Court releases investigative report on Barkus, Rehberg (R-Mont.) boat crash
Source: Missoulian
KALISPELL – An investigative report into the high-profile 2009 boat crash involving former state Sen. Greg Barkus and U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg was unsealed Wednesday, but the document reveals scant new details.
It seems unlikely the file’s release, less than a week before the Nov. 6 election, will have much bearing on a tight U.S. Senate race between Rehberg, R-Mont., and Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Tester.
... Tester’s campaign manager, Preston Elliott, said the report was “heavily redacted” and raises questions about the veracity of Rehberg’s statements, made to reporters in a conference call after the crash, that he saw “no signs of impairment” in Barkus.
“This report raises more questions about Congressman Rehberg’s gross failure of accountability and his dishonesty with Montanans about what truly happened that night,” according to Elliott. “Congressman Rehberg wants us to believe there were ’no signs of impairment,’ but these records indicate a much different story about a night of heavy drinking. More importantly, Congressman Rehberg made a decision to put his two young staffers on a boat with a driver who was obviously and severely drunk – a decision that changed lives forever. That kind of personal irresponsibility has no place in Congress.“
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