The unyielding torrential flood of democrat corruption continues. This time high ranking Democrat legislator Sheryl Stapleton was caught for racketeering, fraud, bribery, corruption and money laundering https://apnews.com/article/new-mexico-democrat-lawmaker-fraud-charges-fd41640e64ef30288d0e8237077725f9high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico pleads not guilty in federal fraud casehigh-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico has pleaded not guilty to numerous federal charges stemming from a corruption investigation into allegations that millions of dollars meant for educational programs in the state’s largest school district were diverted to businesses and charities in which she had an interest.Sheryl Williams Stapleton, 66, entered her plea Tuesday during an initial court appearance in Albuquerque. The judge ordered her and a co-defendant released on their own recognizance. They also were ordered to surrender their passports.A grand jury indicted Williams Stapleton in March on charges that included bribery, mail fraud and money laundering. Those federal charges are on top of money laundering, racketeering and other counts that had been filed in 2021 by state prosecutors. That case is still pending.A former state House majority leader and an administrator with Albuquerque Public Schools, Williams Stapleton was first elected in 1994. She resigned from the New Mexico House of Representatives two days after search warrants were served at her home during the summer of 2021. The school district also fired her from her role there.According to the federal indictment, the Albuquerque district had paid more than $3 million to Robotics Management Learning Systems LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based company. Most of that money came from federal funds meant for vocational education programs.Joseph Johnson, 72 provided blank checks to Stapleton, who in turn wrote around 233 checks totaling $1,152,506 “for her own benefit”
Johnson, the owner of Robotics Management Learning Systems, also pleaded not guilty to federal charges.Williams Stapleton, Johnson and their attorneys declined to comment while leaving the courthouse on Tuesday.If convicted, court documents show the two defendants could be forced to forfeit millions in cash or property connected with the allegations.New Mexico has witnessed a string of corruption scandals involving high-level public officials over the years. Jail sentences were handed down on convictions against former Democratic state Sen. Phil Griego in 2018 for using his position as a legislator to profit off the sale of a state-owned building and in 2015 against Republican ex-Secretary of State Dianna Duran for using campaign funds to fuel a gambling addiction.Before that, Democrat Manny Aragon — the former Senate majority leader — was sentenced to federal prison for his role in a kickback scheme in which millions of dollars were stolen from the construction of a courthouse for New Mexico’s busiest judicial district through false and padded invoices. Known for years as the most powerful force in the Legislature, Aragon was released from prison in 2013.
>>1286222Another one? It never ends
bleeding it dry
>>1286224GOP Operatives
>>1286222>A former state House majority leader and an administrator with Albuquerque Public SchoolsPretty much democrat sop at this point. Say you need money for children or minorities or some other minority group and then you embezzle it
>DemoKKKrat corruptionSo, business as usual then.
>>1286261Always has been, always will be
>>1286261>>1286274chud headcanon is so wild
>>1286289So apnews is chud headcanon?You people really are insane
>>1286293>it's another chud pretending a single State Senator in one state represents all democrats everywhereDo you ever get tired of constantly having disingenuous arguments?
>>1286293You people think stuff like Fani Willis having sex is "corruption". That's why no one listens to you.
>>1286295Lmao The fact she hired her boyfriend, a personal injury attorney, and profited off public funding is corruption Nobody cares who was porking her. They care over the fact she abused her office to financially benefit a significant other.Kinda like Joe BidenBut hey, nobody expects a Democrat to have any idea of ethics unless it involves a minority group
>>1286294>a single State Senator in one state represents all democrats everywhereNo, all Democrats everywhere represent themselves and just most of them who are in politics happen to be corrupt.
>>1286297>Kinda like Joe BidenHow so? If you have some kind of proof then you better give it to Comer and Grassley ASAP.
Seems like goodness and Democracy in country has become a Blue Moon in today's times.
>>1286302It might seem that way if you're a low info moron who follows news through drudgereport headlines.
>>1286299>1) Zlochevsky hired hunter to make the investigation led by shokin go away>2) Joe Biden bragged about getting shokin fired>3) the guy who replaced shokin dropped all charges against Zlochevsky and removed him from the wanted list.>https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lutsenko+charges+dropped+Zlochevsky&df=2015-04-03..2017-04-04Comer and grassley know. Maybe you haven't heard but they are holding impeachment hearings regarding Biden, and stated they will be recommending criminal charges.
