BREAKING:COINGATE DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO FUNNELING FUNDS TO BUSH CAMPAIGN

[kpete]

Coin dealer admits illegal donations

TOLEDO, Ohio - A coin dealer and prominent GOP fundraiser at the center of an Ohio political scandal pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges he illegally funneled donations to President Bush's re-election campaign.

Tom Noe, once a powerful political figure who also raised money for Ohio Republicans, still is charged with embezzlement in an ill-fated $50 million coin investment that he managed for the state workers' compensation fund.

The investment scandal has been a major embarrassment for Ohio's ruling Republicans and given Democrats a better shot at winning state offices this year, including the governor's office that has been under GOP control since 1991.

Investigators have not been able to find out if Noe used money from the state coin fund for campaign contributions.

more at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060531/ap_on_re_us/coin_dealer_donations

[stepnw1f]

1. Wow... Now What? (nt)

[villager]

2. combine this with the RFK story in Rolling Stone appearing tomorrow

...and it's become a very interesting week, viz. Ohio and election theft...

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Wonder what made him change his mind?

What's that canary I hear singing?

[elehhhhna]

40. lifetime in prison? lol

[malaise]

4. And another one bites the dust

this regime is more corrupt than the Romans Empire.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. they just dumped the headline at that site but why?

I couldn't find the rest of the story so I refreshed the page in case they needed time to post it and walla it was gone!

[kpete]

7. Same here - Wow - I will try to find out more

[lonestarnot]

9. Well I just saw it.

[wordpix]

41. me, too. Once again, BushCo states, "We didn't know what was going on!"

"Authorities said Bush's campaign committee was unaware of the alleged contribution scheme and unknowingly submitted a false campaign report to the Federal Election Commission."

:mad:

This bunch of bums never knows what's going on. They're nothing but innocent in every single scandal, bribe and incompetent move they make. :sarcasm:

[ClintonTyree]

49. And take notice that the "liberal media" has been ALL OVER this....

story! :sarcasm: Harry Reid getting a few free boxing ducats has mightily overshadowed this blockbuster of REAL crime and corruption. Once again our "liberal media" covers for the bush regime and makes the non-story of Reid the headline.

I'm so disgusted with this freaking country right now I could shit a brick! :grr:

[bear425]

6. Where? I don't see it on Rawstory.

edit: I'm sure you saw it, Kpete. Don't know why they pulled it.

[lonestarnot]

8. I saw it on the front page!

[helderheid]

10. gone

[fooj]

11. Don't see the story posted.

[Stand and Fight]

12. What the fuck?

:wtf: Where's the gosh damn story?

[fooj]

13. Just posted 12 minutes ago on YAHOO!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060531/ap_on_re_us/coin_dealer_donations

[helderheid]

14. Thanks fooj!

[kpete]

17. THANKS FOOJ -

THANKS FOOJ -

I owe you one...

Thought I was "seeing things"...

[fooj]

39. No worries...

:hi:

[suffragette]

15. gone from Raw Story

but looked in google news and found it here:
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/14708248.htm
Coin dealer admits illegally funneling donations to Bush
JOHN SEEWER
Associated Press

TOLEDO, Ohio - A prominent GOP fundraiser at the center of an Ohio political scandal changed his plea to guilty Wednesday on federal charges that he illegally funneled donations to President Bush's re-election campaign.


Anyone know what happened?

[helderheid]

16. self delete

fun

[suffragette]

18. Hadn't thought of that,

but it is fun, isn't it?
:-)

[pola]

19. more on the story i just found....

http://www.ohiohonestelections.org/index.php?p=republican-thieves-part-1---coingate

[jazzjunkysue]

20. Made my week. Ohio: Wake up and join the human race.

We need you awake in 06 and 08!

[MelissaB]

21. Is this it?

Coin dealer admits illegal donations

Associated Press
TOLEDO, Ohio - A coin dealer and prominent GOP fundraiser at the center of an Ohio political scandal pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges he illegally funneled donations to President Bush's re-election campaign.

Tom Noe, once a powerful political figure who also raised money for Ohio Republicans, still is charged with embezzlement in an ill-fated $50 million coin investment that he managed for the state workers' compensation fund.

The investment scandal has been a major embarrassment for Ohio's ruling Republicans and given Democrats a better shot at winning state offices this year, including the governor's office that has been under GOP control since 1991.

Investigators have not been able to find out if Noe used money from the state coin fund for campaign contributions.

Noe was charged with exceeding federal campaign contribution limits, using others to make the contributions and causing the Bush campaign to submit a false campaign-finance statement.

He pleaded guilty to arranging a contribution scheme to raise $50,000 for Bush.


More: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/14708901.htm

[MelissaB]

22. Hee hee hee

Check out google news search. It's hitting hard. :)

http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2004-32%2CGGLD%3Aen&tab=wn&scoring=d&q=noe+bush

[kpete]

23. real hard MelissaB

and thanks again for your help over at the election page!

[suffragette]

24. Clicked on your link and got a giggle from google

Did you notice the spelling etc. correction at the top of the page?

"Did you mean: no bush"

:rofl:

[MelissaB]

25. I did!

I don't want any bush. How did they know? :rofl:

[suffragette]

26. Same here

Ooh, so are they psychic or able to predict the future?
Either way, I like it.

[tridim]

28. MSNBC: Duke Lacrosse crap

CNN: Wolf's Condi interview
Faux: "Is Iraq really less violent than Washington DC?" (seriously!)

[lonestarnot]

47. It's still did you mean.... YES THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE MEAN!

[chat_noir]

27. check out Noe's donations to PEOPLE FOR DIGITAL COMPETITION

What is People for Digital Competition? Diebold-related or otherwise?

