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Is Al Sharpton Involved 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.

Al Sharpton May Have Been Connected to Drug and Money Laundering Operation Run by His Promoter, James Rosemond, Which May Have Also Included Sean Combs and Wyclef Jean
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.

Al Sharpton May Have Been Connected to Drug and Money Laundering Operation Run by His Promoter, James Rosemond, Which May Have Also Included Sean Combs and Wyclef Jean

James Rosemond

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:

Rosemond was also asked about his business relationship and financial transactions with [Al 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.”

When cross-examined by Shargel, Van Driessche agreed that the Sharpton questions posed to Rosemond by federal investigators involved whether the hip-hop figure engaged in cash transactions with the activist/MSNBC host and if he knew about Sharpton doing “anything wrong.”

Shargel also asked the IRS agent if he knew that Rosemond “represented Reverend Sharpton in an effort to find an outlet for his popularity and his talent, right?” Van Driessche replied, “I knew they had an arrangement, but I didn’t know the exact details.”

So to all appearances, Sharpton was represented by Rosemond in Rosemond’s capacity as a promoter, and also received donations from Rosemond. More may have happened, but it will be difficult to prove anything illegal happened with only this testimony to go on. At best, Sharpton is actually innocent of any wrongdoing. At worst, he is extremely lucky.

The same cannot be said for at least one of the other people mentioned in Van Driessche’s testimony – those being Grammy Award-winning recording artist Wyclef Jean and Rapper Sean “P Diddy” Combs.

Al Sharpton May Have Been Connected to Drug and Money Laundering Operation Run by His Promoter, James Rosemond, Which May Have Also Included Sean Combs and Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean

Al Sharpton May Have Been Connected to Drug and Money Laundering Operation Run by His Promoter, James Rosemond, Which May Have Also Included Sean Combs and Wyclef Jean

Sean Combs

From the Daily Mail’s writeup of the testimony:

According to the agent, investigators quizzed the music manager about his extensive financial dealings with Mr Jean and were told about a $60,000 loan the singer received that came from the proceeds of drugs.

But Mr Rosamond said Mr Jean did not realise where the money had come from.

Mr Van Driessche said in the course of his investigation, he ‘saw that the defendant had received over $800,000 in checks from companies associated with Wyclef Jean or companies run by Wyclef Jean’s tour manager’.

When cross-examined by Mr Rosemond’s lawyer, Gerald Shargel, on Wednesday, he acknowledged Mr Jean was suspected to have been involved in laundering drug proceeds for Mr Rosemond.

So Jean is likely going to face some serious legal trouble. What about Combs?

On October 4, during the first of nine grilling sessions, Mr Rosemond was asked about Mr Combs, also known as Puff Daddy, because ‘we had information through other witnesses that the defendant many have made an admission to Sean Combs,’ Mr Van Driessche said.

But the nature of the admission supposedly made by Mr Rosamond wasn’t discussed again.

In other words, Combs, like Sharpton, is probably off the hook.

A final note: While it appears unlikely that further allegations against Sharpton will be made at the legal level, there is still a problem inherent in this story for the MSNBC Anchor. That is, the fact that such charges are believable in the first place, and that he, of all people, is raising suspicion. Many of Sharpton’s defenders will likely blame that suspicion on racism, but if that were so, it would not explain why the Reverend Jesse Jackson hasn’t also been targeted. This case stinks of complications, and they will likely emerge as time goes on.

 

Comments (88)

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  • Hickory
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:31pm

    Holder’s people.

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    • Mike Templewind
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:40am

      You got that more right than you probably know. This last week, though not broadly reported, Holder was exposed in a mortgage scheme that involved taking away homes of multiple thousands of homeowners. Jerome Corsi has already turned the evidence over to law enforcement, after publicly announcing what his investigation found.

      Apparently, he will be formally exposing this scam that (Corsi says) goes right into the White House. It’s getting pretty interesting out there…

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:20am

      I have the sudden urge to occupy P diddys hot tub……then take a dump in it, damn 1 % ers…..

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:19am

      If I recall… PDiddy was once charged with Manslaughter… and has skated on other charges; He is not a Nice Guy. We all know that the Rev Al is a Snake in the Church Meeting Tent! And, they both live off… Black Supporters… whom they screw!

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    • mwhaley
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:13am

      This is a non story. It‘s only the white man’s law they are breaking. This is the oppression of our people from rich white slave owners.

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    • starman70
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:54am

      If Holder has anything to do with it, there will never be a formal investigation, no less a trial or conviction.

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    • D-Fence
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:53am

      @MWHALEY You’re so myopic. No, that’s not right. I mean BLIND. White people = slave owners. LOLOLOLOLOLROTFLOL

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    • vanman4446
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:58pm

      Their all black, they’ll get a slide from holder,

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  • Carpe Diem
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:56pm

    They’re black and rich. Move along, nothing to see here.

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:07pm

      Chances are this story will disappear as mysteriously as it came. It’s a Friday, and Memorial Day weekend, no one will be the wiser.

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    • bobbie22
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:45pm

      Part of the 1%. the 99% should protest them. . they get a free pass..and do not go to jail….

