In below the radar news, a far-right Texas Republican, Rep.
David Stockman, has been indicted on charges of campaign fraud and income tax
evasion.
Stockman made headlines in 2014 when he walked out of Mr.
Obama’s State of the Union address in protest.
He invited Missouri rodeo clowns who mocked Mr. Obama in a
controversial skit to perform in his district.
He also sold Obama “barf bags” as a campaign fund-raiser.
The federal government alleges that in 2010, Mr. Stockman
redirected most of $285,000 he raised for a charity to cover personal expenses
for himself and Thomas Dodd, another aide, and to further his “own interests.”
There is more, but that’s the gist of things.
Making things more interesting, he blames a “dark state" in
the federal government for his problems. Here’s an account from the Houston
Chronicle:
Stockman said after the hearing that he had been targeted for
speaking out against the Internal Revenue Service, and cited the right-wing
conspiracy theory that contends bureaucrats are secretly running the U.S.
government.
"This is part of a deep state that's continuing to
progress," he said.
That’s an interesting theory. He’ll also get to explain the
following to the court when he is tried:
He was released from federal custody Thursday on a $25,000 unsecured
appearance bond after being arrested a day earlier as he tried to board a plane
at Bush Intercontinental Airport to the Middle East. He said he was going to
the United Arab Emirates to help Sunni Muslims, which he described as an
ongoing project after serving on the foreign affairs committee in Congress.
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