>A few months back, Doug posted a Newsday article by Bob Fitch which
>claimed that that the Clinton justice department held off on the
>prosecution of, among others Trumka and Stern, for illegally channelling
>union funds to the Carey campaign.
>
>Are these guys next-having now lost what Finch called their "get out of
>jail free" card?
By chance, I just talked to Fitch an hour ago, and he used exactly that phrase, predicting that there's a good chance that Trumka's next. He says the main reason the unions gave the Dems $45m in this election cycle was to assure the validity of their GOOJF card.
Doug