Archive for the 'Corruption' Category

Thompson’s PAC transfered $178,000 to his Son

June 13, 2007

Excerpts as reported by ABC News:
Former Tennessee Senator and potential Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has shut down a political action committee that paid out more money to his son than it did in political donations.
Federal Election Commission records analyzed by the Blotter on ABCNews.com show Thompson’s committee paid $178,000 to his son’s political consulting [...]

Thompson Exploited the American troops to Sell Identity Theft Insurance

June 12, 2007

Excerpts as reported by the LA Times:
Possible presidential candidate Fred D. Thompson is lending his voice to radio commercials for a company that says it fights identity thieves and that was co-founded by a man accused of taking money from consumer bank accounts without permission.
The one-minute commercials are airing across the country on behalf of [...]

Thompson Lobbied for Presidente Jean-Bertrand Aristide

June 11, 2007

Fred Dalton Thomson filed papers with the Justice Department in 1991 to represent Presidente Jean-Bertrand Aristide two weeks after he was deposed from power.
According to the papers, Fred Dalton Thompson stated his intent to lobby members of Congress and their staff, officials of the U.S. Department of State and the Office of the President of [...]