14 December 2007

Les Jeux Sont Faits; The Jig Is Up:
Feds Target Al Sharpton’s Finances



Finally the Feds are gonna clamp down on this race baiting, ambulance chasing fraud.

Federal agents stormed Rev. Al's offices on Wednesday, demanding the flamboyant clergyman’s financial records since 2001.

Sharpton’s former chief of staff said he was roused at his Harlem home about 6:30 a.m. by two FBI agents who handed him a subpoena to bring the records to a federal grand jury the day after Christmas. “And a good day to you, sir.”

Several employees of Sharpton’s National Action Network also got good morning subpoenas to testify before the Brooklyn panel.

The FBI and IRS are investigating whether Sharpton improperly misstated the amount of money he raised during his 2004 White House run to illegally obtain federal matching funds.

Sharpton, although forced to return $100,000 in matching taxpayer funds after an investigation two years ago, denied any wrongdoing at the time. Naturally.

The feds are also looking into allegations of tax fraud, including whether Sharpton commingled funds from his nonprofit National Action Network with several of his for-profit ventures.

My boys over at Bossip said, "It’s time for Al to cut that “Big Red” conk off and get a real job. Getting rich off of old civil rights game is not where it’s at."

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