ACCEPTING
$15,000 IN A FUNNY DEVELOPMENT
GAME.
-- DEVELOPMENT SCHEME.
>> THE LAWS ARE THERE, IN THIS
CASE THEY WORKED.
A BAD ACTOR WAS CAUGHT IN THE
ACT AND IS BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
DAVID: REACTING TO THE DEMOCRAT
NATHANAEL OAKS GETTING INDICTED
ON NINE FEDERAL FRAUD AND
BRIBERY COUNTS.
OAKES IS ACCUSED OF ACCEPTING
15,003 HUNDRED DOLLARS IN BRIBES
IN EXCHANGE FOR USING
LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS TO OBTAIN
A PHONY DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT
THROUGH HUD.
>> THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES THAT
EVERY TURN FOR THE SENATOR TO
SAY NO.
DAVID: OAKES MET AT A PIKESVILLE
RESTAURANT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2015.
THE INFORMANT BETRAYED HIMSELF
AS AN OUT-OF-TOWN BUSINESSMAN --
PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS AN
OUT-OF-TOWN BUSINESSMAN.
FOLKS ESTABLISHED THE CODEWORD
"LOWLY" AS REFERENCE TO A
TOOTSIE ROLL CANDY THAT MEANT
--OAKS ESTABLISH THE CODEWORD
"LOLLIPOP" AS REFERENCE TO A
TOOTSIE ROLL CANDY THAT MEANT
$1000.
COURT RECORDS INDICATE HE TOOK
MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR DRAFTING A
BOND BILL FOR 250 THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR A MULTI FAMILY
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT DRUID
LAKE PARK.
THE BOND WAS MET TO FINANCE THE
PHONY PROJECT.
>> THESE WERE NOT
MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR SIMPLE
THINGS THAT HE THOUGHT, MAYBE IT
IS NOT THAT BAD.
THESE WERE VERY SIGNIFICANT
ACCUSATIONS.
FOR HIM TO GO ALONG THE WAY HE
DID, THAT IS ON HIM.
DAVID: THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE SAYS THE FBI SUPPLY THE
MONEY PAID TO OAKS AND
VIDEOTAPED THE MEETINGS.
FOLKS THOUGHT HE WAS ESCAPING
DETECTION BY DEMANDING A CELL
PHONE.
>> I
WE HOPE THE PUNISHMENT IS
SIGNIFICANT THAT ELECTED
OFFICIALS THINK TWICE BEFORE
ENGAGING IN THIS ACTIVITY.
DAVI IN 1989 DELEGATE OAKS WAS
CONVICTED OF THEFT, PERJURY, AND
MISCONDUCT OF STEALING MONEY
FROM HIS OWN CAMPAIGN FUND.
IF CONVICTED IN THIS CASE, THE
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