Cheney Indicted

[freespirit]

Cheney indicted in Texas case



Published: Nov. 19, 2008 at 7:12 AM

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has been indicted in Texas, accused of aiding in the neglect of federal immigration inmates by contracting for-profit prisons.

The indictment issued Tuesday said Cheney committed "at least misdemeanor assaults" on inmates by "working through corporations as prisons for profit," the San Antonio Express-News reported Wednesday. The indictment said Cheney invested substantially in the Vanguard Group, which invests in privately run prisons.

Outgoing Willacy County District Attorney Juan Guerra, a Democrat, also indicted former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Brownsville, Texas, state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., R-Brownsville, among other political figures. Gonzales also was charged with engaging in organized criminal activity and Lucio was accused of accepting honorarium.

"I didn't intend to go after the vice president. That was not my intention," Guerra said. "We just followed the money, followed the corruption. It just happened that it just took us all the way to Washington."

Cheney spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said the office hasn't seen the indictment.

"We haven't received a call from the district attorney's office," Mitchell told the Express-News. "We haven't heard anything from the district attorney."

Guerra, who once was indicted on corruption charges that later were dismissed and who lost in his re-election bid in the Democratic Party primary, told the San Antonio newspaper the investigation remains active and he'll ask that a special prosecutor be named once he leaves office.


© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

[freespirit]

Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime


HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for "organized criminal activity" related to alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons.

The indictment has not been seen by a judge, who could dismiss it.

The grand jury in Willacy County, in the Rio Grande Valley near the U.S.-Mexico border, said Cheney is "profiteering from depriving human beings of their liberty," according to a copy of the indictment obtained by Reuters.

The indictment cites a "money trail" of Cheney's ownership in prison-related enterprises including the Vanguard Group, which owns an interest in private prisons in south Texas.

Former attorney general Gonzales used his position to "stop the investigations as to the wrong doings" into assaults in county prisons, the indictment said.
Cheney's office declined comment. "We have not received any indictments. I can't comment on something we have not received," said Cheney's spokeswoman Megan Mitchell.

The indictment, overseen by county District Attorney Juan Guerra, cites the case of Gregorio De La Rosa, who died on April 26, 2001, inside a private prison in Willacy County.

The grand jury wrote it made its decision "with great sadness," but said they had no other choice but to indict Cheney and Gonzales "because we love our country."

Texas is the home state of U.S. President George W. Bush.

Bush and his Republican administration, which first took office in January 2001, leave the White House on January 20 after the November presidential elections won by Democrat Barack Obama. Gonzales was attorney general from 2005 to 2007.

(Reporting by Chris Baltimore and JoAnne Allen, Editing by Frances Kerry)

[LiberalNation]

That is a stretch. Not to mention that this county court does not have any juristiction over this or them.

[freespirit]

Yeah, I don't think it will stick either... just found it interesting.

[CookieD18]

Its a shame, I am sure there is so much more he could be indicted for.

[clownboy]

Originally Posted by LiberalNation

That is a stretch. Not to mention that this county court does not have any juristiction over this or them.

Add in the fact that the VP's investments have been in a managed trust for the last eight years and there's no available action against him here.

[R Lance]

Some people through sh-t on the wall and hope some of it sticks

[Moral Fibre]

Originally Posted by clownboy

Add in the fact that the VP's investments have been in a managed trust for the last eight years and there's no available action against him here.

That's funny! So Cheney is going to leave office just at the time that his stock-holding has plummeted in value!

[potter]

Originally Posted by clownboy

Add in the fact that the VP's investments have been in a managed trust for the last eight years and there's no available action against him here.

But that doesn't mean he cannot manipulate those entities....the investments were in a trust...but he can still call up the company and influence their operations......

[tecoyah]

Likely, this silly attempt at lawsuit is a means of testing the inevitable federal action, and nothing more. Get him out in the open to see who he has watching his back.

[potter]

Originally Posted by R Lance

Some people through sh-t on the wall and hope some of it sticks

And some people just want to see Cheney behind bars....

[Zan de Man]