Keith Olbermann Blasts SM-Based Goldline

Cable-TV host Keith Olbermann blasted Goldline International on Wednesday night, after the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that it had filed against the Santa Monica-based company.

Olbermann also ripped former Fox News host Glenn Beck, a Goldline endorser.

"The people he shilled for, the ones we told you were corrupt and selling poor people, terrified by Beck, gold trinkets that had no investment value, those people, Beck's friends at Goldline, they've had 19 criminal charges filed on them by the district attorney in their home base of Santa Monica, California," Olbermann said on his Current TV show, Countdown With Keith Olbermann.

"The city attorney called Goldline a 'bait-and-switch' operation that sold highly overpriced coins via false and misleading claims," he continued. "And who is the pitchman who made the false and misleading Goldline claims? Among others, Goldline mascot Glenn Beck."

Goldline.com, the company's Web site, features Beck in its "Testimonials" section, highlighting his recommendation of the company. Others featured include conservative media personalities such as Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin and Monica Crowley. Alan Colmes, a liberal commentator on Fox News, is also featured.

Goldline is one of the biggest gold-coin dealers in the U.S. All 19 charges it faces—including grand theft by conspiracy, false advertising and false pretenses—are misdemeanors.