Breaking: Ney pleads guilty for conspiracy

[malaise]

CNN.

[Lochloosa]

1. Anything on resigning?

[Coexist]

2. No word yet - according this MSN front page article:

"There is no word at this time as to whether Ney intended to resign his seat in the House."


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14842775/

[malaise]

5. Prison Sentence a Possibility!

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Word of the legal pleadings came as Republicans in Ney’s sprawling eastern Ohio district selected State Sen. Joy Padgett as a replacement candidate for the Nov. 7 ballot. She will run against Democratic rival Zack Space for a seat that Ney has held for a dozen years — and insisted as recently as this summer that he would not voluntarily give up.

[global1]

3. What Am I Missing - Doesn't A Conspiracy Usually Involve More Than.....

one person. Who else was involved with with him and what has/is going to happen to them?

[Sydnie]

4. Noe? Just a guess n/t

[Coexist]

6. the Abramoff thing.

[SteppingRazor]

7. Probably Abramoff-related...

and since he's cooperating, there won't be other people charged, I imagine

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. Conspiracy definitely means that he wasn't the only one in on it

Since he is pleading guilty, I don't think a felon is allowed to hold a Congressional seat.

[FSogol]

12. Felons can't hold seats? What will the GOP do?

:rofl:

[Blackhatjack]

9. CNN televised? or just on the web? n/t

[malaise]

11. TV n/t

[Sydnie]

10. Abramoff and that ever popular golf trip!

Prison sentence possible
Ney's plea is in connection with a 2002 golfing trip to Scotland that Abramoff paid for.

Any guilty plea would almost certainly renew public attention on a Republican-heavy corruption investigation that has unfolded slowly in the months leading to the midterm elections. Democrats have long vowed to make ethics an issue in the campaign.

Ney is the first member of Congress to plead guilty in the probe. A second lawmaker, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., is at the center of a separate investigation involving alleged bribery. He has not been charged and denies all wrongdoing.

Word of the legal pleadings came as Republicans in Ney’s sprawling eastern Ohio district selected State Sen. Joy Padgett as a replacement candidate for the Nov. 7 ballot. She will run against Democratic rival Zack Space for a seat that Ney has held for a dozen years — and insisted as recently as this summer that he would not voluntarily give up.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14842775/

[Blackhatjack]

13. Ney Should Have to "sing his little heart out" to avoid long prison term

...Ney is one of the "insiders" who knows where the bodies are buried.

IF he gets off with pleading to a single count of conspiracy without bringing down several other big wheels, and walks away from this massive corruption scandal with no significant jail time, then you will know he got a "whitewash" from a prosecution that is bent on protecting the guilty.

[Sydnie]

14. From Yahoo News

Ney, R-Ohio, had defiantly denied the charges for months. Now he faces up to 10 years in prison. The Justice Department said prosecutors will recommend that he serve 27 months based on federal sentencing guidelines. Ney became the first lawmaker to admit wrongdoing in the election-year investigation.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060915/ap_on_go_co/congressional_corruption

[malaise]

17. This is the Friday news dump

Kick

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Conspiracy? Hey, don't stop with Ney. Keep trickling that bitch down

to local government.

[w4rma]

16. Sometimes conspiracies aren't just in theory. (nt)