Tue, Sep 25, 2007
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State Senator Jeff Smith was charged today with a misdemeanor offense of using a false identification during a July 31 visit to the Isle of Capri Casino in Booneville. State Rep. Joe Aull (D-Marshall) and lobbyist Lynne Schlosser were also charged in conjunction with providing Smith the false ID.
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Antonio D. French - who has written 3065 posts on PUB DEF.
Antonio D. French is a writer, political consultant, and newly-elected Democratic Committeeman living in north St. Louis, Missouri.
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September 25th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Does misdemeanor mean that jail time can’t be a consequence?
September 25th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
No. Jail time is still a possibility. Not a likely one, but possible.
September 25th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
It is about time. Unfortunately, Smith’s lawyers will probably run circles around this out state yahoo prosecutor.
When will the FEC bring charges against Smith? He still hasn’t returned his illegal campaign contributions from is Cong. race and hasn’t done a required quarterly filing since 2004. He is flirting with a federal felony on this one. Smith shouldn’t be able to talk his way out of it. Can Hannaway go after him on it?
September 25th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Mr. French you posted a piece about a minor incident with Smith but you forgot Floyd Irons. Who pulls your strings?
September 25th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Stop changing the subject. This is about that incompetent Jeff Smith who also has the trait for being late for everything. Not Floyd Irons.
September 26th, 2007 at 9:21 am
Just because Floyd Irons was not mentioned in this post does not mean that Antonio has not written about him lately. Check the archives.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Isn’t Jeff Smith’s father an attorney? He would seem to have unlimited legal assistance.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
This is for anonymous
Get your facts straight. Smith never received illegal contributions from his congressional race. What he did receive were contributions for the general election which were promptly returned when he lost the primary. He has also filed every quarterly filing required by law
September 27th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
steverino,
You don’t know what you are talking about. Go to the FEC reports. Every quarter he gets a new Failure to File Notice from the FEC. The campaign is almost $100,000 in debt and he still needs to give back al the illegal contributions he received - including money to Steve Brown who gave him more than the federal law allowed. Here is the link:
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00390914
September 28th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
I followed the link and saw the multiple “Notice of Failure to File” letters sent to Smith’s campaign. Does the FEC send letters ad infinitem, or will it eventually charge Smith with an election violation?