Bush Campaign refused to give back contributions, even though it is now known that the funds given by the man who stole millions from Ohio pension fund paid at least $45,000.00 directly to the Bush Campaign.
Noe now goes to jail for over 2 years and must pay over $136,000 in fines. But Bush, keeps Ohio Tax payer money and stays free.
OHIO SCANDAL
Noe gets 27 months in prison; ex-coin dealer says he was pressured by Bush campaign.
U.S. District Judge David Katz ordered Noe, 52, to spend 27 months in prison and to pay $136,200 in fines for giving two dozen friends and associates money to attend a high-priced luncheon with President Bush in 2003 in Columbus.
Judge Katz allowed Noe to remain free on bail because he still faces an Oct. 10 trial in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on charges he embezzled more than $3 million from coin funds he managed for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.
and there's this.
BUSH WON'T GIVE UP THE STOLEN MONEY; OH REPUGS PANIC BIG TIME
The Associated Press, June 3, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush will return $4,000 in campaign contributions by a Toledo area coin dealer who is under state and federal investigation, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee said.
Aaron McLear said the RNC also will return $2,000 donated by Tom Noe, who is under investigation for his handling of $55 million the state Bureau of Workers' Compensation gave him to invest in rare coins. Noe's lawyer has reported that $10 million to $12 million is missing.
The money will be refunded to charity, McLear said Thursday.
But McLear said Bush has no immediate plans to return more than $100,000 raised by Noe for the Bush-Cheney campaign last year.
"At this point, all the other donations appear to be completely appropriate, but ... we'll take further action if the situation necessitates it," McLear said.
This doesn't sound like a President that puts law and the American worker first to me.
references
http://www.toledoblade.com/...
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/...