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Koch network 'piggy banks' closed until Republicans pass health and tax reform
The Guardian - Tue Sep 19, 2017
At a weekend donor retreat attended by at least 18 elected officials, the Koch brothers warned that time is running out to push their agenda, most notably healthcare and tax reform, through Congress. More»

Sworn to secrecy, drugstores stay silent as customers overpay
Chicago Tribune - Fri Feb 24, 2017
Eric Pusey has to bite his tongue when customers at his pharmacy cough up copayments far higher than the cost of their low-cost generic drugs, thinking their insurance is getting them a good deal. More»

Hundreds of Drug Convictions Overturned After Corrupt Cops Caught Framing Innocent People
Free Thought Project - Thu Dec 29, 2016
Leroy Gonzalez says that he spent over two years in jail after he was framed by crooked cops and wrongfully convicted of a drug charge. More»

Woman, 19, who filed first Flint lawsuit against government and water companies is MURDERED just days after the suspicious death of man of water plant foreman
Daily Mail - Fri Apr 22, 2016
A woman who was among the first to file a lawsuit in connection to the Flint, Michigan water crisis was identified as one of two victims of a fatal shooting that happened earlier this week. More»

'I needed a BJ': Kentucky mayor admits favors-for-sex scheme - but charges are dismissed anyway
Raw Story - Wed Feb 3, 2016
Evidence uncovered this week showed that Kentucky prosecutors dismissed charges against Shepherdsville Mayor Scott Ellis even though he had admitted helping a parolee in exchange for sexual favors. More»

Jackpot-fixing investigation expands to more state lotteries
Associated Press - Thu Dec 17, 2015
The allegations read like a movie plot: a lottery industry insider installs an undetectable software program in the computers that pick winning numbers so he can know them in advance. More»

Expert Says Ohio's Vote Against Pot Legalization Was 'Statistically Impossible'
AlterNet - Sun Nov 22, 2015
The "stolen election" controversy over this month's officially defeated Ohio pot legalization referendum has gone to a new level: the conclusion that the vote was stolen is almost inescapable. More»

Arkansas judge accused of coercing young men into sex in exchange for lighter sentences
Raw Story - Mon Nov 16, 2015
An Arkansas judge was accused of targeting "young Caucasian male litigants" and using his position to offer them lighter sentences in exchange for sex, the Arkansas Times reported. More»

Bank of America Whistle-blower Bombshell: "We Were Told to Lie" to Rip Off Borrowers
AlterNet - Fri Jun 21, 2013
Bank of America's mortgage servicing unit systematically lied to homeowners, fraudulently denied loan modifications, and paid their staff bonuses for deliberately pushing people into foreclosure: Yes, these allegations were suspected by any homeowner who ever had to deal with the bank to try to get a loan modification - but now they come from six former employees and one contractor, whose sworn statements were added last week to a civil lawsuit filed in federal court in Massachusetts. More»

Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghanistan president's office
Reuters - Mon Apr 29, 2013
Tens of millions of US dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, the New York Times says, citing current and former advisers to the Afghan leader. More»

Georgia - Another judge accused of misconduct
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Mon Dec 17, 2012
A South Georgia judge is under investigation over allegations that he let politics and friendships dictate his actions in court. More»

U.S. Government blocks sales of fuel-efficient cars
Natural News Buzz - Tue Jun 19, 2012
The development of affordable "green" cars and trucks - electric vehicles or hybrids designed to dramatically curb the nation's reliance on fossil fuels - is supposed to be a primary goal for the Obama administration and a number of government and industry leaders. More»

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years
Associated Press - Tue Dec 6, 2011
CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics. More»

Judges Are for Sale - and Special Interests Are Buying
Time - Sun Oct 30, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement is shining a spotlight on how much influence big-money interests have with the White House and Congress. More»

Atlanta high schools broke rules to meet performance standards
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sun Oct 23, 2011
A learning disability made school hard for Chantel Cox, but she always stayed on grade level and looked forward to earning a high school diploma. More»

