I always am disappointed when I have to look at foreign news sources to get the details of an event is happening here in the United States. So far I have seen no reports about the federal investigation into Al Sharpton’s possible involvement in a money-laundering scheme. You would think MSNBC would be all over that one. The story apparently was first reported on The Smoking Gun Website Drug Suspect Quizzed On Jean, Diddy, Sharpton | The Smoking Gun and then picked up by Daily Mail UK who reported Police accuse Wyclef Jean and Al Sharpton of laundering money for … That may be an overstatement, but both sources report that during the course of the trial of accused narcotics kingpin/hip-hop manager James Rosemond. They went something like this;
Federal prosecutors elicited testimony from Agent Marc Van Driessche about what Rosemond said during a series of nine separate “proffer sessions” in the U.S. Attorney’s office attended by various IRS and Drug Enforcement Administration agents, prosecutors, and Rosemond’s lawyer, Gerald Shargel.
During the first session, on October 4, Rosemond was specifically asked about Combs because, “We had information through other witnesses that the defendant may have made an admission to Sean Combs,” Van Driessche testified. Rosemond, the agent recalled, said that he had some prior “business transactions with [Combs] in the music business,” and described their relationship as “cordial.”
The nature of the mysterious “admission” reportedly made by Rosemond, 47, to Combs was not further described.
Rosemond was also asked about his business relationship and financial transactions with Sharpton. Van Driessche testified that he had “known through my investigation that he had some type of business relationship with Al Sharpton, and I just wanted to determine what the extent of that was.” Rosemond told investigators that he “did in fact give Al Sharpton about $10,000 as a donation or a contribution.”
Federal agents don’t generally make a habit of just dropping names in courtrooms. So it is fairly safe to say that they suspected some sort question about involvement on the part about Sharpton. If Sharpton is involved in a illegal scheme to launder money it would be a major embarrassment for both MSNBC and the Obama White House.
Al Sharpton campaigns regularly on the president’s behalf and has been invited to the White House as president’s personal guest. He was Obama’s minister of choice for Easter. It is also believed that our Sharpton has close ties to the United States Atty. Gen. Eric Holder.