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  • Less1leg
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:13pm

    Let’s just say that decades ago, Al Capone, was looked at up and down. And the federal investigators couldn’t find squat on him. Elliot Ness, could only find some dirt in an abitrary piece of taxation. Aside from that actual hard crimes were never pinned to Al Capone.
    Likewise, trying to pin anything on Al Sharpton, P Diddy, or some other questionable character will be next to zero. They have big money, and bigger lawyers protecting their backsides. Just like trying to grab jello.
    The stink will be in the air all around these guys. But the person who crapped themselves will take the fall, not Rev. Al or P Diddy. The best you’ll find on these guys is a racing stripe in their gitch. Aside from that zero.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:26pm

      DID REVY EVER PAY HIS TAXES????
      i don’t think so
      the little people pay THEIR taxes
      REVY just keeps on PREACHING
      shame shame shame
      Blueberry Pie for Donkeys.
      OMG 2012

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    • db321
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:49pm

      I thought all of these guys were stand up guys – Like that little darling Trayvon.

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:01pm

      Check out the reverands freezer. That’s where THEY like to hide it

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:40am

      How does a guy with no visible means of support prior to the gig om BSNBC get all that money? The racist, poverty pimp is a known liar, remember Tanwana Brwaley? It is not much of a stretch to believe he is involved in drugs, whore and money laundering.

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  • jhaydeng
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:12pm

    Wyclef has always seemed to do the right thing! He was hung out to dry by Hollywood when he asked for help in his home country of Haiti!

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  • kj95376
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:58pm

    Anyone who calls him a Reverend is a brain dead LIB idiot.

    Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are shakedown artists and RACISTS who are only out for themselves.

    KJ

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  • Aiser
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:51pm

    We need a FEDERAL INVESTIGATION of this situation! Any corruption regarding his scandal needs to be brought to light and the American people should know. If these 3 are guilt of wrong doing then it is only morally right that they be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:03pm

      Yeah, good luck with that. Only in our dreams.

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:57am

      AISER, That sounds good but I doubt that it happens. I have brought up Sharptons name allot around people that I know . No one knows who he is. Nor who Sorus, Van Jones Saul Alinskey, Holder Pelosie, Ayers, Farrakahn, the Black Panthers, Pivin, Or any of the rest of them. Unbelievable. Sad, but true.

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:45pm

    Resist we much.
    This is just a feather in his cap. A way to be promoted into the higher ranks of the DEMOCRAT Party.

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  • grownup
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:45pm

    I hope they nail his hide to the wall. He has been trying to get innocent people killed. He is a commie and wants revolution, wants to destroy my country, to kill millions of people and enslave the rest. Traitor and agitator. He hates his own kind and only loves money and power.

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  • AmazingGrace8
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:42pm

    Some people drink the “kool-aid“ and some are drinking ”truth serum”. It is amazing what “nasty-deeds” are in the news now-a-days. Can’t be a conscience talking, it must be “just-getting-even”. Sure is interesting the “big-wheels” are being exposed for misbehaving. Hmmmm

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  • fromo1946
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:19pm

    Look at his eyebrows, this bozo is so animated even a blind man can see he’s lying, what a tool!

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  • NHwinter
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:18pm

    Isn’t it sad that the leaders in the Black community, from Sharpton, JJ, the principle promoting Trayvon Martin day, do nothing to lift the Blacks to excellence, not in the acedemic sense, moral sense, individual responsibility sense, or work ethic. They keep them victims, angry and demanding government help to make up something in the past that was horrible, but 10s of thousands of white Americans fought to right that wrong. Yet, it never goes away. Just sad.

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  • falschimjaeger
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:12pm

    Not Reverend Al? Him a crook? Say it isn’t so. He is such a upstanding citizen who contributes greatly to society. Afterall, isn’t his running buddy Reverend Jackson? Both fine upstanding members of the human race.

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    • ericsez
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:18pm

      i think you’re being sarcastic…al can’t be corrupt, he’s a reverend. it’s a white conspiracy to stop his contribution to his people.

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  • rickc34
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:12pm

    He is as innocent as George Zimmermen right? He loves to convict people in the media without evidence to back it up. I still cannot figure out what he is a reverend of?

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:32pm

      He needs to get the same treatment…We all scream for justice and put a Reward on his head…It might look a little different to Al when he is on the receiving end

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  • South Philly Boy
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:06pm

    It’s TIME TO GO TO JAIL

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:00pm

    Here is the way I see it, if, in accordance to the law of the land Sharpton is proven guilty of such a violation in the courts, then fine and jail him for the maximum allowable. Again, if there is sufficient evidence to charge him for a crime then do so; let the courts decide his fate in accordance to the law itself.

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  • momrules
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:56pm

    Now get ready for the window cracking shouts of Racism from Sharpton. Prison stripes would suit him.

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  • FN-FEDUP
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:51pm

    THanks for looking into my tip hope it pays off big time

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:50pm

    They always come smelling like a rose.. when they should be wearing orange jumpsuits! But money talks and s–t walks!

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  • Blazebanned
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:44pm

    Wait, al a criminal? Nah…………

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  • CatB
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:43pm

    “Rev” Al is so crooked they will have to screw him into the ground when he dies.

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  • Inlightofthings
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:43pm

    I don’t Rev Al contributing anything of value to any conversations to which he introduces himself…

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:43pm

    No way would Al do something a stupid as this.
    Al is a giant in the world for open fairness and equality.
    He is an tireless fighter for the poor and oppressed minorities
    He is a close friend and ardent supporter of our president
    This is obviously a tea party plot to smear his good name.
    The MSM will cover this and investigate to obtain the real facts

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  • Atilla
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:43pm

    Perhaps it will eventually be shown that Sharpton is getting financial renumeration for something other than the color of his skin and perpetual victimhood

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  • cookcountypatriot
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:38pm

    thug nasty ,,nasty thugs

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  • hatchetjob
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:37pm

    Is anyone surprised??

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:45pm

      Not me! I will be surprised if he gets into any trouble for it however. Seems like these crooks get away with murder .. litterally.

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