Al Sharpton implicated in a Money Laundering Ring With P Diddy and Wyclef Jean!

Al Sharpton’s record in public life is dubious, to say the least. Yet being an irresponsible public figure and being a criminal are quite different things, and one does not necessarily imply the other. As such, recent news that Sharpton is suspected of potentially being involved in a money laundering ring requires us to seriously examine the evidence for the charge. And in this case, Sharpton’s guilt is decidedly ambiguous.

Let’s start from the beginning. A year ago, hip hop manager and high level drug trafficker James Rosemond met with Federal investigators in an attempt to work out a cooperation agreement. In layman’s terms, he agreed to disclose information about his drug connections and illegal activity in exchange for the good will of law enforcement. Seeing as Rosemond is currently on trial, it remains to be seen whether this strategy paid off.

Needless to say, Rosemond was peppered with questions over the course of nine separate “proffer sessions,” in which panels made up of prosecutors as well as officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the IRS were allowed to use Rosemond as a sounding board for their suspicions of other high profile figures.

For those wondering how we know about this process, it was revealed two days ago during testimony at Rosemond’s trial by one of the IRS Agents present at the sessions.

Now, back to the story. The Smoking Gun has a superb writeup describing some of the more notable questions asked during these “proffer” sessions, as well as some of the names of people under suspicion. At least one will be very familiar to readers:

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[link to www.thesmokinggun.com]