A former U.S. Interior Department official says he accepted $15,000 in kickbacks in part because he had to pay his child’s private school bills.
Edgar Johnson, 60, of Bowie, Md., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Washington to charges of accepting kickbacks from representatives of an unnamed New Jersey firm looking to sell insurance to government agencies, The Washington Post reported.
Court documents indicate Johnson told prosecutors he needed the cash on top of his $121,000 year salary in his position at Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs because he was struggling to pay private school tuition for one of his children and that he was looking to “maintain his lifestyle” after his retirement, the Post said.
Nothing like a political career dedicated to serving the people?
# 31 heehee said, “I just wonder though – is all that bitterness because he’s a Democrat or because of his skin color?”
Edgar Johnson is white and appointed, not elected. What are you babbling about?
#32, Cow-Paddy,
He is babbling about your inane jealousy that Obama is now the President. Your hurt shows.
# 33 Mr. Fusion said, “He is babbling about your inane jealousy”
I didn’t vote McCain. Now, you’re babbling. Is it a liberal brain defect thing?
White House: Performance Czar Nancy Killefer Withdraws Candidacy over tax evasion
Another felon down. Come on Daschle, do the right thing.
Cow-Paddy,
Since you have already posted there, you know that Daschle already has his own post. And he has withdrawn from contention.