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New Legal Analysis Finds Strong Possibility of Romney Criminal Liability for Misrepresentation He Made in Federal Financial Disclosure Filings in 2011MoveOn submits complaint and formal legal analysis to U.S. Department of Justice, urging investigation into Romneys apparent violation of False Statements Act; substantial evidence contradicts Romneys claim that he was not active in Bain Capital in any way after 1999.
September 27, 2012
Washington, D.C.Substantial evidence that Mitt Romney may have committed a felony by lying on his financial disclosure forms justifies a criminal investigationthats the conclusion of a legal analysis released today by MoveOn.org Political Action.
Read letter to the DOJ and the full legal analysis:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/107160020/New-Legal-Analysis-Finds-Strong-Possibility-of-Romney-Criminal-Liability-for-Misrepresentation-He-Made-in-Federal-Financial-Disclosure-Filings-in-2011
This morning, MoveOn.org submitted the 7-page legal analysis and a letter calling for an investigation to the U.S. Department of Justice. The analysis contends that there is good reason to believe GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney may be criminally liable for false statements he made in 2011 in his federal financial disclosure filing (form SF-278)in apparent violation of the federal False Statements Act (18 U.S.C. §1001).
Romney claimed in his disclosure filing that he departed from any active role in Bain Capital in 1999, which would be politically convenient because it was before Bain Capital was most heavily involved in outsourcing jobs. However, the legal analysis released today, which includes a review of state law in Delaware, where Bain Capital was incorporated, concludes that existing evidence is clearly inconsistent with [Romneys] flat disavowal of any involvement in the operations of any Bain Capital entity in any way after 1999.
Candidates for officeespecially an office as important as the presidencyneed tell the truth, even when it isnt pretty, said Justin Ruben, Executive Director of MoveOn.org Political Action. When it comes to disclosing their finances, thats not just a moral obligation, its a legal one. We asked one of the countrys most prominent election law attorneys to look into Romneys disclosures, and his conclusions are startling. Romneys failure to level with voters may well be criminal. It is time for the Justice Department to investigate.
The letter calling for an investigation and the legal analysis were sent to the DOJs Chief of Public Integrity this morning, and MoveOn members are making phone calls to the DOJ today to urge that it begin an investigation.
Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), reviewed the legal analysis and seconded MoveOns call for an investigation. CREW strongly supports a Department of Justice investigation into the evidence that Mitt Romney remained involved with Bain Capital after 1999, given that he stated the exact opposite in his financial disclosure forms in apparent violation of the False Statements Act, Sloan said.
It is undisputed that Romney was the sole director, Chief Executive Officer and President of Bain Capital, Inc. at least through the middle of 2000. MoveOns analysis finds that under Delaware law, while he held these titles, Romney was legally required to maintain reasonable oversight of Bain, which contradicts Romneys claim in his 2011 disclosure filing that he did not have any involvement in Bain after 1999.
Paid for by MoveOn.org Political Action
http://front.moveon.org/legal-analysis-outlines-potential-crime-in-mitt-romneys-financial-disclosures/
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)It's about time that arrogant jackass gets what he deserves. Thank God he will NEVER BE PRESIDENT !!!
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)I think he'd be on shaky ground.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Maybe they'll have time for it next year. Or the year after.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)porphyrian
(18,530 posts)libodem
(19,288 posts)hootinholler
(26,449 posts)If a supreme can ignoreit then mittens can too.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)cadaverdog
(228 posts)has anyone heard anything more about the rumor that Dems were given a copy of ten years(?) of Romney tax returns from a source in the McCain organization?
I can dream, can't I?
secondwind
(16,903 posts)tclambert
(11,085 posts)Perp walk! Perp walk!
WestWisconsinDem
(127 posts)and charged with tax evasion
Kablooie
(18,631 posts)No wonder he won't release the rest of his taxes if they do that!
He knows it would be difficult to be an effective president while confined to a prison cell.
Though actually, he might be just as effective there as he would be in the White House.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021442727
The lawyer was at Daily Kos responding to comments earlier.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/30/1137578/-Is-Mitt-Romney-a-felon-A-Q-A-with-MoveOn-s-lawyer
Berlum
(7,044 posts)What sucky low, immoral 'values" the Republicans express.