Why did Bob Wexler resign from Congress?
There were a lot of eyebrows raised when Robert Wexler (D-Fl) announced his resignation from his ('safe') seat in Congress in October 2009, to head up a 'think tank' funded by Slimfast owner S. Daniel Abraham, a known 'peace activist' in the Jewish community. The 'think tank' is also connected to J Street.Wexler was a close confidant of Barack Obama, and once got his picture on the front page of the Jerusalem Post for bragging that he would get Prime Minister Netanyahu to agree to a 'settlement freeze.' Wexler had a bright future ahead of him in Congress. So why would he resign in the middle of his term? Well, it seems that the FBI might have had something to do with it.
Months before popular Democrat Robert Wexler abruptly quit Congress last year, federal agents interviewed two South Florida businessmen about his campaign's unconventional $150,000 investment in a real estate venture.Hmmm. Read the whole thing.
Two sources who also spoke with those agents, including a Republican political opponent whose complaint apparently sparked the inquiry, said authorities were seeking to determine whether the Robert Wexler for Congress campaign had engaged in money laundering. No charges have been filed.
Wexler, a self-described "fire-breathing liberal," shocked the political world in October 2009 with his unexpected mid-term announcement that he was resigning his politically safe House seat in North Broward and South Palm Beach. Wexler quit to lead a Middle East think tank founded by Slim-Fast founder S. Daniel Abraham. His final day was Jan. 2.
"I'm not under any investigation, my marriage is intact, my health is good and thank God, the health of my family is good," the seven-term congressman told reporters the day he resigned.
But according to Ken Krefetz, the longtime owner of Miami-based Metropolitan Petroleum Company, agents from the FBI and the IRS came to his office in December 2008 to question him about Wexler and Wexler campaign investment manager, Roy T. Amico.
"They were looking at the real estate transaction that the congressman put campaign money into," said Krefetz, who provided Broward Bulldog with a copy of an e-mail exchange about the matter between his office and Palm Beach FBI agent Stuart A. Robinson.
He said Robinson and IRS agent Leo Briones characterized the transaction as "highly unusual."
Robinson declined comment. Briones did not return telephone messages.
Most members of Congress keep their campaign funds in a federally insured bank account. But in recent years election rules have been relaxed to allow campaign money to be placed in stocks, bonds or other investments. An election law attorney in Washington, D.C. said he was not aware of other campaigns investing in real estate.
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posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:21 AM
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It seems that the way these pay to play things have been going is that the records of investigations (FBI, grand juries, whatever) are being shielded by the current administration... a few slipped through and a very few ended up in jail. But they are being shielded long enough for the statute of limitations to run out. So they get to keep the ill gotten gains and are not being prosecuted. These well connected rich people are walking after having robbed even the poorest states. And what percent of U.S. Jews keep voting (if not actively supporting in the name of "social justice") for these people over and over and over again, no matter what they do....
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