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Politics : THE WHITE HOUSE -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (17383)	2/23/2008 4:25:50 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

Why did Clinton pardon this guy ? The Jailbird Count: 15 months in a minimum security prison, Oxford, Wisconsin; 2 months in a halfway house. $100,000 fine. He spent a couple of days in solitary confinement because he was insubordinate to a social worker. Indicted for 17 counts of embezzling public and campaign funds, mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice. +Abusing Congressional Payroll: Accused of placing on his Congressional payroll from July 1971 to July 1992 at least 14 people who did little or nor official work, but who performed a variety of personal services for him, his family, his family insurance businesses and his campaign organizations. Payments to these people exceeded $500,000. +Trading Stamp Vouchers for Cash: Accused of taking cash on numerous occasions from 1978 to 1991 in exchange for vouchers that members of Congress use to buy stamps. Charged that he obtained at least $50,000 in cash by disguising transactions at the post office as stamp purchases. +Misusing Office Expense Accounts: Accused of charging Congress more than $40,000 for items from the House stationery store, including hand-painted chairs, crystal sculptures, and fine china, which he gave as gifts to his friends. +Misusing Personal Vehicles: Accused of buying seven vehicles from 1987 to 1992 for use by himself and his family and paying for them with more than $70,000 in official House funds, and $100,000 from his campaign funds. +Obstruction of Justice: Charged that he had a House employee engrave brass plaques for him at no charge and then told the employee not to mention this to the grand jury investigating the case. Guilty: Rostenkowski pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud. Rostenkowski is a member of the Congressional Prison Caucus. The Martha Stewart Gambit. Rosty could have copped a plea and gotten only 6 months in jail. But he was adamant: "Federal prosecutors threatened to indict me if I fail to plead guilty to a series of crimes I did not commit. I will not make any deals with them. I did not commit any crimes. My consciences is clear and my 42-year record as an elected official is one I am proud to once again run on." (Pierre Thomas and David Broder, "Rostenkowski Rejects Plea," Washington Post, May 31, 1994, A1.) (Click here for other examples