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The scandal is a Republican one

The scandal is a Republican one

Right now, the press is pushing a false equivalency narrative in the Greg Lindberg scandal that led to the indictments of state GOP Chair Robin Hayes and former Chatham County GOP Chair John Palermo. Stories quickly popped up saying “Democrats took Lindberg money, too.” That’s not quite right. Almost all of the money Greg Lindberg gave to Democrats was connected to one Democrat, Party Chair Wayne…

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North Carolina GOP chair Hayes indicted for bribery, and GOP congressman Walker is caught up in the mess, too

On Tuesday, federal prosecutors indicted North Carolina Republican Party Chair Robin Hayes as well as GOP donor Greg Lindberg and two of his associates for their part in an alleged bribery scheme—and the story could have repercussions for Republican Rep. Mark Walker as well.

Jeff Singer at Daily Kos Elections:

On Tuesday, federal prosecutors indicted North Carolina Republican Party Chair Robin Hayes as well as GOP donor Greg Lindberg and two of his associates for their part in an alleged bribery scheme—and the story could have repercussions for Republican Rep. Mark Walker as well. Walker was not named in the indictment, but Politico identified him as “Public Official A,” whom Lindberg’s associates said had been “trying to help us move the ball forward.” Hayes, Walker, and Lindberg have all denied any wrongdoing.

The day began when prosecutors accused Hayes, Lindberg, John Palermo, and John Gray with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bribery. Prosecutors allege that Lindberg made large donations to the state party that Hayes then used to forward $250,000 to the re-election campaign of GOP state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey last year. They also say Lindberg promised Causey he’d set up a committee to make “independent” expenditures on the commissioner’s behalf, which he then seeded with $1.5 million.

According to the indictment, these activities were all meant as a bribe for Causey, “in exchange for official action that would benefit Lindberg’s business interests.” Chief among Lindberg’s desires was the removal a senior deputy insurance commissioner “who was responsible for overseeing regulation and the periodic examination” of one of Lindberg’s companies. Lindberg and Gray asked that Causey replace the deputy commissioner with Palermo, but it doesn’t appear any firing or hiring actually took place. (Causey cooperated with federal authorities in the investigation and was not charged.)

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SMH: X-Men Producer John Palermo Dropping N-Bombs

So….JET wil be dealing with this cretin via Kyra Kyles’ Keeping it 140 column, but we are asking for a Monday moment of silence for the career of entertainment industry executive John Palermowho decided to call Kanye West a n*gger on his Facebook page.…

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"John, I couldn't do half as much without you nor half as well."