Rudy's SC campaign chairman's indictment for conspiracy to distribute crack.

[kpete]

Rudy's SC campaign chairman's indictment for conspiracy to distribute crack.

The charges carry a max sentence of 20 years.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/ravenel-indictment/

Posted on Tue, Jun. 19, 2007

Thomas RavenelState Treasurer Thomas Ravenel has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent distribute cocaine, federal and state authorities said at a news conference at SLED headquarters this afternoon.

According to the indictment, beginning in 2005 — before he was elected state treasurer — Ravenel conspired with Michael L. Miller to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

If convicted, Ravenel faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.

The Charleston Republican raised millions of dollars to unseat long-term Democratic incumbent Grady Patterson in November. He ran unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2004.

Ravenel in April was named the state chairman for former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s presidential campaign.


http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/014704.php

[TwilightGardener]

1. I can maybe understand this guy USING. But SELLING? Why not just keep it for himself,

and embezzle from the Treasury if he needs cash?

[jsamuel]

2. uhg

:banghead:

[KoKo]

3. OMG...is he son of Tom Ravenel one of the old State Senators?

sheesh!

[KoKo]

9. Ravenel Connection to Lindsey Graham

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CrisisPapers/104

3. FILE WRITS OF MANDAMUS

For instance, here's yet another inventive proposal, sent our way by Barbara G. Ellis of the progressive-activist Democracy for America chapter in Portland, Oregon:

Because the Congressional Democrats in the first half of the 110th Session have paid no attention to voters giving them a House majority and a mandate to end the Iraq occupation and the Bush administration - but all attention to Pelosi/Emanuel's frets about the 2008 election - a method exists to get their attention now, quickly, and easily that each impeachment group in all corners of this country can do.

It's to have a Writ of Mandamus arrive in each of their local offices on Monday, July 16, charging each with breaking their oath of office to support and defend the Constitution and permitting the Bush Administration to overthrow the Constitution and our democratic form of three branches of government. And failing to apply the stipulated remedy - impeachment - designed by the Framers to prevent these high crimes.

They can prevent a court finding them in contempt by: Signing on ASAP to co-sponsor Rep. Dennis Kucinich's HR 333 to impeach Cheney; 2) Authoring a bill to impeach both Bush and Cheney and dropping it into the hopper; Compelling Rep. John Conyers, as chair of the House Judiciary committee, to bring HR 333 to a committee vote and, thence, to the House floor for a vote.

Mandamus is a tactic that can be used as quickly on a spineless representative just as quickly as a group in her/his district can get an attorney to file this action in the federal court. A court may quash it, but in the last two years several favorable rulings have been issued in 6 states (Texas, among them, on Houston city corruption).

The thrust here, however, is more to get the rep's attention that they are complicit in destroying the Constitution. If the courts grant mandamus, it's a big bonus. If Karl Rove terrifies them and the thoughts of losing big campaign funds terrifies them even more, let's terrify them with this 700-year-old (Edward II, 1311 AD) court order compelling public officials to do their sworn duties. (For more info on how to file the writ, write us here and we'll pass on your inquiries to the Oregon DFA chapter, whose website is not yet activated.)

[madrchsod]

4. coke not crack

there`s a big difference...

[KoKo]

6. So what are you saying? Busted on Coke is better than Crack or vice versa?

:shrug:

[madrchsod]

10. ,i mean different clientele

coke for the swells and crack for the great unwashed

[KoKo]

5. KICK! This is BIG NEWS that DEMS SHOULD USE! SC is Early PRIMARY VOTE!

Surprised there's so little interest in this.

[KoKo]

7. Steven Colbert should do something with this. He grew up outside Charleston and probably knows

Tom Ravenel ....

[KoKo]

8. kick..