Top Commerce and Treasury department officials appeared with Republican candidates and doled out millions in federal money in battleground congressional districts and states after receiving White House political briefings detailing GOP election strategy.
Political appointees in the Treasury Department received at least 10 political briefings from July 2001 to August 2006, officials familiar with the meetings said. Their counterparts at the Commerce Department received at least four briefings - all in the election years of 2002, 2004 and 2006.
The House Oversight Committee is investigating whether the White House's political briefings to at least 15 agencies, including to the Justice Department, the General Services Administration and the State Department, violated a ban on the use of government resources for campaign activities.
Under the Hatch Act, Cabinet members are permitted to attend political briefings and appear with members of Congress. But Cabinet members and other political appointees aren't permitted to spend taxpayer money with the aim of benefiting candidates.
And now ladies and gentlemen we now know why Karl Rove was running for the exit.
This is a big one kiddies. Using federal funds for political reasons is a giant no no.
I don't think that Karl can run far enough to avoid the fallout from this one.
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This sounds like hear-say. What proof do the American Public really have. CNN or any news that reports this can be persuasive to make the Bush administration look bad with the right rhetoric and still say that no proof has been shown.
ReplyDeleteWell I guess we don't really know if this is factual until after the investigation. However if the past is any indication, then when somebody accuses this administration of wrongdoing, or lying, and they deny it, the facts always back up the party that is not a Bushie.
ReplyDeleteAnd I can say with quite a lot of confidence that this will probably turn out to be another example of criminal behavior by the Bush administration.
Thanks for dropping by.
It is factual...there is a Paper Trail ;-)
ReplyDelete(gman.... I left you a little gift above about This...let me know when you find it ;-)