Jack Conway’s Drug Problem; Follow The Money

The breaking story is still coming together as the biased leftist paper in Louisville has tried to bury the story, but has left enough of the carcass for bloggers to assemble the case.

I’d like to shed some light on some of the players and their connections to Jack Conway in the story.

Meet Commonwealth’s Attorney David Stengel:

From Robert Stacy McCain:

No charges were filed against Matt Conway. Commonwealth’s Attorney David Stengel told the Louisville Courier-Journal “that he had reviewed all of the evidence gathered by police and was convinced that Conway was neither a drug user nor trafficker.” In a statement to the newspaper, Jack Conway’s office said “his only involvement was to advise his brother to obtain legal counsel.”

According to Fec.gov, Mr. David Stengel has donated $500 to Jack Conway’s campaign in the past, vested interest? Do we really want a former Jack Conway donor overlooking this? Really?

On Stengel’s conduct, the Courier-Journal reported:

David Harris, a professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh who writes and teaches about police behavior and law enforcement, said Stengel let Conway off too easily.

“To admit you lied in an investigation where you were the subject, and it involved law-enforcement conduct, I find that very troubling,” Harris said, adding that he found it “mysterious that this wouldn’t trouble” Stengel.

More from the story:

In early 2008, Louisville police received information that Matthew Conway might be involved with illegal drugs, prompting Detective Wilson to tell

Louisville attorney Scott Roby, who in turn notified Conway, the records show.

Wilson told department investigators on March 25 that he had informed Roby of the complaint against Conway because the two attorneys knew each other.

“I was asking him, ‘man, do you think this is true?’ ” Wilson said. Roby, who was not interviewed by police, declined to comment when contacted by The Courier-Journal.

Conway and Wilson, both of whom attended St. Xavier High School at about the same time and are longtime acquaintances, they told investigators.

Guess what? Yes, you guessed it, Scott Roby is another donor to Jack Conway’s senate campaign, according to Fec.gov, Roby donated $1250.

Who else has a money trail?

More from the initial Courier-Journal report:

About a week before Russ met with investigators, Jack Conway received a telephone call from a supporter, businessman Charles Alexander. According to the records, he told Conway that he had been in a downtown restaurant where he heard Detective Carthan discussing the drug investigation involving Matthew Conway.

The records reflect varying accounts of what Carthan allegedly said. He told police investigators that while talking with a friend at the restaurant about the drug inquiry, he merely mentioned his investigation and said he had heard “a lot of incriminating things” about Matthew Conway.

Carthan told the investigators that he considered the investigation closed because it had already been compromised when Russ told Conway he was being investigated.

But Alexander told police that Carthan overheard him chatting with an acquaintance about fund-raising for Jack Conway, who was locked in a close primary-election campaign with Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo for the Senate.

Alexander said Carthan told them not to “waste their money” on Jack Conway, “that he had a case on Conway’s brother and that he was ‘dirty’ (corrupt),” according to the records. Alexander declined to discuss the matter with the newspaper.

According to Fec.gov, Charles Alexander is a $2400 donor to Jack Conway and a $4600 donor to Barack Obama, so there is little doubt Mr. Alexander was concerned about the troubling allegations.

Lots of questions remain on this breaking story, but as you can see many people stand to lose from the Conway scandal!

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