Comments (27)

TheraP wrote on June 26, 2007 5:06 PM:

Lying.... isn't that what Scooter also is minimizing?

Dear me...

jolly ranchero wrote on June 26, 2007 5:08 PM:

"A federal judge, apparently unconvinced that Griles had learned anything from the whole affair,"

Just change the word "Griles" to pretty much anyone in the Bush Administration and, BINGO...you've got our current government.

chisholm wrote on June 26, 2007 5:12 PM:

Same judge who sentenced Ney.

xdoi wrote on June 26, 2007 5:12 PM:

Sniveling wus.

Crust wrote on June 26, 2007 5:17 PM:

More than what prosecutors asked for, huh? That's pretty unusual, isn't it?

Mrs Panstreppon wrote on June 26, 2007 5:19 PM:

Good on Judge Huvelle. Unlike Griles, Italia Federici is cooperating with the Feds. Federici just might have something to say that will keep Griles behind bars.

Your Uncle Bastard wrote on June 26, 2007 5:22 PM:

Wonder how his galpal Italia Federici is holding up?

/snark

Paris Hilton wrote on June 26, 2007 5:32 PM:

It's not so bad in lock up, Steven. Don't worry. It'll be over before you know...

-

parrot wrote on June 26, 2007 5:37 PM:

Bummer, dude! Well, thanks for taking one for the gipper...

Pro Bushit Troll wrote on June 26, 2007 5:43 PM:

Turn that frown upside down! I mean vice versa.
security code: chin
Homie just took one on the chin.

Powkat wrote on June 26, 2007 5:52 PM:

C'mon, Stevie - they let you take the rap and now you're going to prison - you've got a record, and while that may not be a big disadvantage in Republican circles these days, it's still gotta hurt.

I keep looking for a John Dean, but given what happend to Jill Dana Simpson, it may not happen. The Bush Crime Family is getting desperate and getting physical. Maybe Alberto should start having his body guard start the car.

Dennis wrote on June 26, 2007 6:03 PM:

Ten months for lying to Congress. A guy on tthe street can get more time than that for stealing a six pack of beer.

I guess wearing a white collar and being a "public servant"...... Well, you get the idea.

You don't have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.

Lindsey wrote on June 26, 2007 6:13 PM:

Where are the WaPo weepers for Griles? Where's the Bork and pals letter? Why isn't Tweety or Lil' Russ or even one of the Fox dopes wailing about the injustice?
How come Libby gets all the WaPo etc., love?

Seriously, I want to know, why Griles gets double time and don't let the cell door hit you when it swings shut, while Libby is held out as some great miscarriage of justice. It can't just be Abramoff.

nofltwlt wrote on June 26, 2007 6:38 PM:

Judge, if he complains even one little bit please send him to a REAL prison to give him a little more motivation.

Jillian wrote on June 26, 2007 6:45 PM:

Well, Griles has some consolation in a lot of his Administration colleagues also spending a few months each at Club Fed in the near future. They can also buy some 'Dirty Rotten Bastards Club' t-shirts in Alaska for their reunions!

johnnydoughey wrote on June 26, 2007 9:26 PM:

Disregard the constitution, hide illegal activities, lie to congress... get 10 months

stay out of trouble, support your country, go to Iraq a few times, spend your life in medical facilities...

What a country we have made...

MB Williams wrote on June 26, 2007 10:23 PM:

Griles had 91 letters, including top officials at Interior and DoJ, tribal leaders, former Bush and Reagan appointees, asking for leniency. These letters, and Griles' own pleading, viewed anything more than the tiniest slap on the wrist as a monumental injustice.

Griles' sentencing did not go unnoticed. In fact, the GOP is absolutely terrified he'll turn, as then the whole house of cards starts to come down (which will make the Abramoff scandal pale in comparison.)

The DoI was Cheney's personal playpen. They all viewed the oil, gas, mining, timber, grazing, etc., revenues from federal and tribal land as they're own personal slush fund. Just imagine the size of some of those offshore bank accounts.

