Here comes the FBI
This pretty much tells the 2nd half of the story when it comes to Marc Dann, this makes you wonder what he owed to whom.
As a candidate for attorney general in 2006, Dann had accompanied two leaders in the state’s then-legal gambling industry on fundraising visits to gambling parlors.
At the time, Republican Attorney General Jim Petro was cracking down on Tic Tac Fruit and similar games, which were allowed under a loophole in the state’s gambling law. Game operators said Dann assured them that he would ease off from Petro’s more-aggressive stance if elected.
FBI may check out Dann
The FBI has been asked to investigate Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, reportedly by a task force that is part of Dann’s office.
Sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity told The Dispatch that the investigation’s focus is Dann’s dealings with gambling interests, not the ongoing sexual-harassment scandal in his office that has cost four people their jobs and triggered calls by Gov. Ted Strickland and other Democratic leaders for Dann’s resignation or impeachment.
Michael Brooks, an FBI special agent who serves as spokesman, said, “We can neither confirm nor deny any investigation into the attorney general’s office.”
Dann spokesman Ted Hart initially said yesterday that he was unaware of an FBI probe. Hart, however, then talked to Dann, who told him that he knew the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission had initiated a gambling investigation.
Dann, who is chairman of the commission, “recused himself from that investigation from the beginning,” Hart said.
The commission’s six other members are appointed by the governor. The group works closely with law-enforcement organizations to investigate specific criminal issues, including violent crime, burglary and, more recently, foreclosure scams.
Jeff Rossi, the panel’s executive director, said he was unaware of a formal request to the FBI for an investigation. But he said one could have been generated by the commission or any member.
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