Congressman’s son, Fattah Jr., charged with fraud

Isolated incident. Downvoted

If you can't trust Chaka, then I ask who can you trust?

google has never heard of republicans being in trouble with the law. "Republican politician charged"

I always suspected Chaka was in bed with the Sleestak.

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google has never heard of republicans being in trouble with the law.

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You must be the rebellious type?
Always bucking the trend.
No one believes that the dems have the market cornered on breaking the law. They're all politicians. But, thanks for your post.

Never heard of this guy before.

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Repubs gonna Repub

Remember this infamous child of the 41st Bush?
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Federal regulators today sued Neil M. Bush, the President's son, and other directors, officers and lawyers of a defunct Denver savings and loan association, saying their ''gross negligence'' had led to a collapse that could cost taxpayers more than $1 billion.

In a lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Denver, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation stopped short of charging fraud. But it said that in the three years Mr. Bush was a director of the Silverado Banking, Savings and Loan Association, he violated conflict-of-interest regulations and failed to act to stop the institution from making improper loans, and in some cases illegal loans. 'Sophisticated Schemes'

''Silverado was the victim of sophisticated schemes and abuses by insiders, and of gross negligence by its directors and outside professionals,'' said Douglas H. Jones, senior deputy general counsel of the F.D.I.C.

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Never heard of this guy before.

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This walnut didn't fall far from the tree.

Rep. Chaka Fattah sought a “green vehicle” earmark for a for-profit school where his adult son, Chaka Fattah Jr. — now under investigation by the Justice Department — worked as director of business development.

First elected to Congress in 1994, he said he did nothing wrong in receiving the $375,000 solicitation for federal funds from the school and then advocating that the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee earmark money for the project in a 2009 surface transportation bill that never got off the ground.

“I stand by my son. Nothing came of the request for funds, and my son had nothing to do with any request for funds,” the congressman said in a statement to POLITICO. “I will await the results of the investigation before making further comment.”

When asked if the congressman would recuse himself from funding decisions for the Justice Department, Fattah’s chief of staff, Maisha Leek, said, “Absent an allegation we will await the conclusion of the investigation.”

The raids are an outgrowth of the fraud conviction of Mikel Jones, a Philadelphia lawyer and former aide to Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), who has been a friend of the elder Fattah since they were children. In January 2011, Jones told two FBI agents that he had hired 259 Strategies and another company run by Fattah Jr. for consulting, according to the agents’ report of the conversation.

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then criticize the op

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Why?

For starting a thread that's politically relevant on the Poli Board?