Iowa’s Tom Miller famously ann0unced that he was going to pursue criminal charges against the banksters for foreclosure fraud. Then he realized that it was much better idea to just announce investigations and then let the cash come rolling in. As Rolling Stone noted in the bombshell article, “What’s The Best Way to Raise Campaign Cash? Investigate the Banks!” And guess what? Miller has been next to silent on these investigations ever since making those comments (and after the cash started rolling in)
And now we get a little closer to home. Theresa Edwards and June Clark were not fired from the AG’s office, they were allowed to resign because they’re previously stellar performance suddenly became not so true. (Damn them, I knew these two dedicated public servants who racked up such impressive results were somehow bad, bad, bad.) I’m also certain now that all those accolades that were heaping upon them were wrong, wrong, wrong. But now look at this report, just issued today:
If you look at campaign contributions to Bondi, a certain address comes up a lot: 601 Riverside Avenue in Jacksonville. It’s the home of Lender Processing Services, its subsidiaries, and the company it recently spun off from, Fidelity National Financial.
Altogether, those companies gave $6,500 to Bondi’s campaign directly. They also gave $78,000 to the Republican Party of Florida ““ which was itself a major funder of Bondi’s campaign.
Finally, Lender Processing Services recently hired a new senior vice president for government affairs ““ Joe Jacquot, who until recently was an assistant attorney general for Bondi.
Lender Processing Services did not respond to a request for an interview. Jacquot told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that he has ” no particular insight” into the investigation against Lender Processing Services.
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THE CORPORATIONS OWN OUR GOVERNMENT, WHAT CAN THE PEOPLE DO TO GET IT BACK?
