Inquiry into GOP legislators ramps up

[maddezmom]

Inquiry into GOP legislators ramps up
FBI PRESSES MORE ABRAMOFF TARGETS
By Greg Gordon
MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON --In a burst of activity over the last eight days, FBI agents and federal prosecutors have won a guilty plea from a former congressional aide, implicated two more House of Representatives members and put the scandal surrounding onetime super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff's influence-peddling back into the headlines.

The pace of the inquiry, which now has bagged a veteran congressman, a deputy Cabinet secretary, a White House aide and eight others, appears to be accelerating.

And it portends to be a major new headache for the Bush administration and congressional Republicans still reeling from a furor over the Justice Department's firing of eight U.S. attorneys and from last fall's election, which put Democrats back in command on Capitol Hill.

The newest figure to face serious FBI scrutiny is Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla., who said bureau agents have asked for details of a 2003 golf trip to Scotland that he took with Abramoff -- a trip that the House ethics committee recently found violated House rules.

more:http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/52281.html

[AndyA]

1. They're beginning to scurry.

The light has been turned on, and the Democratic Exterminator has arrived with the roach spray. The little bugs are running for their lives now, but a few of them have been caught.

More and more, this will be the headline, as more GOPers get caught with their hand in the cookie jar, their pants around their ankles, and the lipstick on their collars.

It's a great day in America.

[maddezmom]

2. it's hard work keeping up with all the scandals

:evilgrin: