The Texas oilman who made hefty donations to Hillary Clinton after being federally indicted for fraud, conspiracy and violating U.S. sanction laws has been sentenced to prison but the New York senator has no plans to return the tainted cash, although other candidates have. Houston millionaire Oscar Wyatt will serve a one-year prison sentence for

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The federal government’s chief law enforcement officer in New Jersey hand picked his former Justice Department boss, John Ashcroft, to receive $52 million to monitor a court settlement engineered by the very agency Ashcroft once headed. New Jersey U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie chose Ashcroft’s Washington firm to keep an eye on implant makers accused of

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Weeks after Georgia’s Judicial Commission launched seven misconduct claims against a chief Superior Court judge, new and more serious accusations have surfaced against the veteran jurist at the center of a federal corruption investigation. Considered one of the most powerful politicians in a rural South Georgia county, the senior judge is accused of repeatedly violating

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A Maryland Democrat who wielded extraordinary political power during two decades in elected office will finally go to jail for starring in a lengthy and complex public corruption scandal. Former Maryland State Senator Thomas Bromwell was sentenced to seven years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, this week for accepting hundreds of

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Pennsylvania lawmakers promised much-needed political reform this year but instead the state capitol has been rocked by several scandals, including the unrelated indictments of two powerful Democrats. Last week a state Representative, Democrat Frank LaGrotta, was charged by Pennsylvania’s Attorney General for putting two relatives on the state payroll as ghost employees. The disgraced legislator

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In what appears to be a growing national trend, a large Midwestern city is considering becoming the next to protect illegal immigrants by passing legislation to officially offer them sanctuary. Lawmakers in Iowa’s most populous city, Des Moines, are weighing a proposal by a pair of immigrant rights groups that would prohibit local police and

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The indicted Louisiana congressman caught with a $90,000 cash bribe in his freezer illegally solicited money in at least two other schemes separate from the ones he has already been charged with. Federal authorities have uncovered a pair of other bribery schemes orchestrated by corrupt Louisiana Representative William Jefferson, who was indicted by a federal

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has promised to kill legislation that protects employers from being sued–by the U.S. government, no less–for discrimination simply because they require workers to speak English. A Tennessee lawmaker sponsored the measure because the taxpayer-funded federal agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or EEOC) has used public funds

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A former Democratic state senator who for a decade headed the sheriff’s department in one of Florida’s most populous counties will go to jail after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges. Disgraced Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne was sentenced to a year in prison for tax evasion and mail fraud conspiracy involving money and other favors that he

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Donations to Bill Clinton’s nonprofit foundation have increased nearly 70% since Hillary announced her presidential run, a sign that perhaps the New York Senator with a long list of shady fundraisers is conveniently using it to skirt federal campaign finance laws. Unlike political campaigns, the so-called foundations of former presidents can accept unlimited dollars from

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