Ex-New Orleans Official Testifies About Strippers, Gambling, Sex On Yacht
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 15th, 2011 4:40 am by HL
Ex-New Orleans Official Testifies About Strippers, Gambling, Sex On Yacht
The former Chief Information Officer of the city of News Orleans testified in federal court on Wednesday that for several years starting in 2002 he directed millions of dollars in taxpayer money to vendor Mark St. Pierre, The Times-Picayune reports. In return, Greg Meffert told the court, St. Pierre provided kickbacks including, eventually, access to a yacht and cash with which to gamble, buy booze and hire strippers. The strippers were also paid “to perform sex acts on Meffert, St. Pierre and others in the city’s technology office,” according to the paper.
Where Are They Now? Monica Goodling Working For Ex-Ashcroft Spokesman
The Washington Post managed to track down Goodling –working under her married name, Monica Krempasky — at a firm called Corallo Media Strategies under Mark Corallo, her former boss in DOJ’s Office of Public Affairs.
Issa Wouldn’t Let Witness Testify In Favor Of Disclosure By Government Contractors
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