Post by RPankn on Mar 13, 2006 18:04:37 GMT -5
Posted: Monday, 13 March 2006 8:30AM
Nine Members of Congress, Staffers Probed in Abramoff Investigation
Steve Marshall Reporting
KNX 1070 NEWRADIO
WASHINGTON, DC (KNX) -- The Justice Department has examined the financial records of at least nine members of Congress, including six Republicans and three Democrats, as well as those of least seven former staffers, many of whom have been identified publicly as having had links to indicted former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The revelation comes in today's issue of the Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call.
The audit began last summer, running from June through October, the newspaper said. Justice Department aides examined the records of Senator Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and Representatives Tom DeLay (R-Texas), John Doolittle (R-Calif.) and Bob Ney (R-Ohio), as well as ex-staffers for three of those lawmakers, according to House and Senate records.
Justice officials declined to comment, but many of the financial searches appear to be connected to the continuing two-year probe of Abramoff’s dealings with Congress and the Bush administration. In addition, the agency checked out the financial records of several lawmakers who have had no public connection to the investigation: Representatives Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and John Sweeney (R-N.Y.), as well as Del Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa).
Aides to most of those lawmakers named denied that their bosses had any connection to the Abramoff investigation, suggesting that Justice must have been pulling their records for other, unrelated reasons.
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Nine Members of Congress, Staffers Probed in Abramoff Investigation
Steve Marshall Reporting
KNX 1070 NEWRADIO
WASHINGTON, DC (KNX) -- The Justice Department has examined the financial records of at least nine members of Congress, including six Republicans and three Democrats, as well as those of least seven former staffers, many of whom have been identified publicly as having had links to indicted former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The revelation comes in today's issue of the Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call.
The audit began last summer, running from June through October, the newspaper said. Justice Department aides examined the records of Senator Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and Representatives Tom DeLay (R-Texas), John Doolittle (R-Calif.) and Bob Ney (R-Ohio), as well as ex-staffers for three of those lawmakers, according to House and Senate records.
Justice officials declined to comment, but many of the financial searches appear to be connected to the continuing two-year probe of Abramoff’s dealings with Congress and the Bush administration. In addition, the agency checked out the financial records of several lawmakers who have had no public connection to the investigation: Representatives Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and John Sweeney (R-N.Y.), as well as Del Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa).
Aides to most of those lawmakers named denied that their bosses had any connection to the Abramoff investigation, suggesting that Justice must have been pulling their records for other, unrelated reasons.
www.knx1070.com/pages/14527.php