Campaignin' large with the Rev. Al Sharpton

WASHINGTON - The FBI, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the Rev. Al Sharpton, secretly videotaped him pocketing campaign donations from two shady fund-raisers in a New York City hotel room and then asking for more, it was reported yesterday...

An FBI wiretap picked up Hawkins telling White he believed they had raised more than $140,000 for Sharpton in the previous quarter — but Hawkins fretted because Sharpton had reported only about $50,000 on his federal election filing...

"He's a train wreck — a plane crash waiting to happen," Hawkins told White about Sharpton, according to the [Philadelphia Inquirer]...

The Reverend denies all charges.

UPDATE: The DUmmies weigh in and manage to show a perfect example of doublethink. Not only is the FBI out to oppress The Reverend, but he's also a GOP tool. As proof of the latter, they point to this 2/05/04 article:

Roger Stone, the longtime Republican dirty-tricks operative who led the mob that shut down the Miami-Dade County recount and helped make George W. Bush president in 2000, is financing, staffing, and orchestrating the presidential campaign of Reverend Al Sharpton...

Politics · Tue, 04/12/2005 - 11:08 · Importance: 1