Good thing. And keep it up.
Did the US Attorney General accept excessive campaign contributions on the sly? Is he a tax evader? Has he engaged in a criminal conspiracy to cover his tracks?
These are the questions five public interest groups -- Public Citizen, Citizens for Ethics in Washington, the National Voting Rights Institute, Public Campaign and the Fannie Lou Hamer Project -- want investigated. They have written a letter to the Department of Justice formally requesting a special prosecutor -- one outside of John Ashcroft's control -- be appointed.
At issue are events almost four years ago, when Missouri, the "show me" state, handed Ashcroft bragging rights as the first Senator in American history ever to lose an election to a dead man. It was a hard-fought race; and Ashcroft's side broke the rules.
...the five public interest groups say the case against the anointed one is actually more damning than ever. They say there is now substantial evidence that Ashcroft himself was involved in accepting an illegal campaign contribution -- a valuable, expensive-to-develop, fundraising mailing list - - worth at least $255,000; and that since then, Ashcroft and his various political committees have "engaged in a criminal conspiracy to cover up the illegal contribution."
...This is a wonky one, but worth watching. You've got credible, documented allegations that the attorney general committed a federal crime -- and then conspired to cover it up. And if that's not enough, many of those involved in the Ashcroft-for-Senate 2000 race are key players of Bush-Cheney 2004. article
Please don't send him back to Missouri. Mars will do.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Friday, January 16, 2004
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