Have nothing to do with the [evil] things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light... [For] when all things are brought out into the light, then their true nature is clearly revealed...

-Ephesians 5:11-13

Tag Archives: bank fraud

Corruption in U.S. House: Fattah Forced to Resign; Rangel Chooses to Retire

This article appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Monday, June 27, 2016:  

Official House Photo of Congressman Chaka Fatt...

Official House Photo of Congressman Chaka Fattah, from Pennsylvania’s 2nd district

Within days of each other, two House Democrats — one a petty thief, the other a big-time plunderer — have had to account for their unethical behaviors. The first was forced to resign from office; the other announced his intention to retire.

Chaka Fattah, whose birth name is Arthur Davenport, represented Pennsylvania’s Second District (mostly Philadelphia and its environs) from 1995 until Thursday, June 23 when he was forced to resign. It wasn’t his idea. Fattah wanted to stay in office until the day before his sentencing on October 4, milking his position for every last penny.

A year ago July, he and four of his associates were indicted on federal charges for

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Illinois Comptroller: State Is Out of Money, Legislators’ Paychecks Delayed

This article appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Monday, April 18, 2016:  

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Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger announced at a press conference in Chicago on Sunday that she was delaying paying the state’s legislators until there are sufficient funds available to cover the checks. She said that the practice of prioritizing those paychecks ahead of other agencies waiting for their money was over:

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The story behind Ed “Fast Eddie” Mezvinsky

Somehow this got by me, and I consider myself fairly well-informed. But this fell into the cracks of history until a friend sent me a note about this guy. He has a Wikipedia page.  He was elected, twice, to the House of Representatives from Iowa in the mid ’70s where he sat on the House Judiciary Committee during Nixon’s impeachment trials. He voted to impeach Nixon.

Afterwards he served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

He also worked as an investment broker and built up quite a practice using his contacts from his time in Washington to create his client list. At one point he was managing $10 million of other peoples’ money.

But then things went south.

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