Media buries story about convictions for massive election rigging
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From: Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids on 6 Apr 2010 14:31 This is extremely common but the press doesn't want the public to find out about it. http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/25/1196914/jurors-deliberate-ky-vote- fraud.html Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 Jury convicts 8 in eastern Kentucky vote fraud The Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A jury convicted a former judge and seven others on Thursday of scheming to buy votes for several local offices in an eastern Kentucky county. The jury in U.S. District Court in Frankfort deliberated for nine hours over two days before convicting all eight people in a federal racketeering conspiracy. Those convicted on Thursday included former Circuit Judge R. Cletus Maricle and former school Superintendent Douglas C. Adams. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the jury also convicted several of the defendants on other charges, including mail fraud, extortion and laundering money that was used to buy votes. Prosecutors argued that the defendants participated in a scheme to buy votes in Clay County in 2002, 2004 and 2006. The trial lasted nearly seven weeks. They each face up to 20 years in prison, though their sentences will likely be less under federal advisory guidelines. According to the indictment and testimony, participants in the scheme checked lists of voters to identify those who would take bribes and lined up people to drive them to the polls, where precinct workers made sure they voted correctly and gave them a sticker or ticket to redeem for their payment. The FBI found in the May 2002 primary in Clay County that a high number of people asked for assistance in voting, said FBI special Agent Timothy Briggs. Briggs said 78 people asked for help in that election because they were blind, but investigators found nearly 40 had a license to drive. Many drove to London after the FBI asked them to come for interviews, Briggs testified. (snip)
From: johnty on 6 Apr 2010 16:09 On 6 Apr, 19:31, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids" <xeton2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > This is extremely common but the press doesn't want the public to find > out about it. > This is a very odd plan to stop the public 'finding out' about a story. You'd think the press might come up with something better.... Like not publishing it at all.
From: MNMikeW on 6 Apr 2010 17:04 "Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids" <xeton2001(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Xns9D527F7316435riemann1850yahoocom(a)216.168.3.70... > This is extremely common but the press doesn't want the public to find > out about it. > > http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/25/1196914/jurors-deliberate-ky-vote- > fraud.html > > Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 > > Jury convicts 8 in eastern Kentucky vote fraud > The Associated Press > > FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A jury convicted a former judge and seven others on > Thursday of scheming to buy votes for several local offices in an eastern > Kentucky county. > > The jury in U.S. District Court in Frankfort deliberated for nine hours > over two days before convicting all eight people in a federal > racketeering conspiracy. Those convicted on Thursday included former > Circuit Judge R. Cletus Maricle and former school Superintendent Douglas > C. Adams. > Boss Hogg was unavailable for comment.
From: John B. on 6 Apr 2010 17:45 On Apr 6, 2:31 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids" <xeton2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > This is extremely common but the press doesn't want the public to find > out about it. > > http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/25/1196914/jurors-deliberate-ky-vote- > fraud.html > > Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 > > Jury convicts 8 in eastern Kentucky vote fraud > The Associated Press > > FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A jury convicted a former judge and seven others on > Thursday of scheming to buy votes for several local offices in an eastern > Kentucky county. > > The jury in U.S. District Court in Frankfort deliberated for nine hours > over two days before convicting all eight people in a federal > racketeering conspiracy. Those convicted on Thursday included former > Circuit Judge R. Cletus Maricle and former school Superintendent Douglas > C. Adams. > > The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the jury also convicted several of > the defendants on other charges, including mail fraud, extortion and > laundering money that was used to buy votes. > > Prosecutors argued that the defendants participated in a scheme to buy > votes in Clay County in 2002, 2004 and 2006. The trial lasted nearly > seven weeks. > > They each face up to 20 years in prison, though their sentences will > likely be less under federal advisory guidelines. > > According to the indictment and testimony, participants in the scheme > checked lists of voters to identify those who would take bribes and lined > up people to drive them to the polls, where precinct workers made sure > they voted correctly and gave them a sticker or ticket to redeem for > their payment. > > The FBI found in the May 2002 primary in Clay County that a high number > of people asked for assistance in voting, said FBI special Agent Timothy > Briggs. > > Briggs said 78 people asked for help in that election because they were > blind, but investigators found nearly 40 had a license to drive. Many > drove to London after the FBI asked them to come for interviews, Briggs > testified. > > (snip) The press doesn't want you to find out about it, but you found out about it from the press. By the way, it is not "extremely common" in the U.S.
From: Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids on 6 Apr 2010 19:55
"John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:4c02380b-720e-49ca-8085-684a416d3eef(a)g30g2000yqc.googlegroups.com: > > The press doesn't want you to find out about it, but you found out > about it from the press. By the way, it is not "extremely common" in > the U.S. > This story should have been all over cable news, but they refused to cover it. |