WASHINGTON, March 28, 2008
Bush Aide Resigns For Alleged Money Misuse
Special Assistant To President Allegedly Misused Grant Funds From U.S. AID
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Felipe Sixto was promoted on March 1 as a special assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs and stepped forward on March 20 to reveal his alleged wrongdoing and to resign, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said Friday. He said Sixto took that step after learning that his former employer, the Center for a Free Cuba, was prepared to bring legal action against him.
Stanzel said the alleged wrongdoing involved the misuse of money when Sixto was an official at the center.
The matter has been turned over to the Justice Department for investigation, Stanzel said. He said Bush was briefed on the case and felt that the appropriate action was being taken.
The Center for a Free Cuba describes itself as an independent, nonpartisan institution dedicated to promoting human rights and a transition to democracy and the rule of law in Cuba.
Sixto joined the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs in July 2007 and was assigned to deal with state legislators, Native American groups and Hispanic officials on issues such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, health, labor, transportation, the environment and energy, Stanzel said.
"Mr. Sixto allegedly had a conflict of interest with the use of USAID funds by his former employer," Stanzel said. He said he did not know how much money was involved or the particulars of the allegations.
Sixto is the second White House aide to resign under a cloud in less than a month. Timothy Goeglein, who served as Bush's middleman with conservatives and Christian groups, resigned on Feb. 29 after admitting to plagiarism. Twenty columns he wrote for an Indiana newspaper were determined to have material copied from other sources without attribution.
Goeglein was a special assistant to Bush and deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison.
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- f he took less than several $Billion, he''''s an amateur in the eyes of Shrub and Darth. They''ve probably dismissed him as not quite up to their high standards of criminal deceit and corruption.
What a poser.
Posted by singinrich at 11:22 PM : Mar 28, 2008
Hey - he''s just a rookie.
He must have showed some potential in the minors... - Reply to this comment
- Nope, dems stay in til they are hauled away in shackles to prison, no integrity for their position or jobs.
Posted by TheGateway1 at 10:01 PM : Mar 28, 2008
What dems ? ...... Foley, Craig, Vitter, Delay, Kerik, Stevens (2) ? Which dems ?
**** Sixto is the second White House aide to resign under a cloud in less than a month. **** Just in One Month, after background checks found them to be loyal Repugs. Cheers! - Reply to this comment
- Hmmm, latest and greatest intel shows that bush has appeared in character as the evil monkey in Chris Griffen''s closet on Family Guy, its been said that Peter aka P*E*T*E*R Griffen is the model of bush itself in real life, yeah, I think I could buy that for a dollar.
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- The body of a bro of all vets, Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin, was identified in the Iraq war. He is a hero. I just checked his story and saw only one RIP. Come on bro''s, he deserves better and so does his family. We stand together. It''s not possible to do too much to honor our fallen comrades.
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- Obviously it is Mr. Bush that ought to be jailed for fraud, as well as spending OPM, that is taxpayers'' money with an attitude that he has cecks and he has a printing press, so he thinks it ok to spend and spend and spend, ruining OUR country while boosting his buddy''s in Mexico.
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- They may have to open a prison just for the Bush criminals!
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- So open of Bush''s aides "misuses" some money to buy coke for the boss. That''s a big deal?
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- He is not guilty ! It''s a set up by the Dems, asked Rush or Hannity on Fox News !! They will tell what you need to know.
Stay the Course GW !!Big John will too !! - Reply to this comment
- Looks like the aide learned from example
Posted by cyberus at 04:35 AM : Mar 29, 2008
My response: Why whomever are you referring to?!
I bet we can GUESS!! :) - Reply to this comment
