Attorneys gave closing arguments Thursday in the ethics trial of Metro Council member Anthony Piagentini, who faces seven charges in connection with a $40 million grant he secured for his
Tuesday was the second day in the ethics trial of Metro Council Anthony Piagentini, who faces charges that include failing to disclose a financial or personal interest in a matter
listen to what she was saying this is, i m going to let er rip. listen to this. barney frank is about to retire and guess who is shaking in their boots. the too big to fail banks and financial institutions and all of wall street because maxine waters is going to be the next chair of the financial services committee. see, that is just it. the democrats would then have to win the majority in the house and i haven t heard many professional prognosticators say that there s really good possibility that it s going to happen. meanwhile, here s another entertaining excerpt from maxine waters. she was in ethics trial, her buddies on the ethics committee hid that under the rug. here she is taking a shot at republicans. notice what she refers to republicans as. we have got to take back the
he s the head of the dnc. this has got to be a difficult moment, i would think, for nancy pelosi. after all, it was an ambitious agenda she accomplished in the last few years. and here he is coming in. and they ll both have a chance to speak today before this assembled group. tim, do you want to weigh in? all right. so we ve lost governor kaine. you re seeing the representative from california. this is a moment now and, of course, the embattled new york congressman has had his share of troubles, guilty verdict in the ethics trial. behind him, peter cain. as we continue coverage my
voters get to make a decision. patti ann: we have to leave it there, david and richard, thanks for joining us. thank you. thank you. gregg: a veteran in north carolina has been busted and accused of threatening to kill the president. the secret service say the 78-year-old michael boden, told a nurse at a va clinic the president was not doing enough to help african-americans. and later, adding if he had the opportunity, he would, quote, but obama against the wall and shoot him. secret service agents reportedly searching his home, finding numerous semi-automatic handguns and rifles. patti ann: maxine waters is days away from an ethics trial. the house of representatives panel is set to convene on monday and the california democrat is accused of trying to direct bailout funds to a bank where her husband owned stock, and in evidence, an e-mail from waters chief of staff, which says, the lawmaker was closely watching work on the bailout legislation and its provision to help minority ow