Marcos Truth: New York Anti Racketeering Case "Silly"

Marcos Truth: An excerpt from Jerry Markham's book, Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to Reform:

Bess Myerson, the former Miss America, socialite and New York’s cultural affairs commissioner, was arrested for shoplifting and accused by then U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani of bribing a judge by giving the judge’s daughter a job with the city. Myerson was acquitted of the bribery charge after a two month trial, but still received much criticism for the telephone harassment of a former boyfriend and for engaging in various dubious financial schemes. Another overbearing woman who would be demonized and then stood in the dock was Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines. She became infamous for the thousands of pairs of shoes in her closet, leading the press to characterize her as a “world-class shopper.” After her husband’s death , Giuliani’s office charged her with fraud and racketeering for having helped her husband loot the Philippine treasury of over $220 million. She was tried with Adnan Khashoggi, a wealthy Saudi Arabian businessman who had been embroiled in the questionable payments scandals involving Lockheed in the 1970s. Khashoggi was charged with helping the Marcoses conceal their ownership of four buildings in New York. The government tried to convict Imelda Marcos on the basis of her extravagant lifestyle, but the jury acquitted her and Khashoggi of all charges, one juror even calling the government’s case “silly.”

Jerry W. Markham, A Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to Reform Pg 392-393.

http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=Z7qTGiF8FCgC&pg=RA2-PA392&lpg=RA2-PA392&dq=giuliani+marcos+acquitted&source=bl&ots=lCbbvli1Bi&sig=g14fB_T-stMgbxXRSRZxaRDuk6s&hl=tl&ei=MSy7SvLrCJr27APDyO2MCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=giuliani%20marcos%20acquitted&f=false

This is a Marcos Truth. The Marcoses were acquitted of this case and still they're labeled as thieves. If there was a murder there would be a body but the Cory Administration clearly had no evidence to show. The Arroyos on the other hand, have their SALN to show and it will be used against them. Silly.