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A pattern of political prosecution?

Posted by Nerdus Maximus on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:47:39 PM
NPR reports that Ag Eric Holder is dropping the prosecution of former Senator Ted Stevens after the corruption conviction that was handed down days before the election and undoubtedly cost him his Senate seat was overturned for gross prosecutorial misconduct. I guess there is no point in pursuing the original charge since that seat is now held by a Democrat.

One thing it does prove is that Ted Stevens was harder to knock out of office than Kurt Weldon. There wasn't even so much as an indictment and Weldon was a former Congressman. For that matter there have been five times as many raids on offices related to John Murtha than it took to unseat Weldon.
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What John Murtha and Kurt Weldon have in common

Posted by Nerdus Maximus on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:45:51 AM
Both have had the FBI search offices of people associated with them and remove records. What is different is the timing and how it was covered.

The Weldon-related searches happened shortly before the election with reporters there to take pictures of the FBI taking things from the offices. Weldon lost reelection.

The Murtha-related searches happened after the election and one in November just now made it into the deep recesses of ABC News. Murtha won his reelection bid.

I suspect there will be another difference. The Weldon investigation seemed to dry up and blow away immediately after the election. It seems unlikely that it will ever be found that Weldon did anything wrong. I suspect that will not be the case with Murtha.
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