A law firm in Boston is the subject of much scrutiny this week as both the Boston Globe and the Center for Responsive Politics have embarked on an in-depth investigation into the company’s political donations program.
How it worked is very simple. The lawyers that worked for the firm and their spouses would given donations to Democrat-only candidates and Democrat-funded initiatives and movements. In return, sometimes as fast as the following morning, those donors would receive a bonus. Meanwhile, the firm would write off the donations and the Democrat would benefit from the money-laundering scheme.
The law firm itself is a relatively small company, being ranked below the top 100 largest in Massachusetts alone, yet it accounts for the 11th most prolific donor firm in the United States.
Thornton Law Firm is responsible for donating literally millions of dollars to multiple Democrat coffers, including Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Democratic politicians and organizations have already returned over a million dollars so far. Caught up in the mess as well is Senator Al Franken, who won his 2008 election against Republican Norm Coleman by a razor-thin edge of only 312 votes. That election was rife with shouts of election fraud which were largely overlooked by the mainstream media at a time when Barack Obama was making headlines as the nation’s first Black president. In addition, Rod Blagojevich, governor of Illinois at the time, was making headlines as well in reference to the Pay-For-Play scheme he had initiated over the empty senator’s seat left vacant by Obama.
In his 2014 reelection, the Thornton Law Firm also heavily donated to Franken to ward off any potential challenger. Franken pulled in big money from both lawyers and their spouses in that election cycle.
While Franken was a more well-known name there in Boston, that didn’t stop unknowns to Bean Town from visiting to cash-in on one of the most reliable sources of Democrat donations known within small political circles.
The list of Democrats that visited this small Law Firm, which made its name on asbestos-lawsuit-related cases over many years, was impressive.
There should be other consequences besides just having to return the money. This law firm should have to pay a hefty fine and be shut down. All players should be held accountable.
Totally agree
take a look the face of MN in the Senate, really
Oh oh Al, Get caught with your “PANTS DOWN”??????
Only a measly million??? I remember how Franken got his seat…by recounting votes until it came out in his favor!!! Such a disgusting man!!!!
No American with a functioning brain would vote for someone like that. Disgusting. More Democrats fraud. It is the only way they can win.
Al Franken that cheated his way to win his Senate seat. Democrats in power only know how to lie, cheat and steal their way to what they want. Progressives/Socialists/Communists ALL think the same, just at different levels of insanity!
Vote vote vote in 2018 to rid our government from garbage like this!!!
Another one bites the dust dang levenwort gonna be full let them grow what they eat g
Cook clean work to pay American back
Another crooked Dem. Everyday there is another.
The IRS should audit politicians instead of harassing the citizens, I bet more of a positive outcome would come from the effort and end a lot of corruption at the same time.