Anthony Weiner Used Campaign Cash For Private Investigators in Twitter Scandal
Posted by Gateway Guest Blogger on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 10:01 AM
By : Rachel Pulaski
He should have used the money to provide ”protective services” for his victims.
Disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner used campaign money to hire private investigators to chase down his lie about his now-notorious crotch-shot tweet. Weiner paid T&M Protective Services of Manhattan $13,290 for “legal services” in the fourth quarter of 2011, financial statements filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission reveal. Sources told the Daily News, however, that Weiner hired T&M — a firm loaded with former NYPD sleuths — when he was in full spin mode over the controversy that eventually led to his resignation.
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Taqiyyotomist commented:
Your daily laugh/cry, h/t Curmudgeonly Skeptical:
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http://www.curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com
Look what Democrats — with their control of our schools and their control of our pop-culture — have done to our youth. Just LOOK. And be amazed at the incredible effectiveness of a plan by a Party of former-slaveowners to re-enslave and de-educate the black American population for the benefit of the Party.
You OWN this, racist, exploitative Democrats.
jorgen commented:
plan by a Party of former-slaveowners to re-enslave and de-educate the black American population for the benefit of the Party.
And it worked. 93+% voted for Obozo.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
OT:
via http://blogslucianneloves.com
http://floppingaces.net/2012/01/31/the-most-negative-primary-campaign-in-history-or-how-to-buy-a-nomination-by-mitt-romney/
—snip—
“I’ll provide the nothing shy of jaw-dropping stats below… how you choose to absorb this ugly reality about election campaigns and negative advertising is, of course, completely up to you.
“Me? To use the “he who dies with the most toys…” old saying, paraphrased, obviously he who has the most money for a campaign, combined with the least scruples, wins.
“Statistics provided by the Campaign Media Analysis Group (CMAG).”
“I spent much of my academic career telling reporters, ‘Relax, this is not the most negative campaign ever,’” CMAG President Ken Goldstein said. “Well, this IS the most negative campaign ever.”
Numbers from CMAG show a total of 11,586 television spots aired in Florida between January 23 and January 29. [Mata Musing: that's 1655 per day, or close to one every minute of a 24 hour period... no wonder my relatives were complaining...] Of those spots, 10,633 were negative and 953 were positive.
Of the 1,012 spots Newt Gingrich’s campaign ran, 95% were negative. Mitt Romney’s campaign ran 3,276 ads and 99% were negative.
The two super PACs supporting the top candidates were more divergent in their ad strategies. Restore our Future, supporting Romney, ran 4,969 spots, all of which were negative. The Gingrich-backing Winning our Future ran 1,893 spots, and only 53% were negative.
“Correspondingly, the bulk of ads in Florida – 68% – were negative toward Gingrich. Twenty-three percent were anti-Romney spots. Gingrich got support from 9% of ads while pro-Romney spots accounted for less than 0.1%.
“With these stats, the lesson learned is that Romney never won by positive campaigning… only by tearing down his opponent. How Obama’esque of him…. I’ve already got a POTUS with this version of ethics. Do I really want to replace him with another, just because he fakes an “R” behind his name?”
—snip—
Read the rest. MataHarley is right.
Arch commented:
Isn’t John Edwards in trouble for abusing campaign funds? Maybe he needs a cell mate.
doc commented:
Let me get this straight…a weiner hired private dicks to investigate stories about his weiner…okay, now I understand…was one of the private dicks named “Oscar”(Mayer)?
Gary commented:
so what did New York’s finest ever find out?
It’s too funny.
olm commented:
Maybe we should build a prison for polticians and then try and fill it.
Start with penis……I mean weiner, then Edwards and just keep going. Start in Chicago and the place would be full in no time.
Seriously, I have no idea why they call it campaign contributions. It appears to be just a personal stash.
Patty commented:
OT
GOP to Jobless: Send Obama Your Resume
Republicans are mocking President Barack Obama for telling an unemployed semi conductor engineer’s wife to send him a resume so he could try to discover why the man has been out of work for three years.
Obama made his offer to Jennifer Wedel, a 29-year-old mother-of-two from Fort Worth, Texas, after she questioned him during an experimental Google+ question and answer session from the White House.
Now the Republican National Committee has launched a website, NotBetterOff.com, in which it offers to drop off any resume to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
“We’re pretty sure the 12 million jobless Americans would all love to send their resumes to the White House for some help,” RNC spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski said.
Wedel told Obama about her husband during Monday’s town hall and questioned why the government continues to issue and extend visas for specialized jobs when there are unemployed Americans in the same field.
Obama said he was “interested” to hear of the case. “The word we’re getting is that someone in that kind of high-tech field, that kind of engineer, should be able to find something right away,” he said.”
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-resume-gop-website/2012/02/01/id/426278
MustComment commented:
#6 Doc: Lol.
I hope orange is his color. And… I wonder if his wife has left him yet? If not, she should get a move on…
Patty commented:
Weiner is a shining example of what is hidden in a person’s personal life. Like Obama but his exposure, sorry for the pun, and his intense need for self gratification.
This is a true exhibitionist and emotional problems that stem from his childhood.
And Obama has emotional problems from his childhood but his is his inflated ego. Men who are denied the formal parenting at a certain age will make it through but then there are those who will act out eventually in one way or another.
To compound his troubles he used campaign cash for private investigations. So, truthfully, does that sound so horrible in a mind of a pervert.
bigL commented:
since Weiner wife works for Hillary, then maybe Hillary can be deposed…
dba...vagabond trader commented:
Kind of pathological if you axe me. I mean, he must’ve known the pricey investigators were going to return a report that basically said, yup its your package alright. Or were they investigating the women he harrassed with unwanted porn? What a creepy P.O.S.
valerie commented:
Even in California, taxpayers don’t like to pay legal fees for people who commit crimes while in office ……
http://www.kogo.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=125548&article=9690462
the comment on the radio said they were asking 400K each for legal fees having to do with a civil fraud case, that had taken a year, so far.
Whether it was for one defendant or several, 400K seems high for a non-death-penalty case.
Patty commented:
OT
Happy Ground Hog’s Day…..a day early
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEfhYv6O94
But this is to cute. Just a little release from regular news.
Patty commented:
Weiner will never get his life back. And I see divorce in his future. Or maybe he is already. He lost a great deal with his sick game he played. So unbelievable that he didn’t know that his perverted actions wouldn’t be made public.
In many ways, an ego maniac has so much conceit that to them they are above the law. He has always been a snotty person. Hateful comments towards the Republicans. I never heard one good thing coming out of this perverts mouth. My very first impression of him was he was screwed up in some way.
When this came out I new my intuition was right again.
Patty commented:
Courts will have him pay restitution for his crime.