Even liberal media won't give Fieger a break

The liberal Detroit Free Press has conducted an investigation into the Federal Justice Department's methods for investigating illegal campaign contributions over the past five years. They have found other instances where charges were filed, including charges against Republicans. This clearly disproves Geoffrey Fieger's assertion that this is a crime that is never punished and goes a long way to disprove his ridiculous charge that this is selective prosecution.

Fieger not the first targeted for giving
Detroit Free Press

WASHINGTON - Defense contractors. A toy company. A coordinator for a senior residence in Florida.

Those are among the people the U.S. Justice Department has charged with making illegal campaign contributions in the last five years.

This week, Southfield lawyer Geoffrey Fieger and his law partner Vernon Johnson responded to charges that they illegally reimbursed employees for $127,000 in contributions to former Sen. John Edwards' 2004 Democratic presidential campaign by saying they were singled out for political prosecution.

But a Free Press analysis Wednesday of more than a dozen campaign finance cases initiated by the Justice Department since George W. Bush became president in 2001 indicates that, while such prosecutions might not be routine, they do occur.

And charges have been brought against Republican supporters as well as those who gave to Democrats.