Bokonon wrote on June 26, 2007 10:33 PM:

The difference between the full-court press of support for Libby and here is that Griles was simply a political player and an enabler for the Bush fundraising machine and the K Street Project. As opposed to being one of people in Dick Cheney's the innermost circle.

It is about power. The people who trotted up to give their support for Libby were proving their bona fides as members of the conservative movement -- which they had to do, at the risk being booted out. These people don't really give a rat's patootie about someone like Griles. He just works for them. Sucks for him he got caught. Maybe they'll arrange something for him when he gets out if he continues to keep his mouth shut. Who knows.

heh wrote on June 26, 2007 10:51 PM:

boohoo boohooing to the judge and his lawyer wanted in home detention, so he could laugh at the system!
"I got no reputation now, boohoo boohoo.
I remember him testifying all too well, and the obvious scorn he had for the Senators who were grilling griles! :>)
Let that be a lesson to those who think its cool to lie. 10 months!! double the recommended time ! wahooo wahoo.....
Glad the Judge saw through that lying suck!

parrot wrote on June 27, 2007 12:56 AM:

I'd like to say a calm "NEXT!" at this point.

There is some justice in that they now get to see how consequences function in the legal framework they swore to uphold when they took their oaths of office.

JNagarya wrote on June 27, 2007 1:41 AM:

What in hell is "pro bono lobbying"?

SC = debt. As in, The debt to society Griles pays is relatively small change, sorta about the cost of a shoeshine. Turns out, though, he wears two shoes.

Now we'll see if he tries to work a plea deal.

TheOtherWA wrote on June 27, 2007 1:46 AM:

Powkat "I keep looking for a John Dean, but given what happened to Jill Dana Simpson, it may not happen. "

What do you mean? What happened to Simpson?

BluestateRedhead wrote on June 27, 2007 5:13 AM:

TheOtherWA (cool name)

Simpson. is said to have seen her house burned down and car run off the road and totaled, on the Pelican Brief model.

Billy Pilgrim wrote on June 27, 2007 8:52 AM:

TheOtherWA

Click on name and read Scott Horton's June 24 story, "Justice in Alabama."

"after her intention to speak became known, Simpson’s house was burned to the ground, and her car was driven off the road and totaled. Clearly, there are some very powerful people in Alabama who feel threatened."

The Siegelman story in Alabama has the potential for undoing the Karl Rove fraud network.

Mrs Panstreppon wrote on June 27, 2007 9:58 AM:

After reading about Cheney's involvement in the Department of the Interior's business in today's WaPo, you have to ask if he interjected himself in the Griles case.

From the AP story:

"...[Prosecutor] Bonilla ran down the list of contacts between the two men and said prosecutors had planned to indict Griles on multiple felony counts. Huvelle questioned why the Justice Department had accepted the deal, one which she later told Griles was "very favorable."...

Griles is not cooperating in the investigation. Federici pleaded guilty this month tax evasion and obstruction and is helping investigators..."

Are DOJ prosecutors who were frustrated by Cheney in the Griles case using Federici to back into a corruption investigation at the DOI?

Federici is not scheduled to be sentenced until November so she has a lot of time to talk about Gale Norton, Steve Griles, Julie Finley and who funded CREA besides Abramoff's Indian tribes.

A few weeks ago, the Legal Times blog, BLT, wrote that CREA vice-president, R. Jared Carpenter, was going to plead guilty to tax evasion in July. Will Carpenter cooperate with the Feds, too?

iggy wrote on June 27, 2007 12:40 PM:

Question-How much time does one have to serve before being considered a FELON and thereby not be allowed to VOTE?

TheOtherWA wrote on June 27, 2007 3:37 PM:

Thanks, BluestateRedhead (cool name yourself!) and Billy Pilgrim. I hadn't heard about her house or car.