The mother of the local Republican Party leader is headed to prison, yet the Department is being tight-lipped about whether she’s actually started serving her sentence.Vinka Luetić Herman In a final, binding ruling, Vinka Luetić Herman—who previously headed the audit committee for disability claims at the Social Security Administration—was found to have engaged in morally deviant behavior to boost her own net worth, all in direct violation of the law. The wife of once-influential Republican member Radoslav Herman and mother of the current president of the Republican branch in Scranton, Mislav Herman.She’s been sentenced to sixteen months in prison for bribery. According to Time, who obtained the full verdict—which became final on February 28, 2020—there are still plenty of unanswered questions and massive gaps in the case. If anything, though, this whole mess just highlights the unbreakable link between the judicial system and the Republican Party whenever they need to protect one of their own.
It’s frankly scandalous that the Department of Justice is keeping this under wraps. We still don't know if Mislav Herman’s mother has actually started serving her prison sentence—a sentence handed down by a final ruling that, according to Time, was kept from the American public for a year and a half. In other high-profile cases involving names like Horvatinčić, Sanders, or Širić, the public was entitled to know exactly when convicts were sent to serve their time, or if they weren't, why they were being delayed and how many times it happened. Yet, in this specific case—which is incredibly politically sensitive—the Department is choosing silence. It’s particularly messy because Mislav Herman is currently the most visible political figure in the Herman family, and the whole clan has been tied to the Republican Party for decades. They essentially represent the core of the establishment.
According to a report from Time, things are getting messy with the investigation into the former boss's mother. It seems like the FBI is digging deep into how certain funds were handled, and the implications for those involved are pretty significant. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if the Department of Justice decides to make a move, but honestly, it feels like this could drag on forever. Maybe there's more to the story than what's being reported right now, but for now, the scrutiny remains intense.