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Florida Rep Starts Legal Defense Fund
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) filed papers with the House of Representatives establishing a legal defense fund earlier this week.
Federal investigators stepped up their probe of Feeney's ties to Jack Abramoff in April. Abramoff brought Feeney along on one of his infamous golf junkets to Scotland, this one in 2003. Feeney was one among three lawmakers on the trip -- the other two were ex-Reps. Bob Ney (R-OH) and Tom DeLay (R-TX).
As Roll Call reported in April, Feeney has made two payments totaling $23,000 to the law firm Patton Boggs for legal counsel to represent him for an ethics committee probe of the trip. The committee ruled in January that the trip was improper and fined Feeney $5,643. It would seem that Feeney needs more help paying to defend himself against possible criminal charges.
Via PoliticalMoneyLine.
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Nice "deer in the headlights" photo, Tom.
June 22, 2007 1:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
he looks "coked up"
"nose" is truly my security code
June 22, 2007 1:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
A poor man's JD Hayworth.
June 22, 2007 1:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
We grow em extra slimey here in Florida & Feeney is a lying thief from way back.
What if...
20,000 or so TPMers (are there that many?) each sent a $.02 check to the Feenster defense fund.
I know, I know, irony is lost on Republicans but how much would it cost Feendy to process the checks? Mo money!
June 22, 2007 1:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Feeney is the guy who requested a programmer perform a hack on a voting machine under the guise of security. Bradblog has covered this one extensively.The hacker passed a polygraph test and said Feeney wanted a way to hack voting machines.
Security code "part" as in only part of the story.
June 22, 2007 1:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Aghghghg...those eyes!! Mom!! That man is hurting me!!
June 22, 2007 1:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gary--good one. JD Hayworth with a soft perm.
June 22, 2007 1:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
We've gone over this before. It is photos like this that make the suddenly "entering a substance abuse program for a period of a month or more" defense plausible during times of scandal surrounding legal jeopardy.
June 22, 2007 1:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Feeney really is a nasty bastard.
June 22, 2007 1:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
What does it say about the people that vote for guys like this. What is the problem with Florida?
June 22, 2007 1:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Congress is one of those places were "If you don't tell on me, I won't tell on you", including the "ethics committee".
You don't have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.
June 22, 2007 2:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yikes! That photo says it all......CREEP!
June 22, 2007 2:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, that look has 'gotcha' all over it.
I was hoping that Clint Curtis beat him the last time around. He is the one who bradblog brought up the hacking for votes issue on Feeney. What sleazes those Rs are, and it doesn't go away. Well they're at least consistent. Consistently running afowl of the law. I guess 6 years of no oversight brings that on.
And I am so happy about JD Hayworth having lost his seat, I don't know what to do with myself.
June 22, 2007 2:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
>>What is the problem with Florida?
It ain't just Florida, though a swampy political slimebog it is.
Texas/Maine gave us the Bush crime family and Tom Delay-my-indictment, California hatched psycho-Nixon and der Governogoper, and Massachusetts incubated Mitt Romney.
Why does the USA hate America?
June 22, 2007 2:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Feeney bought a condo for investment purposes in 1/05, according to his 2005 personal financial records - link below. He originally recorded the purchase price net of the mortgage, between $15k and $50k but he never recorded the mortgage.
In a 2005 amendment, Feeny then restated the value of the condo to between $100k and $250k but again, never listed the mortage.
In 2006, the condo was valued at between $50k and $100k and is listed as Partnership II rental property. How did the condo become the property of a partnership?
I took a look at Brevard County property records and I can't find the property record for 8600 Ridgewood Ave, #2308.
For the record, Feeney's other rental property is listed at the wrong address in his personal financial disclosure report. It should be 12053 Gray Birch Circle, not 12063.
June 22, 2007 2:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
How lucky I was to move into Mr. Feeney's district a couple of years ago! Funny - I moved from Tom Tancredo's, and leaving his district was the only good thing about leaving Colorado. Did not know I was moving into an Abramoff den. Maybe I can finally get a Dem rep next time around if Feeney takes a dive.
It will be interesting to see how the Sentinel reports it. I'm on travel at the moment so have no local color to report.
June 22, 2007 2:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thick tongue, no neck, thin lips, Rogaine, and crazy eyes. He looks like a high school football coach on meth. Who votes for these assholes? Did any of the voters actually take the time to look at this guy before voting?
June 22, 2007 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
This guy really is an a&&hole. He use to be speaker of the house in Florida. He drew that district for himself, that's the only reason he's there.
Not all a&&holes are crooks, but it sure makes it more fun to watch them go down. He's the kind of small town huckster who never use to rise above county commission, but now thrive in the gop.
June 22, 2007 4:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why does that picture look like a picture of William Shaftner (as Kirk) right after he sat down on a tribble he wasn't expecting?
June 22, 2007 4:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Nice "deer in the headlights" photo, Tom."
Nah... This is what a deer in the head lights looks like. Photo editing rule #1: Accentutate the positives...
June 22, 2007 4:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Nice "deer in the headlights" photo, Tom."
Nah... This is what a deer in the head lights looks like. Photo editing rule #1: Accentuate the positives...
June 22, 2007 4:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Straighten Feeney's hair out, and he looks just like J.D. Hayworth (ex R-Ariz). LOL
June 22, 2007 4:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Isn't he and "Botox" DeLay the only 2 left from the Scotland golf trip that is not in jail? God knows that's where they both belong.
June 22, 2007 4:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
"God knows that's where they both belong.
Posted by: azbill"
Along with Dingy Reid with all his boxing events he did not pay for. Democrats are all Criminal frauds and belong behind bars or in the dirt. Consider yourself all accomplices to your dirtbag traitorous leaders , what a bunch of losers.
June 24, 2007 8:50 PM | Reply | Permalink