Shocking Breaking News
Another day, another Republican political consultant goes to prison. The DOJ issued a press release.
The consultant is Jesse Benton, a 45 year old from The Woodlands, Texas. But, he’s not just any ole consultant.
This ain’t Jesse’s first bull riding contest with the DOJ. He started as a consultant with Ron Paul. He married Ron Paul’s granddaughter and then left the Paul campaign to work on Mitch McConnell’s campaign, where he took a deep dive into the latrine.
You can scamper over to Wikipedia to read about the long road to payoff deals that helped Republicans and enriched himself. In 2020, Trump gave him a pardon. But hell, money is money and Benton figured his political connections kept him safe,
Then Donald Trump lost but come to find out, Trump’s signature wasn’t dry on the pardon before Benton hit up some money to pay for the pardon.
According to court documents, Jessie R. Benton, 45, of The Woodlands, schemed with another political advisor to funnel political contributions to a 2016 presidential campaign from a Russian national seeking to meet and take a picture with the presidential candidate. Benton arranged for the Russian national – whose nationality Benton concealed from the campaign and the candidate – to attend a campaign fundraising event and to take a picture with the candidate.
It was $100,000 from a Russian national. Benton gave $25,000 to Trump, and kept $75,000 for himself.
He got 18 months in a Texas prison in Beaumont. It’s a low security joint and he gets his own cell but it’s kinda like boot camp. He’ll work at a desk job and there will be air conditioning. He’ll get paid anywhere from 25 cents an hour to $1.00 an hour. He can use it at the commissary.
I’m wondering how much more illegal cash he’s got buried in his backyard.
Honest and Republican are mutually exclusive.
1So many scoundrels and only so many days ending with “y.” Always goods news when a familiar face among the scoundrels list is penalized for his or her crimes. Waiting to “see” some tRumps and a Kushner in that lucky day lotto for criminals.
2Even if T**** gets re-elected, this bozo won’t get another pardon. Keeping 75% of the take and only passing on 25% to the Malignant Cheeto puts him on the enemy list permanently.
3Just shocking that this story involved dirty republican fundraising, a Russian and trumpf. Shocking I say, just shocking.
4Too bad Trump didn’t give him a Double Secret Pardon, the one no one knows about until it has to be explained after the fact, and grants the recipient unspecified and unlimited immunity for all future crimes.
5Rick, he can do it with his mind.
6AK Lynne @6 : Objection your honor! That presumes evidence for a claim that does not exist. [Uh, not Rick, T****’s mind. In case it was not clear]
7Bush league grifting. But I want to know, what makes a photo of a Russian with trump worth $100K? How was he going to use it?
8The junior grifter reminds me of someone. Oh, yeah! Trump!
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