Fieger's At It Again...
Casey Lisak checks in with a potential race for Attorney General in Michigan.
From the Detroit News:
http://www.detnews.com/2005/politics/0511/16/A01-383807.htm
Two lawyers from Michigan, Geoffery Fieger and Lee O'Brien, blackmailed Attorney General, Mike Cox, because Cox was investigating a campaign contribution made by Fieger.
The article states that, "In a wild day of punch and counter-punch, the prosecutor ended his review of allegations that O'Brien and Fieger threatened to reveal Attorney General Mike Cox's extramarital affair unless Cox dropped an investigation into questionable campaign contributions made by Fieger."
Fieger plans on running for Attorney General and asked Cox to resign. Feiger is most famous for defending Jack Kevorkian. No charges have been filed against Fieger, but he has successfully stained Cox's image by bringing personal issues into politics.
"Cox said he hadn't decided whether to recuse himself from the lengthy investigation into Fieger's $453,000 donation to an unsuccessful campaign last fall to defeat Michigan Supreme Court Justice Stephen Markman." If he does, then it seems that Fieger wins, because Cox's name is stained and he doesn't get punished for a dishonorable act. I think Fieger sums it up best with the following statements. "This was never going to be a criminal prosecution," Fieger said. "This was nothing more than a political persecution."
Casey's commentary: Recently we covered ethics in politics, and what is acceptable and unacceptable. This scenario is definitely not acceptable.
My commentary: Fieger was the Democrat candidate for Governor in 1998. The candidacy was a disaster and an embarassment for the party that year. This race is going to be a mess, whether or not Fieger wins.
From the Detroit News:
http://www.detnews.com/2005/politics/0511/16/A01-383807.htm
Two lawyers from Michigan, Geoffery Fieger and Lee O'Brien, blackmailed Attorney General, Mike Cox, because Cox was investigating a campaign contribution made by Fieger.
The article states that, "In a wild day of punch and counter-punch, the prosecutor ended his review of allegations that O'Brien and Fieger threatened to reveal Attorney General Mike Cox's extramarital affair unless Cox dropped an investigation into questionable campaign contributions made by Fieger."
Fieger plans on running for Attorney General and asked Cox to resign. Feiger is most famous for defending Jack Kevorkian. No charges have been filed against Fieger, but he has successfully stained Cox's image by bringing personal issues into politics.
"Cox said he hadn't decided whether to recuse himself from the lengthy investigation into Fieger's $453,000 donation to an unsuccessful campaign last fall to defeat Michigan Supreme Court Justice Stephen Markman." If he does, then it seems that Fieger wins, because Cox's name is stained and he doesn't get punished for a dishonorable act. I think Fieger sums it up best with the following statements. "This was never going to be a criminal prosecution," Fieger said. "This was nothing more than a political persecution."
Casey's commentary: Recently we covered ethics in politics, and what is acceptable and unacceptable. This scenario is definitely not acceptable.
My commentary: Fieger was the Democrat candidate for Governor in 1998. The candidacy was a disaster and an embarassment for the party that year. This race is going to be a mess, whether or not Fieger wins.
posted by Political Science Prof at 8:07 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home