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=OH&last=Noe&first=Thomas


PEOPLE FOR DIGITAL COMPETITION

444 North Capitol Street N.W.
Sutie 645
Washington, DC 20001

Treasurer Name: Reynolds, Katherine Ms
Committee Designation: U (UNAUTHORIZED)
Committee Type: QUALIFIED NON-PARTY

http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/com_detail/C00357657/

Individuals Who Gave To This Committee: http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/com_ind/C00357657/

[MelissaB]

31. It looks like a PAC, but I'm still searching. Anybody else looking?

[MelissaB]

32. It's mentioned at DailyKos in a "follow the $$" theread

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/2/101822/8908

[suffragette]

33. Those are the only kind of references I can find as well

Found this
Pacronyms

A list of acronyms, abbreviations, initials and common names of federal political action committees (PACs)

The list includes the PACRONYM, full committee name, city and state of its address, FEC I.D. number, and the name of its sponsoring, connected, or affiliated organization (if not readily identifiable from the full committee name). Unless noted otherwise in the full committee name, the acronym “PAC” refers to “Political Action Committee.”

PDCPAC People for Digital Competition PAC
(No sponsoring/connected/ affiliated organization) Washington DC C00357657

[drm604]

34. People For Digital Competition

seem to have supported candidates across the board - "Americans For A Republican Majority Political Action Coommitee", "Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee", "Hillary Rodham Clinton". :shrug:

http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/com_supopp/C00357657/

On Edit: Added link.

[evermind]

43. If you search on that address you also find something called

BroadwaveUSA, which seems to be something to do with digital tv, so maybe pdcpac is lobbying for broadcasting deregulation of some kind..?

BroadwaveUSA seem to have a lot to do with lobbying the FCC, from their google results.

[DemReadingDU]

29. Toledo Blade story

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060531/BREAKINGNEWS/60531057

[suffragette]

30. Wow. I wonder what these "additional penalties" will be

Noe had faced up to 15 years in prison and fines up to $950,000 if convicted on all counts but can receive a reduced sentence for admitting responsibility. Federal prosecutors said they also plan to seek additional penalties for the loss of public confidence in the presidential election process.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=189603

edited to add bold for emphasis

[hootinholler]

35. Oh, Noe!

I've been waiting a long time for that title. Now I'm waiting for Ney! Ney!

-Hoot

[Up2Late]

36. Awesome.

What else can one say except K&R?

[Catherine Vincent]

37. He probably gave more than what's stated to the Bush campaign.

Kerry was right...bunch of thieves and crooks.

[brook]

38. Californians take note!

Claude Parrish, Board of Equalization, and Candidate for State Treasurer refused to return Noe's contribution.

He's a Republican who was affiliated with the Nixon WH -(in a minor role, I think, working for the Committee to Re-elect the President, known as CREEP).

I hope Lockyear's campaign will use this!

[Supersedeas]

42. Will the NETWORKS and the Screaming Faces even mention this???

[applebaum.6]

44. Link to Memo

Does anyone know the link to the defense counsel memorandum re: the Speech and Debate clause issues for the search on Jefferson's Congressional office? Personal Message me if you do. Thanks.

[MelissaB]

45. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

You can't receive personal messages yet, and I don't know where to find the info. you are looking for. Good luck! Maybe somebody else will help here.

[young_at_heart]

46. It used to be weekly scandals, now it's almost daily

What will be next?

[Catrina]

48. Another Bush 'Pioneer' convicted of corruption! His whole election

campaign was funded with dirty money.

He refused to give back the Abramoff money, then gave back a little. I suppose he knew he'd have to give it all back as one by one all his pioneers would go to jail!

The Dems should be all over this and what it means regarding the election. If we didn't already have all the other problems with elections, when a candidate is funded by nothing but crooks, what should happen? No wonder the Republicans out-raised the Dems in 2004 ~ we too could cheat, but I'd hate to be them. They all wanted Bush in office so badly, they risked everything to get it done and now look where they are.

I know there are others, but I forget who they are. Ken Lay probably wasn't a pioneer in 2004, but he was one of Bush's biggest donors. All that crooked money, and look what it bought.

[cmd]

50. Significant follow up story

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060601/SRRARECOINS/306010013


Tom Noe's admission in federal court yesterday that he funneled thousands of dollars into the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign wasn't enough to prompt President Bush to immediately return the illegal money.
(snip)
"Since Tom Noe has admitted that the money directed to the President's re-election campaign was dirty, the big question is what is President Bush waiting for?'' Damien LaVera, a DNC spokesman, said. "What else has to happen before the President finally returns Tom Noe's tainted money?
(snip)
It's good news for the Ohio GOP that Noe won't stand trial on the federal charges, said Herb Asher, an emeritus professor of political science at Ohio State University.
Noe's guilty plea likely spared the GOP from a trial that could have exposed the inner workings of its fund-raising machine.
(snip)
Mr. Asher, the OSU political science professor, said the bigger danger for Republicans is a trial on the 53-count felony indictment against Noe that alleges he stole from the state's $50 million rare-coin investment. That trial is scheduled to start Aug. 29.

[malaise]

51. Isn't that money linked to pension funds?

These people are corrupt beyond belief.

[mod mom]

52. Bureau of Workmens Comp.

[malaise]

53. Thanks

when did they care about working people's money. What a party of fugging thieves.

[Coexist]

54. great news!

[ContraBass Black]

55. I'm sorry, which scandal is this?

I've lost track.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

56. KICK

[dpbrown]

57. This should be huge news!!

Another corrupt Republican with direct ties to Bush bites the dust.


How many is that now?


Delay, Abramoff, Lay, Skilling, Noe...


All Bush's compatriots, all corrupt, all criminals.

[MAX 1]

58. QUESTION:

QUESTION:

What does this make those that recieved the money?