If you're sick of Republican sleaze, I've got bad news for you - it
doesn't look like it's going to stop any time soon.
On the other hand, if you think that watching Republicans drown in
their own corruption is the best thing since sliced bread, I've got
good news for you - it doesn't look like it's going to stop any time
soon!
Pennsylvania's Centre Daily-Times reported last week that the Justice
Department has launched an investigation into Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
because of "efforts between 2002 and 2004 to aid two Russian companies
and two Serbian brothers with ties to strongman Slobodan Milosevic."
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/nation/15754123.htm
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/15772927.htm
FBI agents investigating U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) conducted six
raids this morning - including at the homes of his daughter and a
longtime friend.
(snip)
The Inquirer reported in 2004 that Weldon had lobbied federal
officials on behalf of Itera, the huge and controversial Russian
natural gas company.
Weldon also complained to Karl Rove, President Bush's top political
adviser, about Itera's treatment by the U.S. Trade and Development
Agency.
Itera paid $500,000 to Karen Weldon and Sexton's firm.
The contract was signed Sept. 30, 2002, six days after the congressman
helped arrange a dinner at the Library of Congress to honor Itera and
Igor Makarov, the firm's chief executive officer.
It's no wonder Weldon looks so miserable.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/06/265_weldon.jpg
Mind you, if your office was in the basement with a bare bulb as the
only light source, I bet you'd be miserable too.
By EarlG
Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
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