The gang of eight treasury-draining officials in Bell, California went to court and pleaded not guilty yesterday. All of them, not guilty! Even the city manager earning $800K, and the "disabled" running police chief. We were all wrong about them.
What's the latest in Bell, California, America's Most Corrupt Town? The eight Bell officials arrested for looting the city's coffers are due in court today. An audit found they were greedier than expected. And they're being chased by a clown!
The Justice Department has arrested 130 people in Puerto Rico—including 89 cops—and charged them with corruption and involvement in drug and gun trafficking. It's "the largest police corruption investigation in the history of the FBI." [CBS. Pic via]
In Bell, California, America's most corrupt town, the farcical stories of civic corruption don't stop just because most of the elected officials there were arrestedl. There's so much more to learn about! Like the "disabled" police chief's exercise habit.
Is there any more news of shocking corruption today out of Bell, California, America's most corrupt town? But of course! Today: the police chief was even more corrupt than previously known. As was the city manager, a thief!
Bell, California: little town, big problems. Eight city officials were arrested there yesterday, including city council members, the city manager, and the mayor, whose door was battered down by the police. The worst part? It wasn't a surprise.
How fun was former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, which ended with the jury deadlocked on 23 of 24 charges? So fun they're going to try again in January—but without his brother Robert, whose charges were dropped.
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is a TV whore again, following his anti-climactic corruption trial. On the Today show this morning, Meredith Vieira pressed him on whether he'd return to reality TV now — maybe Jersey Shore? He'll consider it.
After all that, the best those measly jurors in Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial could manage was one conviction and a mistrial on the 23 other counts. The jurors are blaming the case's complexity. Why don't we hear this more often?
Jurors in the corruption trial of Illinois ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, on day 11 of deliberations, have informed the judge that they can't reach a decision on all counts and need help determining "the next logical step." Then they went home.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters was charged with three ethics violations today, including a breach of the rule that members "behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House." Enforcing this rule could be a slippery slope!
Hoboken's ex-mayor will be shipped to prison for corruption. But leaving Hoboken is no punishment!
The subcommittee investigating Rep. Charlie Rangel has recommended giving him a "reprimand"—a firm slap on the wrist, essentially—for his numerous terrible ethics violations, as opposed to the harsher "censure" or "expulsion." So anticlimactic! [Image: Getty]
So Rep. Charlie Rangel was unable to finalize any sort of settlement today before the House ethics committee revealed and read the violations (13!) against him, publicly. Does this mean the window has closed, and a trial's inevitable?
WCBS reports that Rep. Charlie Rangel will cut a deal to avoid the embarrassing ethics trial that's scheduled to proceed within hours. It would involve acknowledging his fuck-uppery, but no resignation. But we'll see! Remember, he's extremely stubborn. [Photo: Getty]
Aleksei Dymovsky was an average 32 year-old cop in Novorossiysk, Russia. Sick of the endemic corruption on the police force, he sat down and made a simple Youtube video of himself talking about the problem. How'd that work out?
Mean, stubborn crook Rep. Charlie Rangel has finally realized that he's two days from the start of a House ethics trial, so maybe it's time to deal? Unfortunately, this would involve him admitting any wrongdoing, which is unacceptable to him.
While nothing short of a mobilized Allied army seems capable of forcing Rep. Charlie Rangel out of Congress, the House ethics committee will charge him with official ethics violations, essentially setting up a trial — the first in eight years.
How in hell did ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawyers talk him down from taking the stand in his corruption trial? Hypnosis? In any event, his defense has rested, and the trial will move to closing arguments next week. [Image: AP]
