Two More Republicans Under Investigation
Update: 10/16/06 - FBI Agents Raid Home of Rep. Curt Weldon's Daughter The Repubs continue to self destruct (yeeee-hawwww!) with two new revelations. One of corruption and one of possible perversion. Retiring Rep. Kolbe (Openly Gay Republican-AZ) is under investigation of a camping trip he took with two minor-aged Pages. And Rep. Weldon(R-PA) is under investigation for influence peddling in connection to lobbying and consulting contracts secured by his daughter.
Feds Probe Trip That Kolbe Made With Pages Federal prosecutors in Arizona have opened a preliminary investigation of a camping trip Congressman Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., took 10 years ago that included two teenage congressional pages, a DoJ spokesman told NBC News... A spokesman for the Justice Department in DC said that the US attorney in Arizona has started a "preliminary assessment" of the trip, after an unidentified source made allegations about the congressman's behavior on the expedition.
More on Weldon below the fold...
Weldon Faces Probe on Daughter's Deals The FBI is investigating whether Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., used his influence to secure lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter, two people familiar with the inquiry said Saturday. The inquiry focuses on lobbying contracts worth $1 million that Weldon's daughter, Karen Weldon, obtained from foreign clients and whether they were assisted by the congressman... They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the confidentiality of the criminal investigation. Weldon, a 10-term Republican from the Philadelphia suburbs, long has denied any wrongdoing, and his top aide said Saturday no one had notified him of an investigation...
Update: 10/16/06
FBI Agents Raid Homes of Rep. Curt Weldon's Daughter, Close Friend Federal agents raided the home of the daughter of US Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) and his longtime friend Charlie Sexton this morning. The agents departed Karen Weldon's three-story brick home on Queen Street in Philadelphia with arms loaded with boxes. A government car pulled into the alley to the back door of the house and loaded boxes into it. Three agents standing in an alley declined to identify themselves. "I can confirm that we conducted a number of searches regarding an ongoing investigation," said FBI agent Jerri Williams, a spokeswoman in Philadelphia. "Details regarding those investigation cannot be provided because the accompanying affidavit is sealed."....
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another one i wish would be investigated
I live in Lakeside, California, near San Diego and for you guys who know the area, El Cajon. Our Rep. Duncan Hunter, is just the worst kind of species that has ever graced the East County. Would love to see him voted out or just put in jail...Recently our local paper, the Union Tribune, has done some research on some questionable property that Hunter has; I hope, beyond all else, that it is further investigated it smells fishy anyway.
As for you curious outsiders, we are facing an uphill battle for the governors seat. I fear that Arnold is going to be re-elected. And I am not saying that I support him, I am going to vote for Angelides, but a lot of people out here our looking at the politics of identity and they see Angelides as extremely weak.
Fjramirez, Angelides has a weak campaign.
That is what is hurting us the most, right now.
Ahnuld has sold many Califonians on the " Angelides will tax you to death"
battlecry that is the Repubs. theme song." Tax and Spend Dems!".
We need to get the word out that Phil will cut taxes for middle
and lower income families.
I hope Hunter is investigated, and soon.
We need to get these predators out of office, ASAP.