DOJ announced that an individual pleaded guilty in a reimbursed contribution scheme. Jerry Pierce-Santos, 50, of Vienna, Va., pleaded guilty today before Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a single-count criminal information that charged him with making $17,000 in conduit contributions to a candidate seeking election to […]
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Burris-Blago Transcript
The Times has the latest update on conversations Sen. Burris had about his connection to former Gov. Blagojevich and the efforts to fill President Obama’s former Senate seat. “If I do that, I guarantee you that that will get out, and people said, ‘Oh, Burris is doing a fund-raiser,’ and, and then Rod and I […]
Rep. Murtha Update
The Post reports that a company with ties to Rep. John Murtha is under federal investgiation. The company, Mountaintop Technologies, was selected by the lawmaker in a series of earmarks to hand out and monitor the [$10 million in Justice Department] grants. As it distributed the money to the departments, the firm would explain each […]