34-count felon” is a great slogan until you look at the file.
It was one reimbursement scheme. They charged the same records offense 34 times on related invoices, ledgers, and checks. Those records crimes are misdemeanors unless prosecutors tack on an “intent to conceal another crime” bump. They used the bump and never charged the other crime. That standalone move was not how Manhattan usually handled these cases.
Then he got an unconditional discharge: conviction on paper, no jail, no fine, no probation.
So no, the House did not skip a 34-headed monster to pick on people who want healthcare. It voted on a resolution while you treated bookkeeping counts as a personality.
The court didn’t ban tree work. The judge asked for a heads-up before more than 10 came down, then refused to stop the project twice. NPS says it was hazard/invasive/dying trees. One cherry by the 14th green is not “Japan’s 1912 gift.” The actual fight is turning a public park into a tournament course with no final plan posted. Save the outrage for that.
@timruss2 Ah yes, the classic pro-life position: stop billing Medicare $6,000 a month for patients who aren’t dying because they were never dying. Truly diabolical. Next you’ll tell me catching fake hospices is also a war on grandmas.