There the officer stands, big boots and crackling radio horridly out of place in a homely kitchen, as family members exchange accusations.
The disclosure of the Bachus inquiry was not welcome news to House Republicans, who are loath to have any of their members facing accusations of improper financial dealings in an election year when the party is seeking to blunt attacks that it favors the wealthy and corporations.
Case in point: Ken Livingstone, who went on the BBC's Daily Politics show to defend his party members from accusations that they're anti-Semites, and in the process got himself suspended from the party.
Prosecutors believe that Bikhit was a crew member, an accusation denied by Bikhit as he faces possible charges of being an accomplice to clandestine immigration.
As a result, the group can offer only free performances, since charging admission would leave members open to accusations of committing "economic crimes," she said.
Protesting opposition members also repeated accusations of fraud in presidential and parliamentary elections held this year, and they called for early elections to be held in the spring.
Elsewhere, Lambeth's eviction from council properties of long-term, short-life housing co-op members has brought accusations of "social cleansing".
Mr. Fleischer also stays on message when it comes to griping about the media, echoing other administration members' frequently repeated accusations that the press is guilty of negativity, liberal bias and an obsession with conflict.
But the State Senate struck down a provision that would have required clergy members to report accusations, because some Catholic lawmakers said it would have obligated priests to violate the secrecy of the confessional.
