April 04, 2006

Coming to a Speaker of the Senate Near You - An Indictment?

The potential troubles for Sen. Cooper I mentioned yesterday may be coming to a speaker of the senate near you...a one John Wilder.

From the Knoxville News Sentinel:

"Cooper calls up his friend, Lieutenant Governor John Wilder on the Bank of Tennessee board of directors," Humble told the panel of eight women and five men jurors. "He calls up Mr. Wilder and says 'I need your help.' Wilder calls in Wayne Rodgers, a loan officer, and says, 'Help him."'

When the bank board refused to approve the loan, "Wilder gets
personally involved" and the Auyers in November 1999 got a bank loan
guaranteed by the government, Humble said.

This is big news. Not only may Cooper get caught up in this, but Wilder might get nailed as well.

Be sure to read the entire story.

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