>>1286308https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/c-span-video-joe-biden-ukraine/>In the excerpted portion of the clip, Biden was discussing his efforts on behalf of the Obama administration to pressure Ukraine into prosecuting corruption and firing Viktor Shokin, an ineffective prosecutor. That effort by Biden has been used by Trump supporters to argue, inaccurately, that Biden single-handedly had Shokin fired because Shokin was investigating Burisma, a Ukrainian group of energy exploration and production companies of which Biden's son Hunter was a board member.>However, Shokin was not fired for investigating Burisma, but for his failure to pursue corruption investigations -- including investigations connected to Burisma. And Biden wasn't alone in the effort to push Shokin out, but rather was spearheading the Obama administration's policy, which represented a consensus among diplomats, officials from various European countries, and the International Monetary Fund that Shokin was an impediment to rooting out corruption in his country, according to Bloomberg:>> Shokin became prosecutor general in February 2015. Over the next year, the U.S. and the International Monetary Fund criticized officials for not doing enough to fight corruption in Ukraine ...>> The U.S. plan to push for Shokin's dismissal didn't initially come from Biden, but rather filtered up from officials at the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation. Embassy personnel had called for U.S. loan guarantees to Ukraine to be tied to broader anti-corruption efforts, including Shokin's dismissal, this person said.>> Biden's threat to withhold $1 billion [in U.S. loan guarantees] if Ukraine didn't crack down on corruption reportedly came in March [2016]. That same month, hundreds of Ukrainians demonstrated outside President Petro Poroshenko's office demanding Shokin's resignation, and he was dismissed.
>>1286308Comer and Grassley don't have any proof.https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4360176-gop-lawmaker-who-backed-impeachment-inquiry-admits-hes-seen-no-evidence-of-high-crime-or-misdemeanor/> GOP lawmaker who backed impeachment inquiry admits he’s seen no evidence of ‘high crime or misdemeanor’
>>1286309...so Joe Biden bragged about getting shokin fired just like I said?
I'M OUTRAGED! HE SHOULD APOLOGIZE!!!1!
>>1286310Oh so just normal crimes then?
>>1286313There weren't any crimes and they don't need any proof even if there were. Republicans just needed to say the Bidens were under investigation. That's it. That's enough to rally the retards like (You) into being outraged.
>>1286314These facts seem pretty damning: >>1286308
>>1286314>There weren't any crimesWhy has hunter been indicted?
>>1286316The funniest part is the date on the Snopes article is 2019. That's how long ago the "Biden fired Shokin" conspiracy theory was debunked.>>1286317What is it you think he was indicted for?
>>1286318About 10 tax fraud crimes crimes, probably because he's from a democrat family, it's genetic for them
>>1286303Okay low info "MUH DEMOCRACY" golem
>>1286312It's too late for that. All you can do now is wait until November when Biden does a 2020 all over again, which will make absolute certainty that civil war will happen
>>1286318>The funniest part is the date on the Snopes article is 2019. That's how long ago the "Biden fired Shokin" conspiracy theory was debunked.It's been rebunked.
>>1286326Prove it. Oh that's right you can't and neither can Comer.
>>1286328Have you read the statement by Bidet?OK, there you go. Rebunked by Bidet himself.
>>1286330So you're a retard who doesn't know what the VP can or can't do. Got it.
>>1286298>all Democrats everywhere represent themselves and just most of them who are in politics happen to be corrupt.thank god for honest republicans!Politics is such a noble profession, and then all these commie leftists have to enter it and corrupt it.>>1286302>Seems like goodness and Democracy in country has become a Blue Moon in today's timesVoters in many countries sceptical[sic] of democracy, poll showshttps://www.reuters.com/world/voters-many-countries-sceptical-democracy-poll-shows-2024-04-11/When asked why he went about with a lamp in broad daylight, Diogenes confessed, "I am looking for a [honest] man." Seeing a young man blush, he remarked that it was the complexion of virtue.(He then gave the young man 1/2 a drachm to follow him into an alley..those greeks!)
>>1286332A vp can and did threaten to withhold funding from Ukraine if they didn't fire shokin. Maybe you haven't seen the video of him bragging about it?Zlochevsky got off easy after the guy who replaced shokin dropped all charges and removed Zlochevsky from the wanted list.And who says hunter was paid by Burisma for no reason.
>>1286399Who is supposed to believe this?
>>1286401Hi again. KYS.
>>1286399>A vp can and did threaten to withhold funding from Ukraine if they didn't fire shokin. Maybe you haven't seen the video of him bragging about it?I haven't. Got a link?
