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“In one of the first Justice Department cases of its kind, Maryland political consultant Kelley Rogers pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Tuesday for operating multiple fraudulent political action committees that raised money from donors for conservative causes but kept much of the funds for Rogers and his associates.”
This differs from the SOP of many PACS how?
Somebody call Bill Barr! The liberals at the FBI are at it again!
A shorter, punchier version of that article should be circulated on right-wing websites. Where’s your money going, rubes?
Speaking precisely, in no way whatsoever.
If my understanding is correct, Kelly Rogers stole over 10 meeeeeilion dollars and must forfeit 7 percent of that amount. It’s called Dept. of Justice
It’s difficult to repossess a few pounds of coke that have gone up a bunch or people’s noses already.
Our story detailed how Conservative Majority Fund took information it had collected about donors for the American Conservative Union, the famed operators of the annual CPAC conference, and used that information to build a PAC that preyed on those donors fears. While promising to fight Barack Obama and illegal immigration, internal emails and documents showed that Rogers and his associates instead funneled the money back to themselve
Sweet Baby Jeebus, a grifter preying off another grifter’s marks.
Am I to understand that it’s a crime to exploit others’ fears for profit? Is that frowned upon?
Maybe why they got “caught.”
“Casablanca”. Rains. Gambling.
I’m not even going to post the fucking video anymore.
Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood seems a little more skeevy than usual.
Did they find any illegal aliens?
…one of Rogers’ PACs… raised close to $10 million… while giving out just $48,400…
I haven’t checked, but I’m guessing his experience includes a stint running a title insurance company, though the ratio of payouts to revenue would be rather high for that industry.
No title insurance, no loan, bitch.
Indeed. And guess who owns the title insurance companies. 
If money is speech, it is impossible to defraud people of speech.
Just sayin’ - Citizens United, the gold standard of jurisprudence.
If Barr’s DOJ went after him it’s certainly because Trump wasn’t getting his cut.
And for the people who thought they were giving to Republicans … too bad, so sad - it’s your party, folks, a bunch of corrupt con men, and that’s how you must learn to roll.
This is a feel good story all over.
Professional grifter grifts conservative rubes. Win.
Doesn’t spend money on their causes. Win.
Going to go to jail for it. Win.