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FILTER RESULTS ►McCotter Files Suit
Several days ago I posted about the case against former staffers for Thaddeus McCotter. An ABC affiliate in Michigan uncovered evidence that the former staffers, Don Yowchuang and Dillon Breen, forged signatures on McCotter's re-election petition for money. Show More Summary
McCotter Says Former Aides Conspired to Keep Him Off Ballot
Former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) has sued a former top aide and an ex-intern, "saying they deliberately submitted forged nominating petitions in his name to keep him from seeking re-election," the AP reports. McCotter's lawyer said...Show More Summary
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Some interesting developments in the investigation into why former Congressman Thaddeus McCotter's former staffer may have sabotaged his reelection campaign. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
Your Guide to Alternative Programming During the SOTU
In his latest column, Thaddeus McCotter wrote: [M]any lament President Woodrow Wilson’s creation of the Federal Reserve Board and rampant internationalism. But these historical indictments pale before his presidency’s most notoriousShow More Summary
Who Stole the MI-11 Congressional Seat?
It's been several months since Thaddeus McCotter resigned as Congressman of Michigan's 11th district. Yet, we have very little answers about the motives and investigation into why his nominating petitions were sabotaged. In The Daily...Show More Summary
It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)
Breitbart.com favorite Thaddeus McCotter is a man of many talents. And, he also paints! Joking aside, when I saw this piece, "Rolling Jack," (acrylic on tile) I had to have it. He has other Beatles and Stones artwork available, so contact him on Twitter (@ThadMcCotter) or through his Facebook page if you're interested.
Michigan Political Bedfellows: Santa Claus and the Thief
Things are strange in Michigan these days.
In Michigan’s 11 th district, Republican Kerry Bentivolio won the election to replace Thaddeus McCotter for the House seat. Bentivolio has a strange resume, to say the least.
He was an auto designer, teacher and U.S. Show More Summary
McCotter Addendum
We learn today from the Detroit Free Press that a former staffer of Thaddeus McCotter just pled no contest to five misdemeanor counts related to the petition fraud that ended the perennially odd career of her old boss. I’ve got a piece on the homepage about the bizarre career of one of Michigan’s most unusual sons.
Michigan GOP resigned to reindeer herder
In the seriously confusing race to replace Michigan Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, reindeer herder Kerry Bentivolio won the Republican primary yesterday for the special election to complete the term McCotter ditched. Not many people bothered to vote. From the Detroit Free Press:
Michigan GOP House Nominee Quit Teaching Job After Reprimands For Abusing Students
Tea Party activist Kerry Bentivolio, the Republican nominee to replace Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), is known for being a Santa Claus impersonator. But a Detroit Free Press examination of Michigan public records shows that during his career as an educator paints an image of an
McCotter Should Have Been Disqualified in 2010
Former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) -- who could not qualify for the Republican primary ballot and ultimately left Congress -- had less than the minimum 1,000 petition signatures from registered voters to make the 2010 ballot, a Gongwer News Service analysis of those petitions shows.
McCotter Watch
The decline and fall of former Republican congressman Thaddeus McCotter continues: Four staffers in U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter’s office will face charges in the petition signature scandal that led to the abrupt end of his decade in Congress. Keep reading this post...
Four Republican House Staffers From Michigan Indicted For Election Fraud
Submitted by Emily S The four are from Rep. Thaddeus McCotter’s office, and” will be charged with misdemeanor and felony election fraud violations, including forgery and conspiracy on ballot petitions, after an investigation that prompted...Show More Summary
Ex-lawmaker’s aides charged with faking vote petitions
(Reuters) - Four staff members for former Representative Thaddeus McCotter were charged on Thursday with forgery and election fraud for creating fake nominating petitions in his 2012 campaign, Michigan's top prosecutor said.
Ex-rep's staffers charged in election fraud scheme
Four staffers of former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., were charged Thursday in what Michigan's attorney general called a "blatant attempt to commit forgery and election fraud" on an election petition to get McCotter on the ballot. Don Yowchaung, McCotter's deputy...
Former McCotter staffers charged with faking nominating signatures
(CNN) - Four staffers for former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter were charged by the Michigan attorney general's office Thursday with submitting fake ballot petitions to get the Michigan lawmaker on the ballot for re-election. The unsuccessful GOP 2012 presidential candidate resigned from his congressional post in July after failing to gain a spot on the primary [...]
Criminal charges coming in the petition signature scandal that ended Thaddeus McCotter's congressional career.
"McCotter's campaign turned in more than 1,830 petition signatures by the May 15 filing deadline." However, all but 244 of them were tossed after the Secretary of State's Office found widespread photocopying of petition signature pages, copying and pasting of past signatures with changes to the date, and alterations of petition ID numbers.Did McCotter insiders do it?
Morning Maddow: August 8
New swing state polls: Romney up in Colorado, Obama up in Virginia and Wisconsin. Reindeer rancher and professional Santa Kerry Bentivolio wins the GOP primary for ex-Rep. Thaddeus McCotter's seat. Sen. Claire McCaskill gets her challenger. Missouri voters pass the "Right to Pray …
One of A Kind Candidate, Kerry Bentivolio, 11th Congressional District, Milford, MI
Michigan's 11th Congressional District is where dreams are born. Friend of Indecision Thaddeus McCotter resigned from his House seat to work on a TV sitcom, leaving an enigma-sized Mystery Hole in the district. Kerry Bentivolio just might be the enigma to fill it. Bentivolio is the only name listed on the Aug. 7 GOP primary [...]
A Santa Impersonator and a Super-PAC Walk Into a Congressional Race…
Everything was going was just fine for Republicans in Michigan's 11th District until their congressman decided to run for president. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, a bald, pasty, self-deprecating conservative with a monotone voice and a soft...Show More Summary
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