06/05/08 @ 05:32:59 PM MDT
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TPM is on the case:
Nothing too out of the ordinary there except that it turned out that the NAFF was actually a scam funded with a $3.6 million congressional earmark. Last week, a federal court in Colorado convicted Orr of 22 counts all tied to basically using bogus science to bilk the US government out of $2 million bucks disbursed under that earmark. Shires had already pled guilty to charges tied to his role in the operation -- he was treasurer -- and is awaiting sentencing next month.
Now, it's bad enough that Schaffer was serving on the board of the NAFF while it was in the process of scamming the federal government. But the fat earmark that funded the whole scheme suggests another question. Was it Schaffer that got the earmark that funded Orr's phony-baloney operation?
They've now spoken with every member of Congress from Colorado who could have inserted that earmark. They all say nope t'wern't me. All, expect Schaffer who seems to be hiding in an undisclosed location without a phone. He's keeping his mouth shut without even a denial. Wadhams can't be bothered to come to the phone either.
...I'm pretty sure someone out there knows what happened. So if you do, we want to hear from you. And if you're not that person, if you can just get Schaffer to answer the question, that would do nice too. We're just looking for the mystery earmarker. |
| johne :: About that earmark, everyone's talking except Schaffer |
| Speaking of undisclosed locations, I met the person assigned to track Schaffer yesterday. That person is bored at their job as they can't find where he's going. Heck, he skips even some Republican functions. |
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