Aide to Tony Cardenas, congressman from L.A., is subpoenaed by grand jury

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Source: LA Times

A top aide to Democratic U.S. Rep. Tony Cardenas of Los Angeles was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in Los Angeles, she reported to the House.

Gabriela Marquez, district director for Cardenas, reported the subpoena last week as required by House rules. Her letter was read aloud on the House floor Thursday.

The FBI asked Marquez weeks ago during an interview in her home whether Cardenas’ congressional employees were performing campaign work on government time, according to unnamed sources cited in Roll Call, which first reported the subpoena Tuesday. If his staffers were doing campaign tasks during congressional work hours, that would violate the law and House rules.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-tony-cardenas-aide-subpoenaed-20150421-story.html

[yeoman6987]

1. Uh oh.

The government time thing always was strange to me. Most are salaried workers so it's not like they are paid more. I know they are supposed to be working in their position but getting the boss elected is important too. I guess we'll see how this turns out.