FBI alleges bribes, extortion by ex-Ohio House speaker

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Julie Carr Smyth, Ap Statehouse Correspondent
 Updated 9:49 am CDT, Monday, August 27, 2018

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Records show federal investigators seized records from former Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger's office earlier this year as part of a federal criminal investigation into potential bribes and kickbacks surrounding payday lending legislation.

A subpoena and search warrant the House released Monday in response to public records requests provide new details of the FBI probe that led to the Republican rising star's sudden resignation in April.

Documents show U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman in Cincinnati sought three boxes and a thumb drive that investigators believe contain evidence of extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion, attempt to commit extortion and bribery.

Investigators also sought documentation of Rosenberger's travels and communications with payday industry lobbyists Stephen Dimon Jr. and Leslie Gaines, and Carol Stewart, senior vice president of the payday lending company Advance America.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/FBI-alleges-bribes-extortion-by-ex-Ohio-House-13185065.php

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Wikipedia:

Cliff Rosenberger (born April 23, 1981) is a Republican who was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving the 91st District from 2011 until 2018. He was Speaker of the House from 2015 until 2018. It was announced that Kirk Schuring would take over as the interim speaker. Rosenberger represented a large, southern Ohio district that includes Wilmington, Hillsboro and Waverly. On April 10, 2018, he announced he would resign effective May 1, 2018 amid an FBI investigation of his "lavish lifestyle" and "relationships with lobbyists and donors."[2] On April 12, 2018, Rosenberger announced he was immediately resigning.[3]

More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Rosenberger

[pecosbob]

1. Just my opinion, but far too many in our own party

are on first name basis with these cancerous slime-balls.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Uh huh...

[mpcamb]

4. Name the party in the first paragraph.

I know it's under the picture in the article, but say it so we can keep count.
I think the lion's share are R's, and though any slimeballs are too many , THEY have the preponderance of them.

[lagomorph777]

5. -1

The cancerous slimeballs are almost exclusively R's. What-about-ism won't cut it here.

[pecosbob]

7. My point is that we need to not be that guy...

or anything close to that guy.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

15. We're not. nt

[lagomorph777]

17. Agreed!

[Botany]

8. Troll much

So a republican is indicted and you post and what about the democrats too?

BTW i wonder if Cliff got a kick back from the Kasich/Wall Street buying up
all the profits from state liquor sales paying pennies per dollar return?

[H2O Man]

12. Yes, but what about

JFK's e-mails? We still haven't seen them. Far too few Democrats are focused on JFK's missing e-mails, as the 2064 elections rapidly approach.

[Botany]

18. Good point and what about all of Hillary's links to bank robberies?

Bonnie and Clyde drove V-8 Fords and Hillary has been in a V-8 Ford @ sometime
in her life so it is about time for Trey Gowdy and Lindsey Graham to hold some hearings
into this scandal.

[H2O Man]

19. Can the party survive?

Inquiring mindless folks want to know. Did President Obama not drink V-8 Juice while living on the Spahn Ranch? What role exactly will this play in Mr. Mueller's investigation into Bill Clinton's role in a junior high school play?

[Botany]

20. The picture of Bill and Hillary in this article might put them both in jail.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2546985/Hillary-Clinton-reveals-driven-car-1996-Secret-Service-protection-keeps-getting-wheel.html


BTW H2O Man Trump is going 100% buggy .... both his lawyer and accountant have flipped .... he is lashing out
@ everything .... I wasn't @ the meeting where nothing happened. I think Donny Jr is gonna get indicted this
week.

Link to tweet

[H2O Man]

21. It's hilarious!

I assume that as Trump continues to melt before our very eyes, there will be an increase in the "but what about …?" nonsense from concerned beings. Even here on DU, perhaps. (grin)

My cousin called a few minutes ago. His mother said that on top of the various investigations, Trump considers the attention that Senator McCain is getting across America to be torture. Equal in his sick mind to 5 years as a POW, no doubt.

[Botany]

22. The Vietnamese are showing more respect to McCain then Trump is ....

.... how sick is that?

[at140]

14. That dude looks like bodyguard of Goldfinger?

Goldfinger was a crook, and tRump reminds me of Goldfinger.

[at140]

3. Too much money in politics

which breeds corruption. Make all campaigns financed strictly with limited government money only. All the slimeballs will disappear!

[pandr32]

6. It seems Republicans enter politics to fatten themselves

...and no other reason. The Constitution, what used to be Republican values, and constituents be damned.

[Fred Sanders]

10. It is not too much money anymore, it is infinity and beyond! Money and power corrupts? Who knew?

Good thing Americans of any bent will not tolerate corruption...we should make Corruption a top campaign priority! Never mind...we already have!

America...making Banana Republics blush. Orange Republic under Shitler.

[at140]

13. FIRST Priority for the New Dem Majority Congress

should be to limit spending on all campaigns. $2700 per individual max, and $5400 max per corporation or any other institution. And make all PACS illegal. And no Ads before 30 days of election date.

That would be something similar to what they have in UK?

[onetexan]

9. Another Repug swamp thing

[ROB-ROX]

11. JUST ANOTHER REPUBLICAN CROOK

This would be bad news but in this STATE they may find another slime ball to replace the slime ball instead of voting DEMOCRAT!!!!

[Perseus]

16. The Republican Party - The Party that keeps on giving...crooks, thieves, etc.

My goodness, what a party, it is really a PARTY! It is just fun and games, crooks all over the place having fun screwing everyone in their paths...what a PARTY!

I wonder if someone has made a list of all the crooks that appear almost every week from the republican party, just this month we have had what? three congressmen, not to mention the trump gang, and now this guy...I am sure that Ohio has many more of these thugs to offer.