Ex-Indiana lawmaker admits to taking illegal campaign money

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

April 11, 2022
Updated: April 11, 2022 3:22 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former Indiana state senator pleaded guilty Monday to receiving about $40,000 in illegal contributions from a casino company for his unsuccessful 2016 congressional campaign.

Former Republican Sen. Brent Waltz's guilty plea came about one week before he was set to stand trial with John Keeler, a former top executive of Indianapolis-based Spectacle Entertainment. Keeler is charged with directing illegal corporate contributions through straw donors to Waltz’s campaign.

Waltz’s plea agreement, in which he also admitted to making false statements to the FBI, makes no mention of cooperating with prosecutors or testifying against Keeler. Waltz and his attorney, Russell Johnson, declined to answer questions after Monday’s hearing, The Indianapolis Star reported.

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Waltz faces up to five years in prison for each charge. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss three other counts and recommend a sentence at the low end of the federal sentencing advisory range. The judge did not immediately set a sentencing date.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Ex-Indiana-legislator-pleads-guilty-in-casino-17072981.php

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Former Republican Sen. Brent Waltz

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Oily doofus /nt

[bluestarone]

2. How many times, I mean HOW MANY FUCKING TIMES

Are these ASSHOLES abusing every law THEY say we are? Everything they have accused US of, is exactly what THEY are doing!! So fucking tired of this BULLSHIT!

[TeamProg]

3. Another GOP criminal.. n/t

[Achilleaze]

4. GOP is a freaking crime syndicate

Ya got ya drugs, ya got ya orgies, and ya got ya grifting -- Republicans are all in on degeneracy.

[Escurumbele]

5. It is everyday one of these republicans is found guilty of some fraud, or some

crime, but the sad thing is they usually get away with murder, and a couple of years later they run for office again, even win sometimes.

That is why some people truly believe that "ignorance is bliss"...a politician must have come with that. There is no more bliss to them than having committed crimes and then having all the ignorant vote him into office so that they can screw all their voters and commit more crimes. What a life, I tell you...

This guy may end up in a country club jail perfecting his golf swing.

[Frustratedlady]

6. I always think to myself (before I read the article), this has to be a Repuke.

Sure enough! Another one gets caught for stealing, fraud, illegal voting or sexual abuse.

Pretty damned incredible, really, but they are consistent.

[Captain Zero]

7. John Keeler is also a former Indiana GOP State Chairman.

FYI.

The guy paying out through straw donors in this article.

[Emile]

8. Indiana Republicans are some of the biggest crooks you have ever seen.

About time one faces justice!

[twodogsbarking]

9. He will have to serve a sentence of ten to twenty

minutes of scorn on social media.