Detective: NYPD Planted Drugs on People to Meet Drug Arrest Quotas
AlterNet - Thu Oct 13, 2011
According to a former officer who testified at trial yesterday, New York City police regularly planted drugs on innocent people to meet quotas. More»

Dept of Defense employee arrested in Ga. on bribery charge
Associated Press - Thu Aug 25, 2011
ATLANTA - A high-ranking Department of Defense employee was charged Thursday with taking a bribe at an international conference in Atlanta to steer lucrative federal contracts for work in Afghanistan to a contractor. More»

When Prison Is Just Not Convenient for Rich People
Forbes - Mon Jul 4, 2011
Both former CEOs Jeff Skilling (Enron) and Bernie Ebbers (WorldCom) received 25 year sentences and were allowed to drive to prison as if it were a first day of work. More»

Tom DeLay Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison
Huffington Post - Sun Jan 9, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - A judge ordered former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison Monday for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. More»

US judge pleads guilty to child prison scam
BBC - Thu Jul 22, 2010
Former Pennsylvania judge Michael Conahan has pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge for helping put juvenile defendants behind bars in exchange for bribes. More»

Aide: Blago hid in bathroom from budget director
Associated Press - Thu Jul 8, 2010
CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich hid in the bathroom, ducked into a back room and left the office early to avoid discussing complex issues with his budget director, his former deputy said Thursday at the ousted governor's corruption trial. More»

Many Gulf federal judges have oil links
Associated Press - Sat Jun 5, 2010
MIAMI - More than half of the federal judges in districts where the bulk of Gulf oil spill-related lawsuits are pending have financial connections to the oil and gas industry, complicating the task of finding judges without conflicts to hear the cases, an Associated Press analysis of judicial financial disclosure reports shows. More»

Oil rig inspectors took company gifts, watchdog group finds
CNN - Mon May 24, 2010
Washington - Federal inspectors overseeing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico accepted meals and tickets to sporting events from companies they monitored, the Interior Department's inspector general concluded in a report released Wednesday. More»

Feds let BP avoid filing blowout plan for Gulf rig
Associated Press - Wed May 5, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - Petrochemical giant BP didn't file a plan to specifically handle a major oil spill from an uncontrolled blowout at its Deepwater Horizon project because the federal agency that regulates offshore rigs changed its rules two years ago to exempt certain projects in the central Gulf region, according to an Associated Press review of official records. More»

Louisiana ex-congressman gets 13 years on corruption conviction
CNN - Thu Nov 12, 2009
Alexandria, Virginia - Former US Representative William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on 11 counts of corruption. More»

As vets await checks, VA workers get $24M bonuses
Associated Press - Thu Aug 20, 2009
WASHINGTON - Outside the Veterans Affairs Department, severely wounded veterans have faced financial hardship waiting for their first disability payment; inside, money has been flowing in the form of $24 million in bonuses. More»

US corruption probe nets dozens
BBC - Fri Jul 24, 2009
More than 40 people, including politicians, officials and several rabbis have been arrested in a major FBI operation in the US. More»

Washington Post offers access: $25,000+
Politico - Wed Jul 1, 2009
For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, non-confrontational access to "those powerful few": Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and - at first - even the paper's own reporters and editors. More»

A makeover for Pennsylvania's notorious kids-for-cash court
Associated Press - Sat May 16, 2009
WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania - For the first time since a jaw-dropping scandal involving crooked judges and troubled kids, voters in northeast Pennsylvania are getting a chance to assert themselves at the ballot box - and, perhaps, to start fixing the problems that have turned this former hub of coal mining into a hothouse of corruption. More»

Homeland Security official convicted of taking bribe
Associated Press - Mon Apr 13, 2009
GEORGIA - A former federal employee who worked with immigration services has been convicted of conspiring to encourage immigrants to enter the country illegally and accepting a bribe. More»

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