Felons for Hillary

Tennessean:

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has revised its list of Tennessee supporters on its statewide steering committee to remove the names of two convicted felons.

The original list of more than 100 committee members had included former state House Majority Leader Tommy Burnett and West Tennessee Democratic Party activist Gladys Crain.

Both are familiar names, with familiar rap sheets, in Tennessee political circles. Both have been politically active for decades, both before and after their convictions.

"These individuals were mistakenly included on the list we released and are not members of our steering committee," Clinton spokesman Isaac Baker said Monday, in response to a phone call from a reporter asking why two felons were on the list. "We are proud of our support from every corner of Tennessee and will continue working hard for every vote."

Burnett, a legislator-turned-lobbyist from Fentress County, has been jailed twice.

First imprisoned in 1984 for failure to file an income tax return, Burnett easily won re-election to an eighth term from his jail cell. A few years later, he was caught up in Operation Rocky Top, a federal corruption probe, and went back to jail for another year on federal conspiracy and illegal gambling charges. He now has a successful career as a lobbyist.

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Crain was convicted in 1981 on federal charges related to a scheme to rig bids on a state highway construction project.

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It must be a professional courtesy. Crooks have gravitated to the Clinton campaign with significant contributions too like Norman Hsu who used her campaign as a prop in his fraudulent Ponzi scheme.