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N.Y. (state) senator charged with stealing funds for failed campaign
Reuters ^ | Mon May 6, 2013 5:10pm EDT | Jessica Dye

Posted on 05/06/2013 9:31:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A New York state senator from Brooklyn was charged on Monday with stealing proceeds from sales of foreclosed properties to finance a failed run for district attorney, prosecutors said, making him the state’s latest politician to face federal criminal charges.

John Sampson, 47, a Democrat who has represented southeastern Brooklyn since 1997, was charged with nine counts including embezzlement, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.

Sampson, a practicing attorney for more than two decades, turned himself in and was arraigned in Brooklyn federal court Monday afternoon. He pleaded not guilty, and was released on a $250,000 bond. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: brooklyn; democrat; districtattorney; embezzlement; johnsampson

1 posted on 05/06/2013 9:31:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

silly wabbit!

Should only steal funds from gov’t assistance programs, like Cumo did, and then you can have a successful campaign...


2 posted on 05/06/2013 9:35:56 PM PDT by G Larry (Darkness Hates the Light)
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To: Olog-hai

Need to read the whole Reuters article because there’s another Black crook in the NYC government also headed for stony lonesome for shaking down contributors.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/04/23/sen-malcolm-smith-5-others-being-arraigned-on-corruption-charges/


3 posted on 05/06/2013 10:05:47 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Olog-hai

Gee, but he looks like such an honorable, upstanding guy.

For a crackhead

4 posted on 05/06/2013 10:10:01 PM PDT by Bullish (May the time soon come when Obamunism is only spoken of in hell.)
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To: Olog-hai
John Sampson, 47, a Democrat who has represented southeastern Brooklyn since 1997

Another criminal Rat basta-- Who'd a thunk it?

5 posted on 05/06/2013 10:11:43 PM PDT by Mark17
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To: Olog-hai
A Democrat

In the second sentence? Hand me my heart pills!

6 posted on 05/07/2013 12:54:47 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Mark17

In NY, corruption and stupidity know no political bounds.


7 posted on 05/07/2013 2:16:57 AM PDT by NY.SS-Bar9 (Those that vote for a living outnumber those that work for one.)
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To: NY.SS-Bar9
In NY, corruption and stupidity know no political bounds.

I have no doubt about that, but it seems almost unheard of, that the media mention that he is a Rat basta--

8 posted on 05/07/2013 3:28:00 AM PDT by Mark17
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To: Olog-hai

He’s a Democrat AND he’s black.

That means he’s innocent, and his accusers are racists.


9 posted on 05/07/2013 3:45:20 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Olog-hai
Now it's neck and neck for the most corrupt state in America. It used to be clearly New Jersey, but New York is really showing what it is made of. Of course Chicago beats both but Obama’s hometown is in a different category.
10 posted on 05/07/2013 4:52:19 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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