Yet ANOTHER rat fink Republican incumbent under investigation

[CatWoman]

McClatchy: Curt Weldon Under Investigation
By Paul Kiel - October 13, 2006, 6:46 PM

The LA Times broke the story back in 2004 that Rep. Curt Weldon's (R-PA) daughter Karen, then in her late twenties, ran a lobbying firm that was raking in approximately $1 million a year - and by some strange coincidence, her three main clients all had developed a relationship with her father, Curt.

Now McClatchy breaks news that the FBI opened an investigation of the matter in recent months. Just out:

The Justice Department is investigating whether Republican Rep. Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania traded his political influence for lucrative lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter, according to sources with direct knowledge of the inquiry.

The FBI, which opened an investigation in recent months, has formally referred the matter to the department's Public Integrity Section for additional scrutiny. At issue are Weldon's efforts between 2002 and 2004 to aid two Russian companies and two Serbian brothers with ties to strongman Slobodan Milosevic, a federal law enforcement official said....

But McClatchy Newspapers' sources said the FBI only over the last few months obtained evidence suggesting that the congressman may have broken the law. One of the sources, a federal law enforcement official, said that Weldon had not yet been told about the inquiry.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001802.php

[Greeby]

1. The Weldon/Sestak debate is on CSPAN1 in over an hour

10pmEDT

[AlCzervik]

2. how the hell did i miss this one? Is this "able danger" Curt Weldon?

[Eric J in MN]

4. If you can't stand that guy...

...then consider donating to his Democratic opponent, Joe Sestak:
http://www.sestakforcongress.com

[AlCzervik]

6. i will and did Weldons biggest fan Lou dobbs ever mention this on his show

[Eric J in MN]

3. A similar question could be asked about other Congressmen...

...and Senators who have family who are lobbyists.

Does Senator Joe Lieberman's lobbyist wife get legislative favors which keep her employed?

[derby378]

5. "Slobodan Milosevic?" Say WHAAAAA?!?

Oh, this can't be good...

[texasleo]

8. oh, but it can.

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[Frustratedlady]

7. Is the timing of all these revelations surprising to anyone else?

Not complaining, mind you, but it just seems like it's a surprise per day. People coming out with books unfavorable to the administration, opinions coming forth on various TV news specials, shedding light on decisions made behind the "curtain" we've heard so much about. Very interesting. Seems like everyone is ganging up on U NO Who and the cabal.

[Swede]

9. The chickens are coming home to roost.

[Raster]

10. 'bout time. Don't ya think?

[aquart]

11. Did you ever hodgepodge pile some things high until they fell?

The pile of crimes is beginning to fall. It was NEVER stable.

[Oilwellian]

12. Interesting that it's Weldon

It could be an attempt to shut down the Able Danger investigation.

[BattyDem]

13. There is not one honest person in the whole damn party!

Every one of them is either a liar, a thief, a cheat or a pervert ... or a combination of all those things! :crazy:

[Swamp Rat]

14. We rats have NOTHING to do with finks!

:D

[CatWoman]

15. LOL

Present company excepted, of course :)

[greiner3]

16. I've lost track;

Of all the repugs that are and have been openly investigated by the FBI and the DOJ. My fear is that there has to be a number of cases that bushco has gotten to the investigators and swept the procedes under the rug. What if that number is hugely larger than the ones we hear about?