Argentine president stands by minister with 64,000 dollars in toilet

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Source: AFP

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - President Nestor Kirchner stands by his economy minister, his spokesman said Monday, as opposition lawmakers filed charges against Felisa Miceli over 64,000 dollars found in her office bathroom.

Esteban Bullrich, of the rightist Republican Proposal (PRO) filed charges against Miceli for making false tax statements, and a social democrat lawmaker wants her questioned.

Miceli insisted that the cash was partly hers, partly her businessman brother's, and was a down payment for a house, stashed in her office bathroom for safe keeping -- real estate agents in Argentina regularly demand cash for such transactions.

The money was uncovered by a police bomb squad during a routine security search late last month.



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The most valuable bathroom I've ever heard of.
Self defense a bit feeble.

[Hissyspit]

1. That's a big toilet that they can both stand in it.

:P

[aquart]

2. Flush.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Had she been a smarter woman, she would have converted it to rare coins,

or antiques, like Bob Noe, and Duke Cunningham.

Had she been REALLY "smart," she would have done it so successfully she could have had her own "Rancho Santa Fe," and her own yacht, or two.





According to former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's
federal sentencing documents, mortgage payments on
his yacht, the Kelly C, were made by defense contractor
Brent Wilkes.

[damntexdem]

5. Are you kidding?

Have you ever tried to flush rare coins down a toilet? Yuck!

[LeftishBrit]

7. No, I must admit I've never tried it...

I think a freezer is at least more hygienic than a loo!

[damntexdem]

4. Well, I wouldn't stand too close --

those dollars could cause it to overflow and cause a horrendous mess.

[3waygeek]

6. Nothing wrong with being flush with cash... n/t

[Nihil]

8. Guess that's one place where the dollar really *is* in the toilet ...

... and I thought those headlines were just about the exchange rate ...
:silly: