Ms. Noe's Own Scandal:

In yet another surreal twist in Ohio’s “coin-gate” scandal, the wife of Bush’s chief Ohio fundraiser, Tom Noe—who is currently embroiled in campaign finance and money laundering probes—surprised poll workers and observers alike by disrupting the ballot count during the 2004 general election, RAW STORY has discovered.

Bernadette Noe, who served dual roles as chairman for the Lucas County Republican Party and the Lucas County Board of Elections, sent twelve “partisans” into a warehouse on Election Day, according a memo authored by Ohio’s Director of Campaign Finance Richard Weghorst who was present at the time.

The assertion is part of a comprehensive investigation prepared for Ohio Republican Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell regarding reports of irregularities in Lucas County. The report found gross failures on the part of Ms. Noe’s board in preparation for and administration of November’s election. (Read the memo in PDF)

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Conyers to call for special prosecutor

Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is set to call today for a special prosecutor to investigate the scandal surrounding Bush's chief fundraiser in Ohio, Tom Noe, RAW STORY has learned. His request is cosigned by Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH).

Noe is being probed for myriad shady financial dealings, including $50 million siphoned from the state's worker's compensation fund into rare coins, and money laundering.

"The facts that have come out indicate a culture of corruption in the Ohio Republican Party," Conyers in a statement to RAW STORY. "An investigation such as this,which is rife with conflicts of interest, begs for the appointment of an independent prosecutor who would be immune from the partisan gamesmanship we have seen so far."

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