(Zero Hedge)—An obvious pattern is emerging. Multiple Democrat officials have been arrested and charged with fraud or related federal crimes over the past two years and the trend seems to be growing. Democrat politicians and DNC members are over-represented when it comes to fraud and it’s starting to look like the entire party has been pilfering the cookie jar for quite some time.
In the latest incident, Lawrence, MA Mayor Brian DePeña faces federal charges for allegedly using Covid-19 relief money meant for his tire business to fund his political campaign and pay personal debts, according to court documents. His charges include: Wire fraud; aiding and abetting, and unlawful monetary transactions; aiding and abetting.
Records indicate that an arrest warrant was issued Thursday. City Council President Jeovanny Rodriguez confirmed DePeña was arrested Friday. Neighbors described FBI agents shouting through a bullhorn outside the mayor’s home early in the morning and using a battering ram to force open his door.
This incident has developed right as another official, Former New Mexico Democrat House leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton, has just been convicted of 31 felony charges for diverting millions of dollars of school funds to her friend’s company while receiving kickbacks.
After the exposure of migrant fraud in Wisconsin and California linked to Democrat and left-wing NGO operations, it surprises no one that politics is one big criminal enterprise, for Democrats in particular. Republican officials are not free from such charges; a handful of mostly low profile cases have occurred since 2024. That said, when Democrats go for fraud, they go big, and many of these cases involve the misappropriation of covid relief funds.
In other words, the pandemic was a money-making bonanza for Dems, and a lot of this money was used to pay for campaign operations.
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Democrat, Florida) was arrested in November of last year and charged with 15 federal counts, including theft of government funds related to allegedly stealing approximately $5 million in FEMA disaster relief for the Covid crisis.
Prosecutors say the money had been overpaid to her family’s health-care company (Trinity Healthcare Services), which held a contract to register people for Covid-19 vaccinations. Within two months of receiving the funds, more than $100,000 was allegedly spent on personal items, including a diamond ring for the congresswoman. She also allegedly pumped millions into her own campaign operations.
It’s not unfair to suggest that Democrats may have believed they were going to retain political power for years to come (many Americans view the covid event as an engineered coup). Unfortunately for them, the Biden regime did not stay in office or destroy conservative opposition, so now they are under a microscope. And, under the light of scrutiny, the ugly deeds of 2021-2024 are being exposed.
