Seven more crooked politicians get their just desserts!
In Spring Valley, New York, an FBI sting nailed two corrupt public officials on federal charges. Mayor Norami Jasmin was busted for bribery and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret for mail fraud. According to an article published today in lohud.com, Spring Valley mayor won’t say if she’ll resign, both were also charged with “selling their votes for [a] community center project.”
With typical political chutzpah, the mayor doesn’t know if she’ll step down.
The sting also brought down and charged a State Senator “and three other high-profile political figures with bribery and corruption.”
Music to my ears!
Closer to home, the FBI published a press release today on fbi.gov, Margate City Commissioner Indicted on Federal Bribery Charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office charged Commissioner David McClean with “three counts of bribery in connection with a program receiving federal funds.”
The press release reported:
U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer stated, “Public officials who sell their office and their influence to line their own pockets with cash undermine the good work of all hard-working public servants who labor for the public good. That is why corruption in government, at any level, will simply not be tolerated.”
“Investigating public corruption remains one of the FBI’s top priorities. This indictment represents our commitment to investigate corrupt acts and the individuals who are behind them,” said Assistant Special Agent in Charge Scott A. Gilbert, FBI Miami Division. “We encourage anyone who may have information about corruption to come forward and report it.”
It does not say whether or not the Commissioner will step down.
[Smirk]
Unlike the Miami-Dade County’s State Attorney’s Office, the FBI is doing its job. Corrupt public officials must be arrested and prosecuted. Call Katherine Fernandez Rundle and tell her get up here to northeast Miami-Dade County and get on the stick already!
Stephanie Kienzle
“Spreading the Wealth”
let’s not give the FBI more credit than they deserve. How many corrupt officials do they not pursue due to favoritism?
And let’s not even touch the FBI’s disgusting record on domestic terrorism.
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