Tom Petters Defender Bradlee Dean Calls U.S. Marshall Appointment "a Crime"

Minnesota Independent:

Sharon Lubinski was set to be sworn in as U.S. Marshal Friday morning in Minneapolis.

The Minneapolis assistant police chief was recommended by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar last year, then nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate.

Lubinski is widely regarded as the first lesbian to hold the position. She will serve in the District of Minnesota.

Bradlee Dean, a special friend of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, had this to say about Lubinski's appointment today on his AM 1250 The Patriot Sons of Libery radio show:

Just this week Obama and Amy Klobuchar in the state of Minnesota nominated Sharon Lubinski to United States Marshal in the state of Minnesota.

Now keep mind that I said sodomy and homosexuality are against the law in the United States.

But, what did Obama do and Amy Klobuchar do? They nominated Sharon Lubinski to the U.S. Marshal in the state of Minnesota. Not only is she the first woman, but she is the first lesbian to serve in such a position.

Again folks, this is against the law.

Later on, Bradlee Dean critiicizes Governor Tim Pawlenty for not blocking the appointment... listen:



Bradlee Dean was a big defender of Tom Petters:

Minnesota Teen Challenge Received Millions from MN

Andy Birkey at MnIndy:

Minnesota Teen Challenge describes itself as a “para-church” ministry that completes the “spiritual restoration” of Minnesotans dealing with drug addiction, yet over the last seven years it’s received more than $10 million in government funds — and twice the Minnesota Legislature has singled the program out for a raise.

The arrangement raises questions about the constitutional separation of church and state, and some experts say the state has overstepped its bounds in contracting with Teen Challenge.

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Klobuchar would go on to help secure a federal earmark for the program as U.S. Senator in 2008 along with former Rep. Jim Ramstad. And the organization has secured the support of a number of other elected officials. First Lady Mary Pawlenty was a past member of the board of directors, and Gov. Pawlenty has donated a large sum of campaign funds ($85,892) to the program. Rep. Michele Bachmann donated $9,200 in campaign funds related to the Tom Petters Ponzi scheme scandal, but Teen Challenge later returned the “tainted” funds.

More at Truth Wins Out.

More Revelations About Petters Associate and Politician

Karl Bremer has the scoop at The Minnesota Independent :

Last fall, the Minnesota Independent reported that Rep. Michele Bachmann’s campaign made a $9,200 charitable contribution to the faith-based drug treatment program Minnesota Teen Challenge on Oct. 3, 2008, in an effort to wash its hands of tainted contributions from Tom Petters associate Frank Vennes, Jr.

The Minnesota Independent has recently learned that Minnesota Teen Challenge returned the donation to Bachmann two weeks later.

“We didn’t want to be involved if it was dirty money,” Rich Scherber, executive director of Minnesota Teen Challenge, told MnIndy.

The article continues to describe the relationship between Bachmann, Vennes and MNTC.

Bachmann apparently delayed disclosure of the money being returned:

Rep. Bachmann failed to report the money being returned to her campaign until her first quarter 2009 campaign filing, a possible violation of Federal Election Commission rules.

The $9,200 — the same amount Vennes and his wife had contributed to Bachmann’s campaign in 2008 — did not show up on Bachmann’s pre-election, post-election or year-end quarterly FEC filings. According to federal rules, the returned contribution should have shown up on one of these reports if it was returned to Bachmann’s campaign in October, as Scherber claims.

Bachmann’s first quarter report shows that the Minnesota Teen Challenge donation was returned to the campaign on Jan. 1, 2009.

“We reported it properly,” says Bachmann staffer Marston. “We reported it when it was received.” Marston confirmed that the contribution was received on Jan. 1, and she could not explain the discrepancy with Scherber’s claim that the funds were sent back in October.

The FEC prescribes financial penalties for “a failure to make the required disclosures … at the time and in the manner prescribed” or for “a failure to include any of the information required to be shown by such disclosures or to show the correct information.”

Read the entire article at MnIndy.

Here's the first of 4 audio files I uploaded to You Tube of Frank Vennes giving a talk in February of 2007 titled "God and Money":



WCCO's Esme Murphy asked Bachmann about the contribution from Frank Vennes Jr. in this interview:



(Cross-posted at the Dump Bachmann blog)