tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post2924632318088110771..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: The Rowland Conviction, Unfinished BusinessDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-21840000057826769022015-03-25T10:32:26.561-04:002015-03-25T10:32:26.561-04:00I'd ask Bill Klinton or his hideous wife to re... I'd ask Bill Klinton or his hideous wife to recommend a good operator in the Nutmeg jurisdiction<br />-------------<br />Actually, it being a case brought against the hapless Governor by the Federales despiadados, Rowland could use help from the Klintons regardless of jurisdiction. We doubt Rowland's slightly outre political orientation would prevent the open minded of Klinton Consultants, Inc., from doing their best to achieve social justice for a nominal fee.<br />----------<br /> As the Clinton administration came to a close in early 2001, it was discovered that Hugh Rodham received around $400,000 for legal services regarding gaining the Presidential pardon of fraudulent businessman Glenn Braswell and the sentence commutation of drug trafficker Carlos Vignali.[7]<br /><br />In March 2001, it was revealed that Tony Rodham had helped gain a March 2000 presidential pardon for Edgar Allen Gregory, Jr. and his wife, Vonna Jo, a Tennessee couple in the carnival business who had been convicted of bank fraud.[13] The pardon was granted over the objections of the U.S. Justice Department.[13peter brushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-35548425077376088442015-03-24T22:16:48.984-04:002015-03-24T22:16:48.984-04:00PB
That's exactly right.PB<br /><br />That's exactly right.Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-61425015230383926632015-03-24T13:57:50.523-04:002015-03-24T13:57:50.523-04:00"I would recommend that due to [Rowland's..."I would recommend that due to [Rowland's] background and the compliance issue that…the contract be between my Law Office and [Rowland] — that way there is no connections," the indictment said "Attorney 1" wrote.<br />Later in October 2011, according to the indictment, Attorney 1 emailed Foley again to say that "since the contract is with my firm, I am not concerned it will ever be discovered."<br />--------------------<br />Right; the perceived need for concealment was by the candidate's camp. <br />I thought our mania for campaign finance control came out of the Watergate fiasco in which money aimed at the candidate or his party was hidden and misused. Here the money going from the candidate to the consultant was hidden, not because the consultant was doing anything particularly controversial, let alone illegal, but because the candidate's camp was ashamed of him.<br />Whether he committed a crime, the attorney in this matter demonstrated his unprincipled pragmatic dishonesty. That in itself probably doesn't differentiate his from the ethics of many of our licensed attorneys at law. I would say that if I were in the market for a good, in the sense of effective, advocate for my shady interests I'd look for someone more skilled than Christian B. Shelton, Esquire. If I could, I'd ask Bill Klinton or his hideous wife to recommend a good operator in the Nutmeg jurisdiction. <br /><br />peter brushnoreply@blogger.com