The Most Corrupt Politicians In America

 

The times they don’t seem to be a changin’ In President Obama’s State of the Union Speech Wednesday, he said that the American people “face a deficit of trust — deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years.” He ain’t kidding.So we thought it would be appropriate to highlight a few of our public servants considered to be among the most corrupt. A few months ago Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released their list of the . There are 12 congressmen on the list and three senators. Seven are Republicans and eight are Democrats, and all of them seem to have been caught with their hand in the cookie jar, so to speak.The first on the list is a gentleman from the sunshine state

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)Rep. Buchanan owns several car dealerships in Florida and CREW alleges that he pressured his employees to make donations to his campaign, in some cases reimbursing them. “In one seven-day period, he raised $110,000 from employees of his numerous car dealerships,” CREW reports, adding that, “Joe Kezer, an employee of Sarasota Ford, also alleges that he was pressured to make a contribution and that as a further reward, Rep. Buchanan offered him the use of his vacation house in Vail, Colo. Aware that it might not be legal, but fearing for his job, Mr. Kezer made a contribution of $2,000 to Rep. Buchanan’s campaign committee.”CREW also alleges that Buchanan used some of the cars from his dealerships for campaign purposes, which is a no-no, and the St. Petersburg Times reports that several of his former employees have sued the congressman for forcing them to make donations

.Senator Burris, if you remember, came to power in the wake of the Rod Blagojevich scandal and currently occupies President Obama’s former Senate seat, having been appointed by the now disgraced and impeached Illinois governor. He was accused of trying to sell the Senate seat that Burris now enjoys and though Sen. Burris argues he is not tainted by his association with Blagojevich, CREW notes that he has offered three separate explanations for his appointment, all of which were under oath. A federal wiretap captures Sen. Burris telling the then governor’s brother that he was interested in the seat, could raise money for the governor and ultimately offered to “give him [Gov. Blagojevich] a check.”

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