So What About Democrat Ethic Violations??

[Bonnie]

Nancy Pelosi's Ethics Questioned

In what pundits are calling a quid pro quo for her hard line on the ethics of House Majority Leader Tom Delay, R-Texas, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is under fire for an adviser’s nine-day, $4,475 junket to Spain and Germany last April, a trip primarily paid for by a nonprofit transportation-research organization Pelosi had helped to secure Federal Transit Administration monies, according to a report in the Washington Times.

According to the report, the president of WestStart-CALSTART also gave money to Pelosi’s political action committee at the same time.

The trip is fodder for some Republicans, who say Pelosi and others have been going overboard when criticizing DeLay on ethics charges.

"Given the actions of the minority leader vis-a-vis the majority leader and other Republicans, I’m having a little trouble finding where the outrage is coming from these groups that continue to pound on Republican members," a senior Republican lawmaker said on the condition of anonymity.

Although the Pelosi camp has issued a statement maintaining that the disputed trip was within House rules, the anonymous lawmaker told the Times that nothing distinguished Pelosi’s actions from those of DeLay and other Republicans that she has criticized.

"I think the minority leader ought to be subject to the same type of scrutiny as other members," he said, adding that the questions about Mrs. Pelosi rise to the point of an ethics complaint

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/4/5/110157.shtml

Hillary Campaign Finance Director Indicted
Rosen charged with fudging numbers for 2000 Hollywood fundraiser
JANUARY 7--The finance director for Hillary Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign was indicted today on federal charges of filing bogus financial reports with the Federal Election Commission. According to the below indictment, David Rosen reported the false numbers in connection with a "Hollywood tribute" honoring Clinton. Investigators allege that a "wealthy individual" paid more than $1.1 million to underwrite the Clinton gala and that those payments were delivered through "several corporate entities controlled by him." While that whopping sum should have been reported to the FEC as an "in-kind contribution," prosecutors charge that Rosen covered up the real source of the money, and even caused the creation of a fictitious $200,000 invoice to aid his scheme. The August 2000 fundraiser was billed as a "Hollywood Tribute to William Jefferson Clinton," though the funds raised went to his wife's campaign kitty. The bash was held as the Brentwood estate of radio mogul Ken Roberts. While the so-called wealthy individual (referred to only as "C-1") is not named, he is clearly Peter Paul, an Internet entrepreneur who helped organize the bash. Clinton is not mentioned by name in the indictment,instead referred to only as "Senator A." The fundraiser was largely orchestrated by Aaron Tonken, a notorious L.A. con man who last August was sentenced to five years in prison following a guilty plea to a pair of fraud counts. The 39-year-old Tonken, who made his living defrauding donors and underwriters of charity events, now resides in the federal lockup in Taft, California, where he is scheduled to remain until April 2009. (10 pages)

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0107052clinton1.html

Schumer’s Campaign Violations
The FEC hits the campaign-finance “reformer” with a hefty fine.

New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer, an outspoken advocate of campaign-finance reform, has been hit with one of the biggest fines ever imposed on a member of Congress by the Federal Election Commission — for violating campaign-finance laws.

The FEC ruling, handed down in March, ordered Schumer's 1998 senatorial campaign to pay a civil penalty of $130,000. The campaign was also ordered to return $120,455 in illegal contributions, bringing the total of fines and restitution to slightly more than a quarter-million dollars. The campaign paid the sum in April.
According to FEC records, only three cases involving federal candidates have resulted in higher fines than the one levied on Schumer's campaign. No senatorial candidate has ever been so severely penalized.

At issue in the FEC action were more than 750 contributions, totaling about $915,000, dating from Schumer's 1998 race against Republican Alphonse D'Amato. The FEC found that each of those donations exceeded the $1,000 limit then in effect for contributions to a candidate during a primary or general election.

The FEC said most of those excess contributions were within the $1,000 to $2,000 range.

The FEC also found that the Schumer campaign failed to file notices required by law for $89,500 in contributions given in the last days of the 1998 campaign. The Schumer campaign also filed late notices for $186,500 in contributions.

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http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york050503.asp

I guess the media is just too busy pigpiling on Tom Delay???

 

[ScreamingEagle]

At least the Republicans are learning to sling the mud right back at the mudslingers. I'm especially delighted to hear that Pelosi is just as dirty as she claims DeLay is. :funnyface

 

[dilloduck]

At least the Republicans are learning to sling the mud right back at the mudslingers. I'm especially delighted to hear that Pelosi is just as dirty as she claims DeLay is. :funnyface

it's an attempt the set the Guiness record of the largest number of pots calling the largest amount of kettles black!

 

[SmarterThanYou]

:sigh: I hate politicians. :chains:

 

[no1tovote4]

:sigh: I hate politicians. :chains:

LOL.

Maybe a little old west justice should be applied. :2guns:

 

[BR-549]

as every form of behavior by Dems.... You know like the Clintons, we should just note Republican problems and then "move on" when Dem ethics are questioned.. It's a pity for the Dems now. What with Fox news and the internet their web of deceit and lies woven with love and affection with the liberal media can no longer blind everyone.. How sad for them...