Kent Sorenson pleads guilty to accepting payments to switch support

About time. Rand said he wasn't going to announce and pick his team until after the midterms. Surely this will be enough to keep Benton away from the campaign. If it isn't, then he doesn't deserve to win. I had pretty much written off doing the delegate thing again because of all of Benton's dirty dealings in Colorado, but I held on to my precinct chair position just in case he came to his senses. Hopefully they'll go further and throw Benton's ass in jail too. I will gather all local Ron Paulers for a party on the day that happens!
 
So who should his campaign manager be? Doug Wead? Or is he still selling weightloss potion? He seemed more excited about Rand 2016 than Ron 2012, in 2011.
 
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Maltheus said:
About time. Rand said he wasn't going to announce and pick his team until after the midterms. Surely this will be enough to keep Benton away from the campaign. If it isn't, then he doesn't deserve to win. I had pretty much written off doing the delegate thing again because of all of Benton's dirty dealings in Colorado, but I held on to my precinct chair position just in case he came to his senses. Hopefully they'll go further and throw Benton's ass in jail too. I will gather all local Ron Paulers for a party on the day that happens!
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I bet he will hire Benton:( But the r3volution must go on, it's not about Rand.
 
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Badger Paul said:
"After Sorenson publicly switched his endorsement, Paul’s campaign routed the state senator a total of $73,000 in 2012, transferring the payments through a film production company and another company to conceal the intended recipient, according to court filings. Sorenson wanted the payments kept secret because of Iowa Senate ethics rules that prohibit sitting senators from accepting payments from a political campaign, according to court papers.

Smoking gun right there. The money was laundered. Wasn't a jewlery store involved too?

Sorenson is facing five to 20 in a Federal pen. You think he plead guilty so he could do some easy time? My guess is the Feds will be happy see him pay a fine and pick up trash on the highway for a year. They've got bigger fish to fry.

If I'm Jesse Benton I'm asking Mitch for some D.C legal referrals right about now. Might as well get something out being a glorified gofer.

"Yup, this sort of thing will destroy Rand if it happens again."

It will happen again if he continues to employ the same people. I think Rand can do better than Benton and Tate and the parasites at Sabre Communications.
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So true. Paul's granddaughter should be getting legal advice as well.
 
randomname said:
Washington Times says he pleaded guilty to "accepting a bribe". How rare, a politician facing jail time over accepting a bribe! Why this guy, and why now?
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Selective enforcement and prosecution. Some animals are more equal than others. ;)
 
I don't even remotely care about this. Mitt Romney funded campaigns of literally dozens, possibly hundreds, of local and state candidates to win their support. What's the difference?
 
randomname said:
Why this guy, and why now?
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This has been ongoing for two years,, like since it happened.

There have been a lot of denials.. and obfuscation,, and evidence.

He just plead guilty,, which means a Plea Bargain. I am wondering what he got for the Bargain? (or what they dropped)
 
Thing is, this sort of stuff is stupid common in politics. Not saying it's good or ok but it is common practice to route endorsement payoffs through shell corps and charities. Most examples don't even get a blink from LE and regulators. I'm sure this is only 'news' because it's tied to Ron and, by loose extension, Rand.

Happy to say it's more evidence of why Benton better not have any part of Rand's campaign. He's been a liability from the start.


Badger Paul said:
Indeed. I'm curious to know what ITC is. Collins? Oh Collins?
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ITC? Name rings a bell. Where did you see it? Context?
 
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I saw ITC in this report:

How rare, a politician facing jail time over accepting a bribe! Why this guy, and why now?

Because he accpeted cold, hard cash. Most "bribery" in politics is more subtle and most politicians not as stupid as Sorenson.

Top story on Yahoo.com now.
 
It's "ICT Inc" in your link. Probably just a shell corp entity created solely for funneling pay-offs not tied to any particular human name. Maryland's dept of taxation website doesn't have much info about it.
 
its perfectly legal to pay people for endorsements. Tiger Woods, Rory McElroy, and Dan Marino get paid all the time.
 
Why pay for an endorsement? Why not just hire the dude as a campaign manager or consultant, and then get his endorsement as part of the deal?
 
Feelgood said:
Well glad to see my donations, that for all intents and purposes I could not even afford, went to a good cause and not spent frivolously! :rolleyes:
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Being reminded of that does not make me Feelgood. I've said it before and I will say it again. If Benton is on the team then the team will not get any support from me. Not even the gas money to go to the poll.
 
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