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February 02, 2011

Former Ted Kennedy Staffer Caught Stealing From American Taxpayer
— Ace

His defense?

It's an homage.

Posted by: Ace at 02:20 PM | Comments (52)
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1 He only stole 75K and he was a Kennedy staffer???

What a piker.

Posted by: Vic at February 02, 2011 02:22 PM (M9Ie6)

2 Ngozi ?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 02, 2011 02:25 PM (L8y7Q)

3 All he got was $75,000 and we're calling that homage? What a piker - that's small beer compared to what Kennedy "appropriated," it doesn't even rise to the level of a tribute band performance.

Loved the comments there - especially questions about how aSenate staffer, paid from the public trough, merits a bonus in the first place, and why we should not pay any attention to this because it's "water under the (Chappaquiddick) bridge..."

Posted by: Keith Arnold at February 02, 2011 02:25 PM (Jdtsu)

4 He only stole $75K that they know of...

Posted by: C'mon, he's a Dem at February 02, 2011 02:25 PM (DXa7u)

5 Ha!

Posted by: rdbrewer at February 02, 2011 02:26 PM (HSJsW)

6 (an homage)

Posted by: rdbrewer at February 02, 2011 02:26 PM (HSJsW)

7 "2 Ngozi ?"

Yeah, I was going to mention that I wasn't even going to attempt to pronounce the name, but then I'd have to denounce myself as a racist.

Posted by: Keith Arnold at February 02, 2011 02:26 PM (Jdtsu)

Man it make me miss the Gipper

http://tinyurl.com/63l5f6g

Posted by: William Amos at February 02, 2011 02:27 PM (wjuJ9)

9 Kennedy should be declared a Superfund site. The cleanup could take decades.

Posted by: AE at February 02, 2011 02:27 PM (kSfPT)

The former office manager for the late Senator Ted Kennedy was indicted on federal theft and fraud charges for allegedly pocketing more than $75,000 in unauthorized bonus payments over five years.

Ngozi Pole, 39, was named in a six-count felony indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. According to prosecutors, Pole, pictured at left, was in charge of processing bonus payments approved by either Kennedy or his chief of staff.

These payments, according to the indictment, came in two forms: a "holiday bonus" paid in December or January, and an "end-of-the-fiscal-year bonus" paid after September 30. The holiday bonuses ranged between $1000 and $2000, while the fiscal year bonuses "generally ranged from $3000 to $5000." These bonuses were not paid in lump sums, rather Kennedy employee salaries "were raised for a short period, after which employees' annual salaries were returned to their prior levels."

Pole has been accused of keeping his salary at the inflated level for more than the prescribed period. From 2002-2007 he illegally pocketed more than $75,000, according to the indictment, and hid these larger-than-authorized payouts by submitting falsified records to successive Kennedy chiefs of staff.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 02, 2011 02:28 PM (L8y7Q)

11 Sign that boy up. He's congressional material.

Posted by: DNC at February 02, 2011 02:28 PM (jHv0E)

Ngozi Pole ?

I think that I got an email from him once when he was President of the Bank of Nigeria.

Posted by: Cheri at February 02, 2011 02:28 PM (oiNtH)

13 O.T.: Chelsea's in NYC while Mr. Chelsea is living in Jackson Hole for the next 3 months. That didn't last long. LOL!

Posted by: moi at February 02, 2011 02:28 PM (Ez4Ql)

14 Well, it's not like he killed somebody or something.

Posted by: SlaveDog at February 02, 2011 02:30 PM (9fDAi)

15 Each wire fraud charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a $250,000 fine. The theft of government property charge has a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is set for July 14.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 02, 2011 02:30 PM (L8y7Q)

16 just heard on Fox the vote failed. I worry that the republicans are just going through the motions to placate the tea party folks

and brett beier is going to interview Baker next.

Posted by: ????????????? at February 02, 2011 02:31 PM (p302b)

17 "Each wire fraud charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a $250,000 fine. The theft of government property charge has a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is set for July 14."

Dang. It'll take a Senate appropriation to cover his fine.

Posted by: Keith Arnold at February 02, 2011 02:32 PM (Jdtsu)

18 13 O.T.: Chelsea's in NYC while Mr. Chelsea is living in Jackson Hole for the next 3 months. That didn't last long. LOL!

Posted by: moi at February 02, 2011 06:28 PM (Ez4Ql)

I posted about that a couple of days ago, when it was just a rumor but got no comments. I really hope they just have a modern marriage and they are still very happy,

Posted by: curious at February 02, 2011 02:33 PM (p302b)

O.T.: Chelsea's in NYC while Mr. Chelsea is living in Jackson Hole for the next 3 months. That didn't last long. LOL!

Mr. Chelsea is just attending his father-in-law's "Perils of Infidelity" seminar.

Posted by: DNC at February 02, 2011 02:33 PM (jHv0E)

20 He worked in the Senate for four years and only bilked us for $75,000? We could use more men like him.

Posted by: t-bird at February 02, 2011 02:33 PM (FcR7P)

I almost feel for the guy. You know part of his job description was paying Ted's bills for him. $75K wouldn't even make a dent in ol' Ted's standing monthly bar tab.

He probably figured he was just taking what should have been his.

Posted by: laceyunderalls thinking like a Dem (it's icky) at February 02, 2011 02:33 PM (+/p72)

22
$75k buys a lot of sandwiches...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 02, 2011 02:35 PM (TAjuH)

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the Lion of the Senate sleeps tonight.

While his trusted aide Ngozi steals all his shit.

Posted by: Cicero at February 02, 2011 02:35 PM (QKKT0)

24 >>> I really hope they just have a modern marriage and they are still very happy Yeah, me too. And by 'me too,' I mean 'fuck 'em.'

