Hmm… Russ Carnahan's Office Firebombed But Prosecutor's Office Lets Suspect Go; Documents Removed From Carnahan's Office (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 7:59 PM
Photo of Carnahan’s office after the firebombing. (Via the Carnahan Office)
The St. Louis Prosecutor’s Office released the suspect in the firebombing attack at Russ Carnahan’s office. They said they “let the suspect go because they are doing fingerprints and they want to be careful.” The man they arrested after the “firebombing” was a 50 year-old white male.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported:
The man, whose name was not made public, was let go after the prosecutor’s office declined to immediately issue charges. The case was “taken under advisement” by the prosecutor, a step that can mean more evidence is needed before a case can be made.
And, they let him go? Really? For arson? For firebombing the office of a federal official? By the way, “firebombing” a federal candidate’s office is a federal crime too, no? This is very odd. The office, located in the back of the building. My FOX St. Louis said the room that was targeted is Carnahan’s finance office. They would not allow cameras inside, saying there is too much sensitive campaign and financial information on display. They did allow a reporter to look around. There were charred documents, some burned electronic equipment, and the walls and ceiling were gray from smoke damage.
Also, from a source today I heard that a person yesterday said he/she saw people leaving Carnahan’s office with St. Louis Bread Company bags full of papers. When asked if they were with Carnahan, they wouldn’t answer.
Today at 4 PM Russ Carnahan canceled a town hall for veterans scheduled for 7 PM tonight.
Remember, Missouri ACORN is in the same building. (Shocking, I know!)
Something is very fishy here.
Once again here is the video report on the attack from My FOX St. Louis:
More… Aries added this:
Fingerprints? I thought an incendiary device (aka “Firebomb”) was thrown through the window? Where exactly would said fingerprints be? Something sure smells here Jim, please stay on this.
Good point.
UPDATE: Local KMOV reported this on the mysterious fire:
Someone broke a window and tossed a burning object inside catching some of the office on fire but doing minimal damage to the building.
Hours later a company installed security cameras in the front and back of that building.
When I went by the building this morning I got a weird vibe. I saw a campaign worker coming out of the back of the office with big Bread Company to-go bags. I jokingly said, “Are you with Bread Company or the Carnahan campaign?” He said, “Bread Company,” then tossed the bags in the dumpster and went to the front of the building, presumably back in the office. Weird.
(I talked to a reporter at another station who worked on this story who told me when she was there, she met a campaign worker outside the building who also denied being associated with the campaign. When she went inside to talk to a spokesperson, she saw that person who denied being with the campaign IN Carnahan’s office.)
Then when I talked to a campaign spokesperson she refused to comment on anything beyond what police already told us. I tried to ask “What do you make of this?”… “How are workers and volunteers inside dealing with the fact their office was attacked?”… but Angela Guyadeen would have none of it. She wouldn’t even tell me why she wouldn’t answer these simple questions.
This story is getting a little weird.
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Opus #6 commented:
I don’t understand why they would let him go so soon. Could the perp be one of Obama’s secret lovers?
aro5o75 commented:
Draining the swamp???
Toaster802 commented:
Sounds like someone is getting behind in the polls…
gus commented:
Sounds like an inside job??
Aries commented:
Reichstag………
Aries commented:
Fingerprints? I thought an incendiary device (aka “Firebomb”) was thrown through the window? Where exactly would said fingerprints be? Something sure smells here Jim, please stay on this.
jerryl commented:
glad i loive no where st louis the da there seems like such a clown and this seems real phony here
mpw280 commented:
As they say in the restaurant trade “greek inventory”. Sounds like there was something they wanted to get rid of and were a little sloppy in their firebombing technique. mpw
moron commented:
This will likely be referred to Holder’s “Department of Justice” to get to the bottom of it.
Swifty commented:
Sounds like a money skimming scandal that could quickly never get started as a scandal if the evidence appeared to be burnt in a fire. Of course, to be sure it had no trouble getting burned completely, take out the most important papers hours before the actual arson takes place.
donh commented:
Where was Bill Ayers on the night of the 17th? Has to be an inside job. This is how Obama keeps his wee weed up in line . Send them a message loyalty is an offer that cannot be refused.
billy sol commented:
me thinks i smell a rat! we know if it was a tea party member, or anyone other than a member of the socialist/dimocrats he or she would already be on their way to leavenworh. while we would have to listen to the MSM gleefully report it!
NeoKong commented:
They must have checked the party affiliation records .
BurmaShave commented:
This looks like a situation calling for an FOIA request to be served to the St. Louis Prosecutor’s Office.
exceller commented:
If what I read here is true there is zero chance that this is not an inside job, a coverup of some kind. It stinks to high heaven.
TLOS commented:
How did the police find out? Did the Carnahan campaign notify the police?
Wes S. commented:
Is “Back Door Russ” behind in the polls or something…?
TXBitty commented:
Hmm. Maybe someone was on to something with Carnahan and Carnahan knew. Had to get those papers out some how. How else can you carry bags full of papers out of a federal office in broad daylight?
dunce commented:
Many records are required by law and deliberately destroying them is a crime.Coverup and blame someone else is a twofer.
UncleZeb commented:
Actually as a trained arson investigator I can tell you great prints can be lifted from an thrown Molotav cocktail even after and extensive fire. Arson is a great crime scene, usually lots of evidence.
TXBitty commented:
Such little damage for someone to smell smoke outside the building.
milwaukie guy commented:
This is the equivalent of the typical Chicago ward election trick, toss a brick through your campaign window and blame the opposition.
Just_Saying commented:
Reeks of the Chicago Way…
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P. Aaron commented:
Looks like the office was ‘smoke-bombed’ rather than firebombed.
GOP KICKS ASS commented:
Something stinks big time here. Chicago politics coming our way? Carnahans are known for nasty campaigning. Isn’t the city PA Jennifer Joyce, the same gal that said she would arrest anyone who said something false about Obama? I think she needs to be investigated. There is definately a cover-up of corruption going on here and we will know it for sure if the Post-Dispatch drops this story like a lead balloon.
bigmac commented:
Checked the St. Louis Democrat Post Dispatch this morning. Nothing about the Carnahan “breakin”. Wish they’d identify the supposed criminal, so that we can do some investigating into his back ground. He’s probably a Carnahan paid SIEU arsonist.
Adirondack Patriot commented:
Lover’s spat? Someone Carnahan knows personally and chose not to press charges against?
So many questions. . . so many questions.
TXBitty commented:
Maybe Pelosi will investigate those that oppose how the investigation was investigated.
cargosquid commented:
Should have retrieved that thrown away bag….
TXBitty commented:
cargosquid
August 19th, 2010 | 11:28 am | #32
Hopefully someone did.
Eriah commented:
Why isn’t anyone trash diving?
GHutch commented:
This will be the time for the St L Post – Dispatch and the rest of the big media to prove if they are unbiased, independent journalists. The circumstances are fishy and reek of coverup.
Will the St Louis Post-Dispatch: dig, probe and ask hard questions, and seek to corroborate the facts?? OR will they just let this disappear??
In other words, you want my money for your paper, then earn it.