Republican Congresswoman Essentially Admits Denial of Armenian Genocide
CINCINNATI, Ohio—Attorneys for Jean Schmidt petitioned the court today to add a new claim after dropping four of her initial false statement charges against her Democratic opponent, David Krikorian.
“Jean and her friends at the Turkish Legal Defense Fund are on a fishing expedition” said Krikorian. “First she brought the charges. Then she realized that she could not win her case and petitioned the court to drop the charges. Now she is adding a new one. Typical Jean Schmidt behavior. It’s a shame she is not putting forward this kind of effort on the healthcare debate,” Krikorian said.
The statements Schmidt claimed were false are in relation to her denial of the Armenian Genocide. In dropping the charges, Schmidt essentially conceded that she does deny the Armenian Genocide.
Schmidt took more money from the Turkish Lobby during the 2008 election cycle than any other Member of Congress. “Being #1 on the Turkish lobby scoreboard has financial advantages for Jean, but what does it do for our district?” asked Krikorian, adding, “We look forward to the full commission hearing in a few weeks.”
A total of five false statement claims will be heard at a full commission hearing on Sept. 3 at the Ohio Elections Commission in Columbus.
In a related matter, The Cincinnati Enquirer, which endorsed Jean Schmidt in the previous election, is continuing to protect her with its online story about today’s case emphasizing her new charge and downplaying the fact that she dropped four of her initial frivolous claims. The Enquirer changed its article after the campaign challenged their first edition. The editors of the Enquirer have consistently protected Representative Schmidt to the detriment of the citizens of the 2nd District. To contact the Enquirer, call the editorial department at (513) 768-8359.
I am confused.
What were the four charges against David Krikorian that have been dropped?
Can the reporter please enumerate the remaining charges against Krikorian?
Also, various web reports, such as Wayne Madsen’s, are saying that the Congresswoman who was blackmailed sexually by the Turks is Jan Schakowsky of Illinois.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky
Have the Armenian media contacted her for a response? Has anyone? Have Armenians written to and called the non-Armenian media (such as the LA Times, NY Times, Boston Globe etc.) demanding that they cover the Krikorian – Schmidt case and Sibel Edmonds’ testimony?
The key to her dropping the charges were in light of Sibel Edward’s testamony of corrupt members of Congress. This former FBI translator speaks out on all this corruption on her website. Go there and check all this out. The trail of corruption in long and deep and is credible as she has testified under oath to the Dept. of Justice’s Inspector General.