Tag: scandals

After the Ancient Mariner slew the albatross which had brought the ship luck, he was blamed for the following disasters and forced to wear the dead bird around his …

The Drudge Report is headlining a leaked New York Times story alleging Senator John McCain gave "special treatment" to a lobbyist for the telecommunications industry at some unspecified point …

When a candidate for President "breaks out" from obscurity to viability, he often finds the accompanying spotlight to be double-edged. While he now enjoys media attention which often amounts …

UPDATE: The Clinton Campaign is NOT returning Senate campaign money from the questionable donors. (They say they can't tell which are Hsu-related because "bundler" records weren't kept). When the …

She's written a book and given nearly 200 speeches around the world for as much as $13,000 each, based on being an "Enron whistle-blower." Turns out she was a …

Just when you thought it was safe to start a new pyramid scheme . . . another reputed con artist is raising money for Senator Hillary Clinton's Presidential campaign, …

The more answers we find about furtive fundraiser/con artist Norman Hsu, the more questions arise. It has now been discovered that Hsu's contributions almost mirror - in many cases …

Fugitive fundraiser Norman Hsu apparently ran a shell company which may have existed to illegally reimburse campaign donors, Mike McIntire reports for the New York Times: A review of …

Where politicians are implicated in scandal or corruption, an interesting phenomenon has been noticed by many observers. It the offender is a Republican, it is mentioned in the lead …

Just in time for your toe-tappin' restroom pleasure, The Unsinkable Larry Craig hints he may reconsider his resignation from the Senate, contest his guilty plea in appellate court, and …