Will Mr. Geithner be charged criminally for his “mistakes” which demonstrably appear to be willful and intentional attempts to evade federal tax liability? Will the same prosecutor in the Southern District of New York that has haunted Kerik, pursue charges against Mr. Geithner. The answer is no. In Mr. Kerik’s case, the New York Times spent five days from sun up to sun down attempting to locate and interview Kerik’s nanny. This time, unlike the Kerik nomination, Mr. Geithner is the “favored boy” and we can be sure that the press will do everything in its power to protect him from the same scrutiny that Mr. Kerik endured during his own nomination process, which ultimately resulted in Mr. Kerik’s indictment for conduct stemming from a prior plea, ignoring the Justice Department’ own policy of refusing to charge conduct related to a prior state action, because it implicates the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Constitution and the ridiculous nanny-tax charge which while killing the prospects for Kimba Wood’s own attempt to become Attorney General during the Clinton years, did not stop her appointment while prosecutors in the same court are now trying to criminalize Kerik. In a nutshell, for more than four years now, state and federal prosecutors have been on a reckless crusade to keep Kerik under permanent indictment. In their zeal to destroy the man and more so his former friend and colleague Rudy Giuliani, they have stretched the laws, bent the rules, violated attorney/client privilege, deceived a judge and illegally leaked privileged information to the press and media. A prosecutor in the state case even went so far as to order a subordinate to lie under oath before the Bronx Grand Jury in an attempt to secure a conviction against Kerik. The shame of it is, Kerik was the victim of a witch hunt to cripple Giuliani, but at the end of the day, Bush and Cheney and Senators Clinton, Shumer, Corzine and Lautenburg all agreed that he was the right man to secure this country. Overwhelming, both sides of the house said he was the best man for the job. Geithner on the other hand, has clearly demonstrated in record time that he is not.
Diversionary? It was a direct response to Mobius' statement that Bush cabinet issues were not as newsworthy as Obama's. So I pointed out a big newsworthy one. I understand why you don't want to hear about Bush anymore, but get over it. This wasn't blaming Bush for Obama's problems, nor was it bringing up Bush gratuitously. It was a simple statement of fact in response to another poster's comment. George Bush is not a taboo subject.
Why? Who says? It took years to put a case together against Kerik. If Geitner is a crook, he may not get an instant indictment, but it doesn't mean they ain't looking at it closely. How can we be sure? You make a lot of assumptions that are hard to prove. Can you give us an example of the press actually protecting Geitner? Evidence? Source? You are alleging a widespread conspiracy between the city, state, and federal government to "destroy" Rudy Giuliani because George Bush accepted Kerik's resignation and later his own Justice Department and the City of New York prosecuted him for crimes? So, make your case. A fellow named Truthseeker should'nt have a problem with that. :wink:
