Demo-crook wrist slap of the day

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 18, 2009 07:45 PM

Regular readers will remember Mauricio Celis.

Guest-blogger See-Dubya was on the Friend of Hillary’s trail in January 2008, tracked his Mexican money laundering ties and bizarro police impersonation antics, and reported on his indictment.

Today, he was re-sentenced to 10 years’ probation for impersonating a lawyer. It’s the Demo-crook wrist slap of the day:

A judge threw out the jail sentence for a prominent Texas Democratic Party donor and fundraiser convicted of posing as a lawyer, resentencing him Monday to 10 years probation.

Mauricio Celis, known for his fundraising for such high-profile Democrats as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, raked in millions of dollars in attorneys’ fees as founder of CGT Law Group International, which actually provided services to law firms such as translators and transportation…

…Prosecution witnesses painted Celis as a hot-tempered playboy with a penchant for topless clubs who flashed an expired reserve deputy badge when confronted by police.

Celis also told CGT clients that he was an attorney in good standing and licensed in Mexico, but none of that was true.

Meanwhile, he used his firm’s jet and his connections to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Democratic funds, including $100,000 from one event for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and $119,500 to state candidates as well as the maximum $2,300 to Clinton when she ran against President Barack Obama in the Democratic primary in Texas.

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  1. #702922
    On May 18th, 2009 at 7:51 pm, thefoundingfathers said:

    When a nation of laws changes to become a nation of men, a republic is soon to become an oligarchy.

  2. #702925
    On May 18th, 2009 at 7:58 pm, Jeddite said:

    Just wondering, what would a typical sentence for posing as a lawyer be for us plebians?

  3. #702929
    On May 18th, 2009 at 8:03 pm, Jeff said:

    So, he supported Hillary and still, got off ?
    Velly Interresting…

  4. #702930
    On May 18th, 2009 at 8:05 pm, Jeff said:

    Just wondering, what would a typical sentence for posing as a lawyer be for us plebians?

    A democratic fund-raiser ?
    How about, a public beat-down ?
    The lawyers ALWAYS support dem’s and get a huge advantage in lawsuits.

  5. #702939
    On May 18th, 2009 at 8:33 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Why would anyone want to impersonate a lower life form, except at parties?

  6. #702941
    On May 18th, 2009 at 8:42 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Today, he was re-sentenced to 10 years’ probation for impersonating a lawyer

    This is more a mental health issue.

  7. #702946
    On May 18th, 2009 at 9:04 pm, Jeff said:

    as founder of CGT Law Group International, which actually provided services to law firms such as translators and transportation…

    From South of the border ?

  8. #702950
    On May 18th, 2009 at 9:19 pm, see-dubya said:

    Ah, memories. I had wondered what happened to him.

    I also wonder what happened on the “impersonating a police officer” charges?

    To refresh everyone’s memory in case you didn’t click:

    In that September incident, Celis allegedly attempted to “take into custody” a nude woman at 4 a.m. outside a Corpus Christi convenience store while dressed only in a bathrobe and waving a sheriff’s badge from nearby Duval County.

    Celis, whose peace officer license as a reserve deputy for that county had expired in 2003, now is charged with impersonating a police officer and attempting to interfere with an investigation.

  9. #702952
    On May 18th, 2009 at 9:24 pm, see-dubya said:

    P.S. Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown.

  10. #702953
    On May 18th, 2009 at 9:25 pm, chapoutier said:

    Today, he was re-sentenced to 10 years’ probation for impersonating a lawyer.

    Huh. Weird. I get a pay check every week for doing the same thing.

  11. #702955
    On May 18th, 2009 at 9:42 pm, txvet2 said:

    On May 18th, 2009 at 9:25 pm, chapoutier said:

    Gee, I was just thinking the same thing.

  12. #702957
    On May 18th, 2009 at 9:50 pm, flmom said:

    Today, he was re-sentenced to 10 years’ probation for impersonating a lawyer.

    Add a fine and you’ve got the makings of a great way to cut the deficit.

  13. #702960
    On May 18th, 2009 at 10:10 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    If this was a Republican, the MSM would be hyperventilating about it on Page 1 on every major newspaper in the country.

    Make that the World.

  14. #702968
    On May 18th, 2009 at 11:03 pm, ErinF said:

    This hope/change bullshiite just keeps getting better and better.

  15. #702971
    On May 18th, 2009 at 11:09 pm, Cathy B said:

    We are the world…we are the children…blah, blah, blah blah blah, blah blah, so let’s start livin’

    that song sucked then, it sucks now!

  16. #702981
    On May 18th, 2009 at 11:28 pm, chapoutier said:

    Prosecution witnesses painted Celis as a hot-tempered playboy with a penchant for topless clubs

    It’s like this guy is my doppleganger.

  17. #703105
    On May 19th, 2009 at 8:26 am, tre said:

    Where’s Judge Isaac “The Hanging Judge” Parker and Judge Roy “The Law West of the Pecos” Bean when we need them.

  18. #703207
    On May 19th, 2009 at 10:40 am, right4life said:

    wonder if he got the money from the gulf coast or sinaloa cartel…kinda like stanford…

  19. #703212
    On May 19th, 2009 at 10:43 am, Old Tanker said:

    I know how we can burn him…..he flying around in a corporate jet…..in left world that should get him strung up!

  20. #703214
    On May 19th, 2009 at 10:43 am, Old Tanker said:

    he was flying….PIMF

  21. #703267
    On May 19th, 2009 at 11:13 am, cheapseat said:

    good chap, very good. it pays to have low friends in high places.

  22. #703798
    On May 19th, 2009 at 7:58 pm, Papa Louie said:

    Old Tanker said:

    I know how we can burn him…..he flying around in a corporate jet…..in left world that should get him strung up!

    Nah, that won’t work. You can’t fly in a corporate jet; but they can.

    Exhibit A: Al Gore.
    Exhibit B: Nancy Pelosi
    Exhibit C: Barack Obama
    (The President flies across the country just to give a speech or sign a bill, and, on the rare occasions when he’s not flying somewhere, someone else is using his plane for a photo shoot.)

    If the Left doesn’t complain about any of their own politicians flying jets all over the world, why would they complain about one of their biggest donors and fundraisers flying jets?

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