Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White was convicted of six felonies early this morning, and consequently lost his job. But the Republican could get it back soon. White, 42, Fishers, plans to ask a judge to reduce his convictions – all class D felonies – to misdemeanors at sentencing. It’s uncertain whether that move would allow him to reclaim his job.
Damn. Wanting his job back where he committed crimes is bold. And he is getting support from the governor of Indiana.
Shortly after White’s verdict was read, Gov. Mitch Daniels announced in a news release shortly before 3 a.m. that he has appointed Jerry Bonnet, White’s chief deputy, as interim secretary of state.“I have chosen not to make a permanent appointment today out of respect for the judge’s authority to lessen the verdict to a misdemeanor and reinstate the elected office holder,” the Republican governor said in the news release. “If the felony convictions are not altered, I anticipate making a permanent appointment quickly.”
Holy guacamole batman. The governor of Indiana is not phased by his Secretary of State committing crimes in office. So much for accountable government in Indiana.
After about 12 hours of deliberation, a jury convicted White of three counts of voter fraud, two counts of perjury and one count of theft. He could face six months to three years in prison on each of the counts. White was acquitted of his most serious charge, fraud on a financial institution, a class C felony.
I hope that the judge keeps the convictions in the Felony column and has this public official sentenced to between 7 and 10 years in the pokey.
This has been cross posted over at An Angry Dakota Democrat.
1 comment:
I think that crowd has found that no matter how bold their hypocrisies, they keep most of their voters anyway. It's just appalling what governing has become. It won't get better until 40% of this country holds people like this accountable instead of looking the other way because they have the right team's letter before their name.
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