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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: DixieBelle on July 18, 2008, 01:04:17 PM
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NASHVILLE - The U.S. Attorney's office says a federal jury in the public corruption trial of former state Sen. John Ford has found him guilty on all charges.
David Bowling, spokesman for the federal prosecutors, said the Memphis Democrat was found guilty Friday morning on two charges of wire fraud and four charges of making false statements on official documents.
He is accused of accepting more than $800,000 from TennCare contractors Doral Dental Services and OmniCare of Memphis while promoting their interests as a lawmaker.
The wire fraud charges each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years. The false statement charges carry a maximum penalty of five years each.
Both sides gave their closing arguments Wednesday and jury began deliberations Thursday morning. The trial began July 1 in Nashville.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jul/18/us-attorney-jury-finds-ford-guilty/
:censored: The Ford Crime Family (as I like to call them) have been Tennessee's version of the Kennedys. Except without the patrician upbringing or class.
Excellent background on this particular dirty Ford at FR -
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1341649/posts
NASHVILLE - Sen. John Ford has used campaign money to pay for a wedding and thousands of dollars in payments to the mothers of his children, filings show.
The Memphis Democrat has been the focus of scrutiny recently over a child support fight that raised questions about whether he lives in the district he represents and whether he failed to disclose more than $200,000 of income from a TennCare subcontractor.
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An examination by WTVF-TV of Ford's campaign financial disclosures to the state shows thousands of dollars in questionable spending.
Ford, who has testified during a child support hearing that he maintains two different homes with two different families, has been making payments of out of campaign money to the women who head those households and to a third woman challenging him on the child support.
The Nashville TV station also reported that Ford used campaign money to pay for portions of his daughter's wedding, including the cake, video and a singer.
Almost $11,000 from political contributors also was paid to Karen Michelle Snell, a former Ford assistant who was once involved in a brawl with his ex-wife.
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The records show that in the last two years girlfriend Connie Matthews, mother of two of Ford's children, was paid $18,400 for "professional services."
"It could be anything," Rawlins said of the payments. "It could be work done on his campaign. It could be that she worked in his district."
I think if you look up chuztpah, you'll find John Ford's picture - http://litterateur.chattablogs.com/archives/020445.html
And you have to love this. The sting operation that snared him was called Tennessee Waltz. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25678500/
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'bout damn time! now I wonder what kind of sentence he will get.
Have you noticed that Harold is now one of NBC's political analysts? :puke:
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Yes. He's popped up on Fox a few times as well. Ugh. That entire family is rotten to the core.
Harold's new wife contributed to Steve Cohen's opponents campaign. It was before they got married. Really slimy.
a little more info on the Fords - http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/NEWS0201/807150355&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
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Which charge? The corruption or the bribery? :evillaugh:
We got lucky keeping Ford Jr. out of office. As far as I'm concerned, Obama is a carbon copy of that one.
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Which charge? The corruption or the bribery? :evillaugh:
We got lucky keeping Ford Jr. out of office. As far as I'm concerned, Obama is a carbon copy of that one.
I've thought that too. I would bet that if Obama is elected, Ford will be a part of his administration.
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Here's John Ford's sister Ophelia. She took his seat in the state Senate. Hasn't done much as she's not there often. Has a tendency to drink a bit...
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b293/aggie8387/ophelia.jpg)
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Here's John Ford's sister Ophelia. She took his seat in the state Senate. Hasn't done much as she's not there often. Has a tendency to drink a bit...
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b293/aggie8387/ophelia.jpg)
You mean "has a tendency to lock herself in random hotel rooms and go on four-day drinking binges". :lmao:
I wonder if she knew those 13 extra voters personally :uhsure:
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Here's John Ford's sister Ophelia. She took his seat in the state Senate. Hasn't done much as she's not there often. Has a tendency to drink a bit...
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b293/aggie8387/ophelia.jpg)
You mean "has a tendency to lock herself in random hotel rooms and go on four-day drinking binges". :lmao:
I wonder if she knew those 13 extra voters personally :uhsure:
...well that too. I doubt those 13 voters were breathing at the time they voted. :fuelfire:
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(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b293/aggie8387/ophelia.jpg)
That is one seriously ugly woman(?)
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Ophelia Hiney. :-)
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Ophelia Hiney. :-)
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Uuuuuuuuh, culture of corruption?
I wonder how thats working for Pi$$holy now?