Former Bush Aide Pleads Guilty to Theft
From Times Wire Reports
A former White House advisor pleaded guilty to theft, briefly breaking into tears as he tried to explain to a judge why he made thousands of dollars’ worth of phony returns at discount department stores while working as a top aide to President Bush.
“Something did go very wrong,” Claude A. Allen said.
Allen, 45, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville to one misdemeanor count of theft. He was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
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