Watchdog Asks Senate To Investigate Vitter

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Source: ABC News

CREW Says Vitter Paid For Troubled Aide's Trips Home For Court Dates


A watchdog group has asked Congress to investigate whether Sen. David Vitter, R.-Louisiana, violated senate rules by using government funds to pay for a troubled aide to travel to Louisiana for court appearances and to perform court-ordered community service.

In a complaint lodged with the Senate Ethics Committee Tuesday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) also asked the committee to investigate whether Vitter broke rules by paying aide Brent Furer's salary while Furer was on leave pending prosecution for an alleged knife-point attack on his ex-girlfriend.

"American taxpayers have a right to expect that their hard-earned dollars are spent on the people's business and not assisting a staff member facing criminal charges for drunk driving and domestic violence," said CREW executive director Melanie Sloan in the complaint. "Senator Vitter's continued protection of Mr. Furer  a clearly troubled and dangerous person  does not reflect creditably upon the Senate and merits the Committee's inquiry."

ABC News revealed in June that Furer had had repeated brushes with the law dating back to the 1990s, that he had an open warrant for his arrest in Baton Rouge on a drunk driving charge, and had been arrested for attacking his ex-girlfriend with a knife.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/watchdog-asks-senate-investigate-sen-david-vitter/story?id=11693726

[Mimosa]

1. If LA puts Vitter back in Senate, they're CRAZY. n/t

[Laf.La.Dem.]

3. Please - Not 100% crazy

Sad to say - he will win but not with 100% of the vote. So I assume you can say Louisiana is 60% crazy.:freak:

[catgirl]

2. K & R

[rhett o rick]

4. The Senate "good-ole boy" club wont investigate one of their own. nm

[bulloney]

5. Investigate! And change his diaper while you're at it.

[sofa king]

7. Yeah, how come we're not investigating that?

I want pictures, dammit!

[COLGATE4]

6. Diaper Dave is golden. Remember what Huey Long said:

You can get reelected (in LA) so long as you don't get caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.

[Mimosa]

8. I remember 'Vote for the Crook: it's important'

I remember when we in LA (I'm now in ATL) had a choice between the crook (Edwin Edwards, now in Fed prison) and the KKK/Nazi leader David Duke. OMG, that was about as bad as it could get. The crook won.