More Tate Indictment Details Revealed

Today was a quiet one on the blogs at least in the number of posts about the 27th state senate race.

The Tate blog (formerly known as Not Larry Sabato) had no new details about the race.

Why the silence?

My guess is that even the most diehard Tate ally is starting to realize what's going on. The Leesburg Today even had a story containing no new conspiracy theories about why Mark Tate is indicted.

What does the article say? It takes a closer look at just one of the problems involving Tate's campaign finance reports. The reason that this particular problem is at issue pre-trial is because it involves contributions from Tate's lawyer, Ed MacMahon (not that Ed MacMahon), and the prosecution's need to call MacMahon as a witness thereby disqualifying him as Tate's counsel.

Mr. MacMahon either gave Tate upwards of $7,000 according to vpap.org, $6,000 according to the prosecution, or $1,500 if you believe MacMahon's brief opposing his dismissal. What's the truth? There's only one way to tell, and that will be in Mr. MacMahon's testimony at trial.

Getting back to my main point, the writing is on the wall, and maybe Tribbett, Tate, and all the rest of that gang have got the point. This game is over.