Today's Caucus of Corruption Update

...and another chance for me to say that if this guy was a Republican, the AP News Alert I got would have said so.

Puerto Rico's governor and four Philadelphians have been indicted, including a big name Philly Dem fund raiser. The Philly Inquirer picks up the story:

The investigation of Gov. Anibal Acevedo-Vila, a Democrat who faces re-election this year, was triggered by the FBI's Philadelphia City Hall corruption probe in 2003.

The governor was charged with conspiracy to violate federal campaign laws, wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the IRS and filing a false tax return.

After the usual denials, we get to the facts:

Luis Fraticelli, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's San Juan Field Office, said, "Our democratic system cannot function when public officials act as though they are above the law.

Feldman, who raised more than $1 million for Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. and Gov. Rendell, was a former business partner of Ronald A. White, the late power-broker who was the lead defendant in the Philadelphia corruption case.

In the Philadelphia case, Feldman was not charged. In San Juan, he was charged with one count of conspiracy to violate federal election laws.

Feldman and others from Philadelphia were charged with conspiring to help Acevedo-Vila evade federal election rules to raise more than $100,000 in campaign funds as a way of gaining access and "to further their business interests" in Puerto Rico.

The indictment says that shortly after Feldman helped with a fund-raiser in Philadelphia in 2002, Acevedo-Vila contacted a Puerto Rico government agency to request a meeting on behalf of a company associated with Feldman. Authorities also say Acevedo-Vila set up a second meeting with an island housing agency on Feldman's behalf in 2003.

The indictment says that it was Feldman who came up with the idea of skirting campaign-finance laws by funneling cash to Acevedo-Vila through others in Philadelphia and South Jersey.

How many Tom Noe's does this make for the Democrats now? I've lost count...

UPDATE: Just so the liberals don't think I'm one of those who ignore Republican wrongdoing, here is a story involving Sen. Renzi wanting to postpone his corruption trial. Personally, I think the sooner we get rid of all of these clowns the better for all of us...