Former Bush aide charged with stealing federal grant

[babylonsister]

http://www.dcexaminer.com/local/crime/Former_Bush_aide_charged_with_stealing_federal_grant_11-25.html


Former Bush aide charged with stealing federal grant

By Scott McCabe
Examiner Staff Writer 11/25/08


A former aide to President Bush was charged with stealing U.S. taxpayer money intended for the promotion of democratic changes in Cuba.

In March, Felipe Sixto resigned from his position as special assistant to the president on intergovernmental affairs as the Justice Department began to investigate allegations that he misused federal grant money intended for his former employer, the Center for a Free Cuba.

Also in March, the U.S. Agency for International Development officials reportedly suspended a $2.3 million grant to the Center for a Free Cuba after the group disclosed that Sixto allegedly had used more than $500,000 in grants for illegitimate purposes.

On Thursday, Sixto was charged in federal court with stealing thousands of dollars from the nonprofit agency. The alleged theft occurred from March 2005 to January 2008, while Sixto, a 29-year-old graduate of American University, worked at the Center for a Free Cuba and after he went to work for the White House in July 2007, court documents said. Sixto was charged via criminal information, which typically signals that a plea agreement is in the works.

[man4allcats]

1. Sounds to me like a perfect

candidate for a Bush pardon. There's been no accountability for eight years. Why start now?

[gratuitous]

2. How brazen do you have to be?

So many billions have gone missing from the Treasury into the overstuffed pockets of Bush supporters, you'd have to practically dance naked on the tip of the Washington Monument to get any law enforcement attention for stealing federal money. How brazen was Sixto to actually get caught?

[Cassandra]

3. He should have called himself a bank.

He'd get off scott free.

[burythehatchet]

4. the petty criminals are so cute

[The River]

5. But, But...He's One Of Them

"They" can't be arrested can they? :sarcasm:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

6. Another criminal.

Yawning would only be symbolic here.

[SpiralHawk]

7. Freakin Republicon 'family values'

America has been plagued with the perverted republicon family values for far toooooooo long.

Ptoooooey on thier corruption, lies, and hypocrisy.

[Edweird]

8. I guess you gotta start somewhere... Let's aim a little higher....