Posted on 01/13/2011 12:16:15 PM PST by raccoonradio
In a shocking turn of events, a federal judge this afternoon sentenced the wife of U.S. Rep. John Tierney to 30 days in prison followed by five months of house arrest for “aiding and abetting” the filing of a false tax return by her brother, a fugitive from justice.
Prosecutors did not request jail time for Patrice Tierney, asking for 90 days house arrest, but U.S. District Court Judge William Young did give her jail time.
Patrice Tierney’s brother, Robert Eremian, is on the run from federal charges he was operating an illegal Internet gambling operation in Antigua.
She did not make a statement in court and she must report Feb. 28 to begin serving her sentence. It is not clear where she will be locked up.
John Tierney, a Democrat who has represented the 6th Congressional District since 1997, has said his wife was betrayed by her brother and believed his income came from selling or licensing software to legal Internet gambling businesses.
Tierney got re-elected in Nov.
Howie Carr was just mentioning that supposedly the Congressman himself was “cleared” and when the Herald
reporter asked about it, “no comment”. Howie Carr list ping, Johnny Pockets.
Kent Hovind’s wife got a year in the federal penitentiary for a lesser charge.
Kent Hovind himself got 6 years.
Tierney gets off scott-free.
Our elite rulers and masters are above the law.
They did mention it in the 5th paragraph (Herald). Wonder if the Globe mentioned it at all.
Helpful hint to those outside of MA in “Name That Party”: Here are the party affiliations of MA Reps
D-Olver
D-Neal
D-McGovern
D-Frank
D-Tsongas
D-Tierney
D-Markey
D-Capuano
D-Lynch
D-Keating
See a pattern here?
We figured that. When the paper identifies them as "'Rep.' John Smith without any proper party designation, that means he's a Dem that they want us to assume is Republican.
When it's really a Republican, they spell the party affiliation out fully.
“Oh, I’ll help... U.S. Rep. John Tierney...
(D)”
Thanks, I was finally able to exhale.
And Tom DeLay got hosed.
FYI crime sentencing: jail (county) = 1 year or less, prison (state) = 1 year or more
Talk about a slap on the wrist for this Democrat tax cheat...but it is more than Tiny Tim Geithner or Charlie “The Cheater” Rangel got for their tax evasion, so I guess being a congressman’s wife just wasn’t important enough.
A listener suggested Humble Pie's "Thirty Days in the Hole" in honor of Patrice T.
I grew up in that area of the 6TH Essex District, ALWAYS think the worst, you will probably be right.
Helpful hint to those outside of MA in “Name That Party”: Here are the party affiliations of MA Reps
D-Olver
D-Neal
D-McGovern
D-Frank
D-Tsongas
D-Tierney
D-Markey
D-Capuano
D-Lynch
D-Keating
See a pattern here?
(Role-playing as MSM reporter) Hmmmmm... they’re all white and rich?
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