None of McGreevey's other appointments were scandalous right?
Posted on 08/12/2004 4:47:45 PM PDT by dead
He also was a part-time public relations associate for McGreevey's top campaign contributor, at an additional $30,000 a year, INS records show.The contributor, Charles Kushner, has since been appointed to the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Kushner has since been indicted for a variety of offenses involving illegal contributions and hiring a prostitute in order to black mail an associate. He is also a major contributer to Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry, among others.
Merry Christmas everybody!
Wow, good memory. Now the question is, why did it take a year and a half for this to come home to roost? I haven't been following the scandal: was it the incipient sexual harrassment suit that tipped the scales?
Good job, dead! Unbelievable how corrupt....
Now, more than ever...
I don't think it's "full of chutzpah."
I think it's full of something else.
As I said on another thread - everybody even remotely interested in politics in this state knew that McGreevey was gay. And everybody knew he hired his unqualified boy toy to be THE STATES ANTI-TERRORISM CHIEF!
The press knew. The politicians knew.
But they never made it a story.
This state is corrupt from top to bottom.
Ping.
I don't live in New Jersey, but this kind of stuff is along the lines of the unqualified idiot that the local DemocRATS hired as head of SECURITY at Logan Airport in Boston BEFORE 911.
This crap is an f'in joke.
The DemocRATS are an f'in joke.
......and the people that would vote for DemocRATS this Fall are f'in jokes.
Lysie this should help you understand what happened today.
Why don't you send this to O'Reilly, Hannity and Buchanan.
He should be ridden out of town on a rail.
What finally made it one?
I know I couldn't handle it if my hubby informed me he was a closeted gay dude. It's bad when a spouse cheats with another but way worse with a same sex trick. Yacksville.
Hopefully governor McGreivances wore protection and didn't pass on any STD's to his poor wife. Disgusting pervy slob
Very interesting. Thanks for keeping such good files.
Just last month Kushner was charged with federal crimes:
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Prosecutors say developer tried to block federal probe
Charles Kushner leaves the courthouse Tuesday.
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Real estate developer and political fund-raiser Charles Kushner of Livingston, New Jersey, was charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and interstate promotion of prostitution.
The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie for New Jersey.
In February 2003, Christie's office began investigating Kushner for alleged violation of federal tax and fraud statutes and for purported violation of federal campaign contribution laws.
According to the indictment, two of the cooperating witnesses in the investigation -- a married couple described as close relatives of Kushner -- provided information against him to federal investigators.
The indictment alleges that Kushner initiated "a scheme to orchestrate a covert videotaped seduction" of the cooperating male witness in an attempt to thwart the investigation.
The indictment says Kushner recruited two individuals to hire a woman to have sex with the male witness and later instructed them to mail the videotape to the man's wife, who was the other cooperating witness in the investigation.
Benjamin Brafman, Charles Kushner's attorney, called the charges "baseless."
"Charles Kushner is one of the most respected business leaders in the community and widely known as a very generous philanthropist," Brafman said in a statement.
"The charges filed today are entirely baseless. Mr. Kushner is confident that once the facts are fully disclosed in a courtroom he will be completely exonerated."
Appearing in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, Kushner was ordered to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet after posting $5 million bail, The Associated Press reported. He made no comment in court or outside the courthouse.
According to the Federal Election Commission, Kushner has made more than $1.4 million in individual contributions through his numerous real estate entities.
The FEC fined Kushner $508,900 last month for contributing money improperly to candidates in the names of his companies, the AP reported.
Kushner contributed to the campaigns of several prominent Democrats, including Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, according to FEC records.
According to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, Kushner has contributed $103,150 in his home state of New Jersey.
Kushner was a top fund-raiser for New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, a Democrat, said the governor's spokeswoman, Kathy Ellis. She had no comment on the charges.
In February 2003, Kushner withdrew as McGreevey's nominee to head the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, owners of the World Trade Center, the AP reported.
At the time, Kushner was being targeted by lawsuits that alleged he used business funds improperly for political and personal reasons, the AP said.
......and the people that would vote for DemocRATS this Fall are f'in jokes.
You won't get any disagreements from me. :D
But the liberals and the media will no doubt celebrate him as a homosexual victim hero -- any crimes or misdemeanors will be forgiven and forgotten.
The subject of this article has since separated from the governor and is suing him for sexual harassment. The charges are said to include rape.
Plus, McGreevey has lots of other corruption issues bubbling up (Machiavelli, Kushner, etc.) and needed a defense.
He's pathetically chosen the "everybody hates me because I'm gay" defense. It will only fly on DU. He's going to jail.
None of McGreevey's other appointments were scandalous right?
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