home

Bob Ney Sentenced

By TChris, Section Corruption Cases
Posted on Sat Jan 20, 2007 at 12:30:21 AM EST
Tags: (all tags)
Share This: Digg! StumbleUpon del.icio.us reddit reddit

Which federal crime deserves a harsher punishment? Selling 5 grams of crack or selling out your country? The crack sale triggers a 5 year mandatory minimum. Bob Ney's "significant and serious abuse of the public trust" (in the words of the sentencing judge) earned a sentence of 30 months -- three more than the government recommended.

“You have a long way to go to make amends,” Judge Huvelle told the former lawmaker, citing tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of luxury overseas travel and other gifts he accepted from [Jack] Abramoff and the corrupt Republican lobbyist’s partners in return for official favors.

< Five Minutes to Doom | Hillary Clinton Forms Exploratory Committee >

  • The Online Magazine with Liberal coverage of crime-related political and injustice news

  • Contribute To TalkLeft


    • Display: Sort:
    Bob Ney Sentenced | 6 comments (6 topical)

    Readers Must Login or Create an Account to Comment

    Does this mean.... (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by kdog on Sat Jan 20, 2007 at 11:03:10 AM EST
    the USA isn't worth five grams of crack in the eyes of the law?

    If so, we need to rewrite the law books.  But, much like health care, that is too big and important an undertaking for our leaders and might interfere with their tee-times.

    it would seem (none / 0) (#1)
    by cpinva on Sat Jan 20, 2007 at 02:56:32 AM EST
    that the public's trust carries a fairly low value, to judge by the sentence received for breaking it, repeatedly.

    Just a another Example (none / 0) (#2)
    by plumberboy on Sat Jan 20, 2007 at 04:00:28 AM EST
    This is just another example of how the legal system is upside down.

    30 months seems harsh compared to Sandy Berger (none / 0) (#4)
    by ProgressiveRick on Sat Jan 20, 2007 at 02:27:46 PM EST
    President Clinton's national security adviser removed classified documents from the National Archives, hid them under a construction trailer and later tried to find the trash collector to retrieve them.

    Sandy Berger took the documents in the fall of 2003 while working to prepare himself and Clinton administration witnesses for testimony to the Sept. 11 commission.

    Berger pleaded guilty to unlawfully removing and retaining classified documents. He was fined $50,000, ordered to perform 100 hours of community service and was barred from access to classified material for three years. $50,000 is nothing to Berger and 100 hours was probably spent playing a celebrity golf tournament.

    well PR (none / 0) (#5)
    by cpinva on Sat Jan 20, 2007 at 10:16:54 PM EST
    sandy berger wasn't an elected official, and he wasn't in the government at the time he committed those acts, so what "public trust" did he break?

    i'm not condoning what he did, it was obviously wrong, but not nearly on the same level as ney's acts of betrayal. so no, i don't agree that ney's sentence is harsher than berger's.

    Presidential Pardons (none / 0) (#6)
    by squeaky on Sun Jan 21, 2007 at 11:51:56 PM EST
    Can't wait until the Chimp Kommander's last 2 or three months of office when he will issue pardons.I am sure that Ney will make the list.  

    Repugs criminals amount to a very long list, and growing.

    Some of the neos are coming up for their second presidental pardon.

    Bob Ney Sentenced | 6 comments (6 topical)

    Readers Must Login or Create an Account to Comment