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Welcome To Gay Politico Watch - The
Neverending Story Edition... It's pushing Autumn which means
disgraced gay Republicans are back in the news. Wide standing Senator
Larry Craig still tries to dance his way out of his airport toe-tapping
and former Brown County GOP Chair Don Fleischman sees his plea deal
dissolve but it s good new for page loving Mark Foley as Florida's
criminal probe ends without charges filed. Larry Craig: In Minneapolis Larry Craig's (R-Idaho) attorney once again argued to have the Senator's disorderly conduct conviction thrown out for lack of  evidence
during arguments before the state Court of Appeals September 11. Craig
was not present for the hearing.Attorney Billy Martin claimed that Craig's conduct - which added him to a list of over forty men who were pinched in the June 2007 sex sting - did not constitute criminal behavior. Martin asserted that that Craig's behavior didn't meet the standard for disorderly conduct because the law requires behavior to affect others. The three-judge panel vigorously questioned Martin, who had fifteen minutes to make his case. Craig sought to withdraw the plea after his toe-tapping became a public scandal several months after he had pled guilty by mail and paid his fine. Hennepin County District Court Judge Charles Porter later declined Craig's request and the senator appealed. The three-judge panel that heard the arguments has ninety days to issue a ruling. Donald Fleischman: In Green Bay ex-county GOP chair Donald Fleischman had been scheduled to enter a guilty plea to lesser charges in his escapades with under aged teenage runaways September 17 but Brown County Deputy District Attorney John Luetscher told Circuit Court Judge Donald Zuidmulder that the plea deal had fallen apart. "We won't be able to settle the case and I don't think either side is going to give in," Luetscher said. The judge then set Fleischman's case for a November 24 jury trial. Fleischman will be back in court for a final pretrial hearing a week earlier and remains free on a signature bond. Fleischman resigned last October after his pending criminal charges of fondling 16-year old runaways on multiple occasions came to light. He was charged with two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and a single charge of exposing himself to a child. Green Bay police had gone to Fleischman's home in November 2006 looking for two runaways from a nearby juvenile facility. Fleischman allowed officers inside where they found a 16-year-old boy hiding on the floor of a walk-in closet wearing only underwear and a T-shirt. Officers also found a glass pipe in the living room, which tested positive for marijuana residue. Police went back to Fleischman's home the next month only to find the same boy there again. The young man later told authorities Fleischman took him during that week to a hotel in Appleton and a rural cabin in Florence County. The boy claimed Fleischman provided him with beer and marijuana during the trip. The boy also revealed that when he would go to bed, Fleischman would fondle him. Also, on one occasion he awoke to find Fleischman at the foot of his bed masturbating. Mark Foley: In Florida, authorities closed their case September against former Congressman. Mark Foley, saying he won't face charges for allegedly sending  salacious
computer messages to underage male pages because prosecutors couldn't
prove the authenticity of the chats. "There did not appear to be probable cause that a crime was committed," the report said. The report also noted that a federal investigation had been closed last July. State prosecutors later advised Foley's attorney then that the former congressman would not face federal charges according to an Associated Press story. Florida law enforcement had been investigating alleged electronic communication between Foley and an underage page, Jordan Edmund. The instant messages were purportedly sent in February 2003 from Pensacola. Authorities were seeking to determine if Foley broke the law by sending lewd or seductive messages to minors, or whether he tried to arrange a meeting for sex with a minor. According to the report even if authorities had believed a crime may have been committed it likely would not have been bale to be prosecuted because there were no original records of the 'instant messages' received by Edmund. Florida authorities noted the case took a long time to close, in part because Foley refused to allow investigators to examine his congressional computer hard drives. The computers and their contents are protected as privileged material, and only Foley could release them. Rumor Mill... Which top gay group's exec is foregoing their paycheck at the moment? How long has this been this go on? More importantly when will it end? One Last Reminder... The page that dares to share all the gossip that is out there... All that's been overheard, observed and shared with with our spies around the Badger state will end up right here... Got a little tidbit you'd like to share? Click here to share it with us - you know you really want to! We'll be discreet within the limits of the libel laws... Verification is the mother of indigestion amongst the rich and the powerful, darlings... Wisconsin Whispers is assembled by the Every Other Thursday Gay Gossip And Gourmet Sewing Circle and depends on the generous submissions from viewers like you. If you don’t have anything nice to say, come on over and share it with us. |
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