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State rep: 'I don't want no trace' of $7K bribe
ABC 7 News - Chicago WLS ^ | Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff

Posted on 03/13/2012 2:36:22 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight

"March 13, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- State Rep. Derrick Smith is just in his first year of office, but federal authorities on Tuesday afternoon said the Chicago democrat had already learned Illinois' notorious pay-to-play.

Smith was arrested Tuesday on a federal bribery charge after allegedly accepting a $7,000 cash bribe in exchange for an official letter of support for a daycare center that he believed was seeking a state grant. "I don't want no trace of it," Smith allegedly said of the bribe money he demanded in cash. He is a college graduate with a master's degree from DePaul University."

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To: KMJames

Too late....I’m all wee wee’d up!


21 posted on 03/13/2012 4:18:40 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (Jim "Firebrand" Robinson endorses Newt...with EPIC call to action!!)
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To: Proud2BeRight

One of Holder’s People, and one who is firmly entrenched in Chicago-style politics.


22 posted on 03/13/2012 4:26:46 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: davandbar

I have a better way to deter it. Make the first offense carry a mandatory 25 year prison sentence. Make the second offense a Capital crime with the method of execution being hung.

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23 posted on 03/13/2012 4:31:50 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Lurker

I’M GAME FOR THAT, TOO!!!


24 posted on 03/13/2012 4:42:53 PM PDT by davandbar
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