Posted by: soothsayer deeds done dirt cheap at February 02, 2011 02:37 PM (L0wbB)

25 Heh, I call that "olive pit" money.

Posted by: Denny Kucinich at February 02, 2011 02:37 PM (YZISw)

26 Like Ted Kennedy would care how much the bonus checks were made out for. Bastard never worked a day in his life.

Posted by: Cicero at February 02, 2011 02:39 PM (QKKT0)

27 >>>just heard on Fox the vote failed. I worry that the republicans are just going through the motions to placate the tea party folks Are you suggesting Republicans really could have won the vote if they wanted it enough? How would that work, exactly?

Posted by: ace at February 02, 2011 02:39 PM (nj1bB)

28 How is living apart from your spouse so you can ski and party a "modern marriage"? Yeah, it sounds like a "modern marriage" alright. One that is only meant to last 2 years.

Posted by: moi at February 02, 2011 02:42 PM (Ez4Ql)

29 Yes officer, I'm shitfaced drunk and this lady in the passenger seat isn't my wife. I'm driving to pay homage to the late Lion of the Senate

Posted by: Loyal Ted Kennedy staffer at February 02, 2011 02:42 PM (vdfwz)

30 This sounds like a trick he could have learned from one of you morons.

Posted by: laceyunderalls thinking like a Dem (it's icky) at February 02, 2011 02:42 PM (+/p72)

just heard on Fox the vote failed. I worry that the republicans are just going through the motions to placate the tea party folks

I hope they send it up every month. Let the dems keep voting against the will of the American people. Voters are paying attention now.

Posted by: Soona at February 02, 2011 02:44 PM (jHv0E)

Ngozi Pole.

Either a confused Black Panther or Peter's well hung, illigetimate African offspring.

Posted by: ErikW at February 02, 2011 02:44 PM (9NAga)

33 damn it. off shitferbrains sock!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 02, 2011 02:44 PM (+/p72)

34 We've decided to pattern the monument to the late great Senator after the moving monument to the USS Arizona

Posted by: Ted Kennedy Memorial Commission at February 02, 2011 02:48 PM (vdfwz)

35 The story in the headlines about the guy in Florida getting a threat from an "immigration activist" - they never mention the guy who was arrested name.

Posted by: moi at February 02, 2011 02:48 PM (Ez4Ql)

36 I gotta say I'm pleased to see the Republicans in the Senate united in this. I hope it's sincere and I hope they don't think they can go back to their old ways now just because they gave it the ol' college try.

Posted by: soothsayer deeds done dirt cheap at February 02, 2011 02:49 PM (L0wbB)

37 Whoops! Had to follow the links to the original story.

Posted by: moi at February 02, 2011 02:49 PM (Ez4Ql)

Ngozi Pole.

Either a confused Black Panther or Peter's well hung, illigetimate African offspring.

Posted by: ErikW at February 02, 2011 06:44 PM (9NAga)

See what I did there?

No?

Posted by: ErikW at February 02, 2011 02:50 PM (9NAga)

39 It's nice to see 47 Republicans in the Senate, too. holy shit we were down to 40!...almost at 39, for a while, there. /phew

Posted by: soothsayer deeds done dirt cheap at February 02, 2011 02:50 PM (L0wbB)

How would that work, exactly

Use your Moral Imagination, Ace.

Trust in your Moral Imagination.

Posted by: Barky-teh Wun-Ogabe at February 02, 2011 02:51 PM (3lx5O)

41 Is he related to Dick Pole? I'm not really asking, it's just I can't believe someone named their kid Dick Pole.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at February 02, 2011 02:51 PM (y/+eD)

42 If we don't fuck up, we can keep the House, take the Senate in 2012, and at least curb the Obama agenda if he steals another term. That's including SC picks.

Posted by: soothsayer deeds done dirt cheap at February 02, 2011 02:52 PM (DTy7x)

Back to Q School...

Posted by: ErikW at February 02, 2011 02:53 PM (9NAga)

as many as eight

That guy's got game.

Posted by: Vishnu at February 02, 2011 02:53 PM (3lx5O)

45 speaking of names, I heard a funny name yesterday but I don't know if it's real or fake.

Posted by: soothsayer deeds done dirt cheap at February 02, 2011 02:53 PM (L0wbB)

46 41 Is he related to Dick Pole? I'm not really asking, it's just I can't believe someone named their kid Dick Pole. Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at February 02, 2011 06:51 PM

Yes, that's almost child abuse

Posted by: Hugh Jass at February 02, 2011 02:54 PM (vdfwz)

47 Heck, which one of you wouldn't vote for this guy over a Rangel or a Kucinich? $75 grand is pretty damned cheap if you ask me.

Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at February 02, 2011 03:05 PM (bxiXv)

48 >>just heard on Fox the vote failed. I worry that the republicans are just going through the motions to placate the tea party folks>> You do know that the pubbies are in the minority in the senate? That they voted straight party line w/o any of the usual rino defections? So you'd prefer not to have the vote so you can call them rinos? sheesh, even i'm old enough to unnerstan this stuff.

Posted by: Ezra "The Toddler" Klein at February 02, 2011 03:16 PM (vXwmy)

49 An homage, huh? What is the going rate for a 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 these days?

Posted by: runningrn at February 02, 2011 03:19 PM (ihSHD)

50 Did he put it in the freezer? Piker.

Posted by: not the droid you seek at February 02, 2011 04:37 PM (h35AH)

51 Caught with their hands in the cookie jar now their going to get it but good

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at February 02, 2011 10:15 PM (vA9ld)

52 altın Ã§ilek - fx15 - leke kremi - yudali - maurers - ozon yağı

Posted by: peter at February 07, 2011 10:47 AM (va41F)

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