Posted on 03/17/2014 6:28:40 PM PDT by lowbridge
It started as a plea arrangement between a lobbyist arrested for fraud and the Republican attorney general of the state of Pennsylvania. And it ended not with a bang but a whimper by the new Democratic attorney general, who shut down the investigation without filing a single charge.
Philly.com quotes Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane, who took office in 2013, as telling the Inquirer that the investigation was “poorly conceived, badly managed, and tainted by racism, saying it had targeted African Americans.”
The undercover sting, begun three years ago by Kane’s predecessor, Republican Tom Corbett, captured leading Philadelphia Democrats, including four local members of the state’s House delegation, on tape accepting money. The lobbyist who agreed to wear a wire and tape officials reacting to offers of cash and/or gifts is Tyron B. Ali, 40, who was arrested in a $430,000 fraud case.
“Sources with knowledge of the sting said the investigation made financial pitches to both Republicans and Democrats, but only Democrats accepted the payments,” said the Inquirer.
(Excerpt) Read more at libertyunyielding.com ...
Same reason Dems had the captured Iraqi records taken out of the public view. Afraid McDermott’s name would show up multiple times.
Do you mean that Democrats are ignoring what the voters want and manipulating the outcomes of elections to ensure that they remain in power? I’m shocked, it can’t be so. Surely Attorney General Holder is doing something about this.
Even though this was a state operation, I bet it was checked with State (Holder).
> “In the Brown exchange, Ali paid a visit to the representative in her office and “handed her an envelope with $2,000, according to people who have reviewed a transcript of a tape Ali made on that day.”
That’s how the Rats keep their bribes....er donations off the books
I’ll have to check on whether PA constitution allows for recall. She is a dem piece of garbage. Said she would not support PA’s marriage statute that codifies marriage between one man and one woman.
Democrats - the Corruption Party, in so many ways....
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