A former aide to Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) has filed suit against the company for whom he helped secure a controversial $1.6 million earmark for a blimp project last year...Watch this space to see if anything sticks to Teflon Pete.
...According to his lawsuit, Plesha and Ferguson signed a contract in February 2007 under which Plesha, who is Sessions’s former communications director, would get $20,000 per month for one year, plus an option for a second year at the same rate, for a total of $480,000.
The lawsuit states that “as a direct result of Plesha’s services in 2007 through 2008, Plesha was able to secure a $1.6 million appropriation for defendants in September 2008..
7 years ago
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You'll get no Graft with Taft...
The lying, stealing, cheating and bribery are all out in broad daylight now. Still, nothing really happens...
Sure we sacrifice a scapegoat now and then, but the system just continues to decay.
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