Suit filed in Illinois seeking disbarment of Barack Obama. Heh! Looks like Billy Shaheen is Hillary's "gift" to the Obama Campaign that just keeps on giving!

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Regular readers know that the name of Billy Shaheen (husband of former Gov. Jeanne) is no stranger to these pages. It’s pretty much a given that when something slimy is spawned from deep within the bowels of the New Hampshire Democratic Party (NHDP), Billy’s fingerprints are apt to be all over. As a conservative that mostly finds common cause with Republicans, I’ve always watched with great glee whenever the Democrats wind up at each others throats. That was indeed the case back during the heat of the (at the time) still contested Democrat primary when the Obama and Clinton camps were engaged in a pitched battle for supremacy– when Billy, on behalf of Hillary, made his move. As linked to in this prior ‘Grok posting, the Washington Post told the story, noting Shaheen

expressed his personal misgivings about whether Obama or Edwards would be electable if they became the party’s nominee.

Among his concerns about Obama as the nominee, he said in an interview here today, is that his background is so relatively unknown and that the Republicans would do their best to unearth negative aspects of it, or concoct mistruths about it. Shaheen, a lawyer and influential state power broker, mentioned as an example Obama’s use of cocaine and marijuana as a young man, which Obama has been open about in his memoir and on the trail.

"The Republicans are not going to give up without a fight … and one of the things they’re certainly going to jump on is his drug use," said Shaheen, the husband of former N.H. governor Jeanne Shaheen, who is planning to run for the Senate next year. Billy Shaheen contrasted Obama’s openness about his past drug use — which Obama mentioned again at a recent campaign appearance in New Hampshire — with the approach taken by George W. Bush in 1999 and 2000, when he ruled out questions about his behavior when he was "young and irresponsible."

Shaheen said Obama’s candor on the subject would "open the door" to further questions. "It’ll be, ‘When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone?’" Shaheen said. "There are so many openings for Republican dirty tricks. It’s hard to overcome."

Sometimes dirty tricks are hard to overcome. And, some end up having unintended (or maybe not?) consequences…

As reported by Jim Geraghty at NRO’s Campaign Spot:

Some anonymous figure has filed a complaint with the Illinois Bar Association, charging Obama with:

a) making a statement of material fact in connection with a bar application that the applicant knows to be false; b) committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s fitness to practice law; c) engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation; d) engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice; and e) engaging in conduct which brings the courts or the legal profession into disrepute.

The complaint charges Obama with not admitting his drug use on his application.

18. Have you ever, either as an adult or juvenile, been cited,
arrested, accused, formally or informally, or convicted of any
violation of any law other than moving traffic violations.

In response to question 18, it is understood the Respondent answered
"no." The Respondent did not disclose his multiple drug use occurring
through his time in high school and college.

But that’s not the best part. This is:

The following individuals have personal knowledge of, or access to
documentation of these facts:

William Shaheen, Esquire
Shaheen & Gordon, P.A.
P.O. Box 977
140 Washington Street, 2nd Floor
Dover, NH 03821-0977
(603) 749-1838 fax
(603) 749-5000 phone
wshaheen@shaheengordon.com

Geraghty writes:

Shaheen, of course, is the husband of the former governor of New Hampshire, a Hillary supporter who wondered aloud in front of reporters if Obama ever dealt drugs.

When you click over to the blog FACTS 1ST, seemingly set up as the vehicle to push this story and keep people up to date as to its progress, you can read the entire case and its filings. Will Billy Shaheen be called to the witness stand? Will Barack Obama have to go through disbarment proceedings while entering the home stretch of the campiagn? And what about Hillary? Recall she has only "suspended" her campaign.