BREAKING: Kent Sorenson Pleads Guilty to Concealing Ron Paul Campaign Payoff

[Kevin_Kennedy]

UPDATE 1

The Department of Justice announced that former Iowa State Sen. Kent Sorenson pleaded guilty Wednesday to concealing payments he received from former Rep. Ron Paul’s presidential campaign in exchange for his support.

UPDATE 2

In the plea deal, Sorenson admits that he switched his support from Rep. Michele Bachmann to RP after meeting secretly with the campaign and negotiating payments that amounted to $73,000, according to DOJ officials.

DOJ officials said the payments were doled out in monthly installments of $8,000 and were concealed by “transmitting them to a film production company, then through a second company, and finally to Sorenson and his spouse.”

EconomicPolicyJournal.com BREAKING Kent Sorenson Pleads Guilty to Concealing Ron Paul Campaign Payoff

With the people Ron Paul had running his campaign in 2012, this is not particularly surprising.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Oops! I accidentally duplicated this topic:

Ex-Lawmaker Pleads Guilty In GOP Caucuses Case 2012 US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

You posted it before me, so feel free to ask the mods to merge these threads together under your name.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Oops! I accidentally duplicated this topic:

Ex-Lawmaker Pleads Guilty In GOP Caucuses Case 2012 US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

You posted it before me, so feel free to ask the mods to merge these threads together under your name.

I'm sure they'll see it.

 

[Disir]

Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.

Can't wait.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.

Can't wait.

Why?

 

[LiberalMedia]

More proof that right-wingers are inherently corrupt.

Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.

Can't wait.

Snide jokes about the voluminously privileged, weight-enhanced, and Fatfrican-American communities are not appreciated in the least.

 

[Disir]

Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.

Can't wait.

Why?

Because I want to see just what happens.

 

[Peach]

More proof that right-wingers are inherently corrupt.

Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.

Can't wait.

Snide jokes about the voluminously privileged, weight-enhanced, and Fatfrican-American communities are not appreciated in the least.

I do not think Republicans have a monopoly on corruption, Blago comes to mind.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

More proof that right-wingers are inherently corrupt.

Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.

Can't wait.

Snide jokes about the voluminously privileged, weight-enhanced, and Fatfrican-American communities are not appreciated in the least.

I do not think Republicans have a monopoly on corruption, Blago comes to mind.

You didn't even give his partisan nonsense a chance. For shame.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Note: If Jesse Benton is snared in the developing scandal, it will also be a problem for Mitch McConnell, since Benton, who hasn't been heard from in some time, is technically still McConnell's camapign manager---and it is still not clear how Kesari may spin any connection he may have had with the Rand Paul 2010 Senate campaign. Kesari is most assuredly under pressure to co-operate with the government.

EconomicPolicyJournal.com The Daily Beast Sorenson s Plea Deal Could Get Awkward for Rand Paul

Should be interesting to see how this plays out for Rand and McConnell. Whether Benton was directly involved in this payoff remains to be seen, but it doesn't look good for him.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

EconomicPolicyJournal.com BREAKING Jesse Benton Has Resigned

Mitch McConnell's campaign manager has resigned in the wake of this situation.