Forum Post: #FlipADistrict candidiate:@GregoryMeeks
Posted 10 years ago on March 22, 2014, 7:23 p.m. EST by grimwomyn
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A swirling federal corruption probe into crooked charities associated with Rep. Meeks is just the tip of the iceberg in the congressman’s litany of ethical lapses.
Rep. Meeks has accepted numerous improper gifts while in office, including a below-market rate on a new home, major loans that he failed to disclose for years, and discounted rent on his district office. He has also accepted at least six trips to Caribbean resorts from a non-profit backed by convicted financier R. Allen Stanford, on whose behalf Rep. Meeks may have sought a favor from the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
- Nine-term member of Congress representing New York’s 5th district Under federal investigation for his ties to several corrupt non-profit groups, including one that lost track of thousands of dollars intended for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Source: http://goo.gl/JATh8F New York's 5th congressional district
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