political motivation at these various federal agencies.
I think Charlie Crist asked for the investigation.
Has anyone checked Crist’s credit card for charges to Chippendale’s?
Hmmmm... snif, snif, snif... do I smell Charlie Crist, McCain and Cornyn?
Back wax, eh?
This only makes me more determined to help elect Marco Rubio to the US Senate.
The FBI and the IRS is and has been an arm of the democratic party since the Clinton years. It does not surprise me that Gov Cristi’s friend Obuma is having Rubio investigated. Shows what a pathetic hela Cristi is.
Uggh.
Wake up, America, you slumbering morons.
Hmmmm... snif, snif, snif... do I smell Charlie Crist, McCain and Cornyn?
Not on this one.
Marco Rubio is not the Conservative people think he is. His baggage would jam up the baggage pickup at Miami Int’l
Do not understand the pushing of Rubio....and the lack of endorsement for JD Hayworth.....
>> Rubio and the others used their GOP credit cards for personal expenses without reporting or paying taxes on additional income.
If this is true...it makes Rubio qualified for an Obama cabinet post.
Couldn’t of said it better there dirtymac.
F.B.I. has been proven to be dirty and the I.R.S. was played like a violin by the Clintons. Just one of MANY reasons those sob’s should be in jail.
Difference is that clinton used the fed agencies covertly. The thugs in charge aren’t even hiding it.
SEC
IRS
Can’t imagine what would happen if they turn the BATF loose on someone.
Oh wait.
Payback’s a bitch named Charlie Crist.
Marco Rubio’s beating him to shreds.
the florida boys makes chicagoans look like gentlemen.
CBS anxiously playing its role in this farce. Rubio hasn’t been questioned yet, but CBS makes the whole thing sound very ominous.
It’s hard to have an intelligent political debate in this country when news outlets such as CBS work as propagandists for the Democratic Party.
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