NEWS FLASH! Bush-Cheney 2004 Leader in Ohio Indicted on Campaign Corruption

The Toledo-Blade newspaper of Ohio is reporting this afternoon that "A federal grand jury has indicted Tom Noe, the former Maumee coin dealer suspected of laundering money into President Bush’s reelection campaign.

A federal grand jury has indicted Tom Noe — the former Toledo-area coin dealer at the center of a state investment scandal — on three counts for allegedly laundering money into President Bush’s re-election campaign.

The three-count indictment says that beginning in October 2003, Mr. Noe contributed to President Bush’s election campaign 'over and above the limits established by the Federal Election Campaign Act.' The two other counts were for conspiracy and filing false statements.

The indictment alleges Mr. Noe’s actions caused false statements to the Federal Elections Commission and defrauded the United States and that he directed his conduit donors to fill out the false statements.

Mr. Noe faces the maximum penalty of five years in prison on each count."

Thomas Noe , a Republican insider from Maumee, Ohio, was chairman of President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign in northwest Ohio, and was a major fund-raiser for Bush's re-election campaign.

Neither the White House nor the Republican Party have commented on this new indictment . For more on Noe, including his frequent contacts with Karl Rove, the DNC summarizes Noe's background and influence, filed under "Corruption & Abuse of Power."

These money-laundering charges are similar to the illegal charges recently leveled against indicted Congressman Tom DeLay, a close Bush friend and associate. DeLay was booked last week for such charges, and will face a trial. If convicted, DeLay could face prison time.
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