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salin

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7. and why is Gov. Siegleman still in jail?

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 07:49 AM

Jul 2012

forget that the evidence didn't stack up - but in essence the case was exactly this scenario, but of course before Citizen's United. Perhaps it is only a free pass for the appearance of no corruption if the politician is a republican?

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