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re: COA in MORE hot water? Allegedly altered check sent to them by John Delgado
Posted on 5/12/17 at 3:52 pm to teke184
Posted on 5/12/17 at 3:52 pm to teke184
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The bank should have images of any checks sent to the PAC. The Feds can subpoena them and look for anything fishy along with confirming with the contributor whether the money was intended for the PAC or something else.
I doubt this case was barely even on the Feds radar because it was just campaign violations and potential state-law violations for the will.
Now that you have potential bank fraud and public corruption, I bet everyone in the Baton Rouge USAO just got a raging hard on.
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Posted on 5/12/17 at 3:54 pm to FalseProphet
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Now that you have potential bank fraud and public corruption, I bet everyone in the Baton Rouge USAO just got a raging hard on.
the feds love (LOVE) prosecuting politicians
JBE has to be severely pissed. he basically turned his back on the COA initially and then they've had 2 possibly major PR hits since then
this is going to possibly be the foil used against him during his Governorship and re-election efforts
Posted on 5/12/17 at 3:55 pm to SlowFlowPro
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JBE has to be severely pissed. he basically turned his back on the COA initially and then they've had 2 possibly major PR hits since then
He HAS to do something now - whether in public or leaning hard on people behind the scenes.
This is far too close to home for him. He needs to put a gulf between him and the Baton Rouge delegation.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 3:57 pm to FalseProphet
More reason why I think Landry gets involved.
Landry may be thinking House or Senate instead of AG but I bet he can bank a lot of favors if he helps take out JBE through a COA investigation.
Landry may be thinking House or Senate instead of AG but I bet he can bank a lot of favors if he helps take out JBE through a COA investigation.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 3:58 pm to SlowFlowPro
Yeah but with this shite show as a whole I don't see too many underlings lining up to take the fall for her. Unless there is major compensation.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:01 pm to FalseProphet
agreed
this is already a referendum on BR DEMs (since the major local players are allin defending the COA, doing press conferences, etc) and it may seek into LA DEMs as a whole. if JBE keeps his distance and Landry finds some dirt? game over
this is already a referendum on BR DEMs (since the major local players are allin defending the COA, doing press conferences, etc) and it may seek into LA DEMs as a whole. if JBE keeps his distance and Landry finds some dirt? game over
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:02 pm to teke184
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Landry may be thinking House or Senate instead of AG but I bet he can bank a lot of favors if he helps take out JBE through a COA investigation.
Landry's running for Governor in 2019. It's literally the worst kept secret in Baton Rouge at this point.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:04 pm to kingbob
The talk was that Graves would have a better shot of winning.
I assumed Graves wins, Landry runs for Graves' seat, Landry is in a position to run for another state level office in a few years since they can't gerrymander him out again for a few years.
I assumed Graves wins, Landry runs for Graves' seat, Landry is in a position to run for another state level office in a few years since they can't gerrymander him out again for a few years.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:04 pm to FalseProphet
The EBR COA website gives info about how to donate by mail or PayPal. I don't see anything about who you should make the check out to. Just says for more info to call them. I'd be interested to know what they say the check should be made out to. Seems intentionally vague. Regardless if it was altered by them it's fraudulent but would be interesting to know if he made it out properly and sent to the proper address.
EBR COA
EBR COA
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:05 pm to kingbob
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Landry's running for Governor in 2019.
Maybe he's letting the COA shitstorm brew in the media and public eye for a while so when he brings them down, it'll be a bigger story that he can use in the 2019 campaign to promote himself and slam JBE for seeming to turn a blind eye to it.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:07 pm to teke184
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I assumed Graves wins, Landry runs for Graves' seat,
Landry's base isn't in Graves's district. Landry's family is in the Cajun John Wayne's district. Graves is unknown outside of Baton Rouge. While he's a great candidate for governor, I don't think he's ready yet. He's still young. Landry looks like the next man up with Graves to follow after that. The person I would be more worried about jumping into the governor's race would be Kennedy.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:09 pm to kingbob
Yea. Landry will be running for Governor. This mess, and Delgado's assertion that he's headed straight to Landry, has to make JBE's butthole pucker.
Graves needs to find a way to get a statewide office and name recognition before he runs.
Graves needs to find a way to get a statewide office and name recognition before he runs.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:09 pm to kingbob
Christ no.
Kennedy's been lucky in that no one else wanted Treasurer for about 20 years while repeatedly failing to get into the Senate.
Now that he is there he better stay there lest he repeat Vitter's mistakes and run for a different office.
Kennedy's been lucky in that no one else wanted Treasurer for about 20 years while repeatedly failing to get into the Senate.
Now that he is there he better stay there lest he repeat Vitter's mistakes and run for a different office.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:10 pm to SlowFlowPro
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the feds love (LOVE) prosecuting politicians
Yep. The US attorney in the southern district of florida got a hard on for the city and county politicians in West Palm and sent around 8 of them up river a few years back. They cleaned house. There were a bunch of dirty land deals with developers and whatnot.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:12 pm to SlowFlowPro
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JBE has to be severely pissed. he basically turned his back on the COA initially and then they've had 2 possibly major PR hits since then
this is going to possibly be the foil used against him during his Governorship and re-election efforts
Only if he's delusional enough to think he has even an outside chance to be re-elected.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:16 pm to teke184
Kennedy's only real play in this would be to ally himself with either Landry or Graves and pit one against the other. He gets one to sit out of the governor's race and endorse him in exchange for getting appointed to his senate seat if he wins.
There would be zero risk for Graves in this because he gets reelected in 2018 and the Governor election would be in 2019. If Graves runs and loses or endorses Kennedy and Kennedy loses, he's still a Congressman. If Kennedy runs for governor and loses, he's still a sitting U.S. Senator and has 3 years to recover before having to run for reelection.
The only person who has anything to lose by running for governor is Landry. He can't run for AG and Governor, and if he loses, he's out of a job. That's the dynamic that's going to make this next gubernatorial election very interesting to watch.
There would be zero risk for Graves in this because he gets reelected in 2018 and the Governor election would be in 2019. If Graves runs and loses or endorses Kennedy and Kennedy loses, he's still a Congressman. If Kennedy runs for governor and loses, he's still a sitting U.S. Senator and has 3 years to recover before having to run for reelection.
The only person who has anything to lose by running for governor is Landry. He can't run for AG and Governor, and if he loses, he's out of a job. That's the dynamic that's going to make this next gubernatorial election very interesting to watch.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:19 pm to therick711
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Only if he's delusional enough to think he has even an outside chance to be re-elected.
A sitting incombent governor not named Roemer always has a great shot at being elected. The Governor of Louisiana may as well be the dictator. His power with the line-item veto is almost absolute. Politicians and business leaders will fear publicly denouncing him and endorsing a challenger, lest their challenger lose. If one backs the losing horse against a sitting governor, they can be punished severely. JBE can pretty much assure their area gets zero money for the next 4 years. He can f&%k up their schools, roads, business contracts, etc.
Never under-estimate the kind of electoral influence that kind of power can have when wielded by a politician who has been shown to use it.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:21 pm to kingbob
His problem isn't power or structural, it is the electorate. He happened to benefit from idiot republicans who have now reaped their reward in state politics. That's not going to happen again. He's like Joe Cao, except governor. Born on third, grew up thinking he hit a triple.
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:24 pm to therick711
And not one peep from the "community leaders"
Posted on 5/12/17 at 4:26 pm to shawnlsu
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And not one peep from the "community leaders"
To be fair, this broke about ten minutes before I started this thread - late afternoon on a Friday. I wouldn't expect to hear much at all until Monday when a more reputable new site picks it up (if they do).
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