On Thursday, August 9, 2018, the member of the Dallas City Council who, second only to Mayor Mike Rawlings, promoted the effort to remove the statue of General Robert E. Lee from a city park pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy, wire fraud and tax evasion. According to Dallas News:
“Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway will plead guilty to federal corruption charges, according to documents filed in Dallas federal court Thursday morning. Caraway will admit to accepting $450,000 in bribes and kickbacks from two key figures in the scandal that brought down bus agency Dallas County Schools: Bob Leonard, who owned the stop-arm camera company that took millions from DCS; and Slater Swartwood Sr., an associate of Leonard’s.”
“The longtime council member from Oak Cliff admits that the $390,000 he took from Leonard for ‘real estate consulting’ was ‘excessive.’ Court documents show that “Caraway knew that some of the money was to secure his political influence due to his position” as a council member.”
Last year, the Canada Free Press posted a 9-part series – linked below – that chronicled the successful effort of the Dallas City Council to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a Dallas park. An even larger Confederate monument in downtown Dallas awaits removal.
According to Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Caraway faces a maximum sentence of 7 years, or 84 months in prison and a fine of $69,000 in restitution to the IRS. more here
I pointed this out the other day.
This guy got ZERO coverage.
The REPUBLICAN from NY…GOT IT ALL!
MSM at work…
But of course.
Guess the race!
@nat, Is it racist to know, before you look?™
He’ll most likely skate, just as John Wiley Price did. And, in interviews with his supporters, they confirmed they would vote for him again because he “does so much for our community”. So much corruption.
I want to see this happen with the city council pukes in San Antonio.
Just for being sneaky bastards about it.