Congressman defiant as FBI investigates (Doolittle)

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

Congressman defiant as FBI investigates By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer
Fri Apr 20, 8:46 PM ET



WASHINGTON - A day after stepping down from a House committee amid news that his home was searched by the FBI, Rep. John Doolittle (news, bio, voting record) on Friday proclaimed his innocence and vowed to stay in Congress and seek re-election.

The California Republican, a nine-term incumbent under scrutiny in the Jack Abramoff congressional corruption scandal, also said he will seek the House Ethics Committee's permission to establish a legal fund to raise money for his defense. Doolittle agreed Thursday to resign his coveted spot on the House Appropriations Committee temporarily.

"I have no intention of resigning from Congress and I have every intention of running for re-election again," Doolittle told reporters from his district in a conference call.

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Doolittle said he believes the April 13 FBI raid on his house in Oakton, Va., was unnecessary. Agents confiscated materials related to a fundraising business run by his wife, Julie, called Sierra Dominion Financial Solutions Inc.

Sierra Dominion has worked for Abramoff's former lobbying firm, Doolittle's campaigns and a nonprofit group called the Korea-U.S. Exchange Council created by a former aide to former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Doolittle's aides declined to name other clients.



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[truthisfreedom]

1. Another defiant thug. Some of them actually believe bushco's mafia techniques will continue to

protect them as the house of cards collapses.

[intaglio]

2. He's repug - so if his wife is guilty of anything, he will ...

divorce her

[BR_Parkway]

3. Family values in action

[ShockediSay]

4. It's the LOBBYISTS that have totally corrupted this so-called democracy nt

[Roy]

5. I'm not so aure about that.....

It would seem to me that lobbyist can cause little harm without the cooperation and complicity of politicians.