The talking heads have been so focused on the Paul Manafort indictments that the true danger to Donald Trump has been scantily discussed. When the indictments and prosecutions in the massive El […]
Dolores Briones Lessons and George Papadopoulos
The May 2017 Election – Nothing Changed
(This post was edited on April 8, 2017 at 12:30ET [10:30EP to correct an error I made in regards to Alexsandra Annello, please read below for more information ) Some of you […]
The Fisher Report Peels the Onion of Corruption
Most of you, if not all of you, are aware of the Ross Fisher Ethics Investigation Preliminary Findings and Advice Report dated February 26, 2016 and released by the City. There is […]
Veronica Escobar is at the Center of El Paso Scandals
When an FBI investigation dubbed Poisoned Pawns was launched it was focused on one individual and his scheme to defraud the federal government of federal dollars. By the time the dust settled, […]
Sam Legate and Conflicts of Interest
There is a concept of conflict of interest when making decisions. Unless you have been involved in making business decisions, most individuals do not have to worry about conflicts of interest. The more […]
El Paso Children’s Hospital Appoints New Chair
Some of you may have noticed that the El Paso, Inc. ran a Whispers column yesterday where it was disclosed that the El Paso Children’s Hospital has a new chair. She is […]
Prosecutors No Longer Demanding Plea Agreements Waive Right to Appeal
Reading the various plea agreements that have been made public in the public corruption scandal in El Paso there was one thing that stood out for me – the waiver of rights […]
Adrian Pena Answers Questions About Public Corruption
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Adrian Pena to Answer Questions on Monday
Last Tuesday, August 18, Adrian Peña pleaded guilty to public corruption charges for a second time. In 2010, Adrian Peña had pled guilty to public corruption charges however; the appeals court reversed […]
Where is the City?
I am sure most of you noticed something that struck me interesting when I was putting together the various Poisoned Pawns links charts, the absence of the City of El Paso. With […]
Poisoned Pawns Convicts and Named Individuals
Operation Poisoned Pawns is an FBI investigation into public corruption in El Paso Texas that began around 2004. The FBI nationally began focusing on public corruption cases around 2004 as it shifted […]
Poisoned Pawns Link Chart
(broken links corrected on July 28, 2018) As I wrote yesterday, I have been developing a link chart of everyone involved in the Poisoned Pawns public corruption investigation. Because many of the […]
The Politics of The Border 
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