Is Romney Criminally Liable In Federal Disclosure?

Ken O’Brien

Joseph E. Sandler

On September 27 Justin Ruben, Executive Director, MoveOn.org Political Action sent a legal memo to  Jack Smith, Esq., Chief Public Integrity Section U.S. Department of Justice.

The seven page memo concluded:

“The facts known about Gov. Romney’s role in Bain Capital entities after 1999 strongly suggest that Gov. Romney made a false statement in violation of the False Statements Act in categorically asserting, in 2011, on his Financial Disclosure Form, that since February 1999, he had not been involved in the operations of any Bain Capital entity in any way. At a minimum, the facts call out for a full investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.”

Sunday Photo-‘Toons 1.17

Ken O’Brien

Well this has been a week where the political landscape has been changing at all levels – local, statewide and national.

Obviously the crowning event was the long-awaited announcement of Mitt’s running mutt. It was done with all the calculation of a late Friday night Washington document dump. 

Bane Capital and Southbridge

Ken O’Brien

I have watched with dark amusement as the debate has evolved over Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital.

In the midst of this, the residents of Southbridge should take into account their own history. It illuminates quite clearly how this issue is being clouded by those who want you to believe that they are merely defending the free market system.

Republicans: Darwin Was Right - When It Comes To Society

Ken O'Brien

According to the National Journal, “On evolution, just 23 percent of Republicans said in a 2009 Pew poll that human life had evolved solely through a natural process, while another 26 percent said evolution had occurred under divine guidance and 39 percent said life has always existed in its present form. When Gallup phrased the choices slightly differently last December [2010], just 8 percent of Republicans said they believed human life had evolved without assistance from God, 36 percent said evolution had proceeded under divine guidance, and a 52 percent majority said God had created “human beings pretty much in their present form.”