Mitch Wade claims he has the goods on Virgil Goode and Kathleen Harris and others!...

[cascadiance]

Wade who's trying to work a deal to avoid getting a heavy sentence in the Duke Cunningham bribery case claims that he has given evidence of bribes of Kathleen Harris and Virgil Goode, and three other Republican congress critters! GO DOWN YOU BUMS!

In addition to pleading guilty to bribing Cunningham, Wade has admitted to funneling $78,000 in illegal campaign contributions to Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Va.) and former Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.), as well as steering gifts to Defense Department employees in an effort to get them to help his company, MZM Inc. Wade paid a $1 million to the Federal Election Commission over these improper contributions. There is no evidence that Harris or Goode, who lost re-election bids in 2006 and 2008 respectively, engaged in any illegal behavior in response to the contributions, according to DOJ.

Wade's lawyers are trying to avoid a prison sentence for their client, arguing that Wade deserves home detention. Federal prosecutors are seeking four years in prison for Wade.

Wade, his lawyers said, has acknowledged his "serious crimes," but has otherwise lived a life "characterized by loyalty and dedication to his country, devotion to his family and compassion for others, and that his cooperation with the government has been truly extraordinary." They claim that Wade's cooperation with the government led to guilty pleas or convictions for seven other individuals.

Wade is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 15.

Justice Dept. lawyers, in their own filing on Wednesday, acknowledged that Wade "provided extremely extensive cooperation with the government's investigation" of Cunningham and other matters, but they also note that Wade's "greed, corruption, disdain for the rules that bind honest citizens - be they government contractors, officials, or private individuals - is staggering. In the process, Wade also became a very wealthy man. He must now be held accountable."


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[samplegirl]

1. Good News but I say...

Lock them all up.

[90-percent]

2. FAIRNESS

Us little people are slathered all over with laws on top of laws that are used to persecute dissidents by selective enforcement. (Or take out guys like Elliot Spitzer with the help of Bush's dictatorial and unchecked spying powers)

Are we a nation of laws or not?

If we are then the powerful ruling elite should also be forced to participate directly in our glorious prison industrial complex, which is the most magnificent in the civilized world!

Jailing the little fish will lead up the food chain to the big fish like Bush Cheney Rice Rumsfeld. Gonzales, Ashcroft, Feith, Wolfowitz, Powell, Tenant, Mukasey and on and on and on.....

If these criminals listed above, plus many others, do not face justice, then the principals this country is based on are a sham and there's an invisible ruling elite answerable to no one but themselves.

-90% Jimmy

[xchrom]

3. recommend

[Blue Gardener]

4. No illegal behavior

Because Harris and Goode both lost. They didn't have a chance to pay him back.

[DemReadingDU]

5. Is there a link?

[formercia]

6. Too bad they can't wait until Obama's Justice Department

Wade is trying to get his plea chiseled into stone before the new administration takes over.

[Hepburn]

7. So....you guys who are good with Photoshop....

...how about Kathleen Harris in stripes??? :evilgrin:

[cascadiance]

8. now that would be a beautiful sight!

I'd like one with her and Ann Coulter decked in the same (if Florida FINALLY nails her for voter fraud like they try to get everyone else on there).