Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Another link in the Bushovik chain of corruption takes a plea.
From the diligent Toledo Blade comes this good news.
Former GOP fund-raiser Tom Noe admitted today that he used politicians, former aides to Gov. Bob Taft, coworkers, and friends to illegally pour thousands of dollars into the effort to reelect President Bush.When this story began, Our Dear Embattled Leader said he would only return the $2000 that came from Noe. Will we see him return the other $43000? But more importantly, we see the end of another corrupt Bushovik money man. And we have to ask how many other states have contributors like Noe but don't have a newspaper like the Blade?
Noe entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Court Judge David Katz in Toledo to all three felony charges he faced for violating federal campaign finance law. Appearing with his sister and brother-in-law and three attorneys, Noe was calm and responsive to Judge Katz' questions during the 47-minute hearing.
Then, in a brief, 10-second statement, Noe said he voluntarily agreed to change his plea "to accept responsibility to spare my family and friends the further embarassment of any additional court proceeding. Therefore, I plead guilty."....
.....Noe, 51, was indicted in October on three charges related to the funneling of more then $45,000 into the Bush campaign at a $2,000-a-seat fund-raiser in Columbus in October, 2003. The Bush campaign later named Noe a “Pioneer” for raising at least $100,000 overall.
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