Justice Dept: Enron Funded Ashcroft

AP ^ | 1/11/02 | AP

[anniegetyourgun]

WASHINGTON- Shortly after he was confirmed as attorney general, John Ashcroft was invited by Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay to speak at an exclusive meeting of corporate leaders, Justice Department officials said Friday.

Lay, who was vice chairman of the Business Council, introduced Ashcroft at the Feb. 22, 2001, meeting in Washington. Ashcroft spoke about the importance of lowering crime.

Government officials, including Federal Reserve members as well as Cabinet secretaries from all recent administrations, have spoken at other meetings of the Business Council, whose members are executives of the nation's largest companies.

Ashcroft's speech was arranged by his schedulers and the attorney general never spoke directly to Lay, said department officials.

The information was released in response to an inquiry by The Associated Press about Ashcroft's dealings with Enron since he became attorney general.

Lay and Enron executives donated over $50,000 to Ashcroft's fund-raising committees in his unsuccessful campaign for Senate re-election in 2000.

Ashcroft has recused himself from a Justice Department criminal investigation of the failed energy company.

Lay's contacts with members of the Bush administration were the focus of intense scrutiny after officials disclosed that Lay and Enron's president had contacted two Cabinet members and a top Treasury official for help when the company was in a financial tailspin.

[anniegetyourgun]

Don't you love the AP headline?!!??

AND - GASP - Lay INTRODUCED Ashcroft at a speaking engagement. OMG - it's positively criminal....

[anniegetyourgun]

I'm still ROFL....

[d14truth]

"Justice Dept: Enron Funded Ashcroft"

And this just in from AP--

Justice Dept: China Funded Clinton

Whoops, must have missed when they headlined that one. {;~)

[RedBloodedAmerican]

INDEXING

[browardchad]

Corrected headline:

Enron Funded Ashcroft, Half of Congress and Clinton, But We Are Deleting Everything After the Commas Because We Know That Most Americans Don't Read Past the Headline, and We Hate Republicans

[Kangaroo Court]

The (Democratic) Associated Pimps (aka the AP)keep recycling these facts as if they were news. This tells me they are failing in their effort in digging up dirt for their democratic buddies.

[Partisan Hack]

I am getting the feeling that the administration may be "fueling the fire" so that the Democrats look even more stupid when this turns out to be a Clinton scandal.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Where else did he speak? I need to know so I can sell my stock! oh this is terrible!! I'm gonna jump off a bridge. Wait, there are no bridges in Florida. Ok, well....I'm gonna do something!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

LOL!

[anniegetyourgun]

The moral of the story is - let sleeping dogs Lay.

[Fish out of Water]

You might want to attribute the headline to the leftist Las Vegas Sun, your source for this article. Most often each paper writes their own headline instead of just picking up the AP headline.

[Slyfox]

The True History of Enron and Why Republicans Should NOT Be Held Responsible

[nettlsome]

You said it. But as Rush said today this is just and end rub to get the lackey networks to flood this story at the same time the transcripts of the clinton investgation are out.

[tonyinv]

Yes, how dare Ashcroft speak at a conference that has been held for years and that previous administration officials spoke at.

How dare GWB keep a Ma Richards appointed member of the Governers Counsil on said council.

The gall of adminstration officials to take phone calls from the 7th largest corporation in the country. Never mind that that same corporation played golf with the previous president, and slept in the Lincoln bedroom ( I wonder how much he paid?).

You know, if Ken Lay was a Chinese Military Official, or a Buddist Monk, none of this would be problem. The media didn;t see anything wrong with THAT!!

[RoseofTexas]

This is of great concern, only because the media will pound it on the airwaves till hell freezes over and people start believing thier crap. I was GREATLY DISAPPOINTED that FOXNEWS did NOT show on their list on Special Report how much money the Clintoons got from Enron! They showed everyone else who had received contributions except the RAPIST and Hitlery. Those docs that were destroyed from 1989 to 2000 probably incriminates bubba to the hilt!

[anniegetyourgun]

And when will the media identify almost every Enron lobbyist as formerly associated with Clinton admin. or Gore election campaign?

[YaYa123]

I want the names of every Business Council member!
They've got to be guilty of something! Book em Dano!

[nettlsome]

End of thread. Off the front page etc. I think demrats have many identities of different degree of rabidness. When emabarassing threads occur unrefutable they just post all kinds of inane news stories and stuff to get the hot titles off the front page. A lot of scanners miss something of topic only 5 minutes old. Remember, deep in the bowles of these bastards are intelligent leninist bastard lawyers directing things. They like nothing more than a fight and it is always someone else's life that gets gored in the process.

[backhoe]

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[Howlin]

Well, guess what I jsut heard on Crossfire! The guy who got the call at the Treasury Department, Fisher, ALSO got a call from ..................tada..............Robert Rubin...........about the same time, asking Fisher is HE would "make some calls" about Citigroup! Har.......har..........har!