Judicial Watch Chicago—Rod Blagojevich’s onetime chief of staff,John Harris,testified about negotiations between his former boss and President Barack Obama to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by the commander-in-chief. Obama’s top aide,Rahm Emanuel,called Harris in 2008 to suggest the then-governor appoint Obama’s close friend Valerie Jarrett,according to Harris’s [...] Judicial Watch Judicial Watch,the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption,today released its 2010 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list,in alphabetical order,includes:Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA),Rahm Emanuel,Former Obama White House Chief of Staff,Senator John Ensign (R-NV),Rep. Barney Frank [...] Ben Johnson,Floyd Reports The last impeached president has denied he helped another president commit an impeachable offense. While stumping for Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania,Bill Clinton denied offering Sestak an unpaid government position as an enticement to suspend his successful primary challenge against Arlen Specter. Clinton can be seen on a recent video [...] Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will stand trial on ethics charges after a House panel accused him Thursday of multiple violations. The veteran lawmaker will challenge the findings in an open hearing. The news of Rangel’s trial comes at a bad time for Democrats,who are hoping to [...] by John Gizzi,Human Events GOP Rep. Pat Toomey said his Pennsylvania Senate race opponent Democrat Rep. Joe Sestak was "to the left of Obama"and that the controversy surrounding an administration job offer to Sestak if he quit the Senate primary has not gone away. Five weeks after Sestak made headlines [...] By Michael Riley,Denver Post House Republicans failed in a push Wednesday to force the release of White House documents related to potential job offers made to two Democratic Senate primary challengers,Andrew Romanoff in Colorado and Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania. The Resolution of Inquiry failed on [...] By Bob Unruh,WND Rahm and Obama most likely broke some law White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and one of his top aides,Jim Messina,have been referred to the government’s Office of Special Counsel for an investigation into whether they violated the Hatch Act by offering administration jobs [...] By Patrick Buchanan,WND On this matter of offering federal jobs to potential candidates to induce them not to run against Senate Democratic incumbents,this White House is drifting dangerously close to the falls. Colorado’s Andrew Romanoff has now confirmed that White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim [...] By Bruce Phillips,American Thinker Obama decries the messy process and arm twisting that he just employed There is an important lesson to be learned about Obamacare,which passed the House last night. It was brought to national attention on February 7th,when President Obama sat down for a Super Bowl [...] By Jeffrey Lord,American Spectator Obama and his administration officials have been bribing potential challengers "Whoever solicits or receives … any….thing of value,in consideration of the promise of support or use of influence in obtaining for any person any appointive office or place under the United States,shall be fined [...] | |
