Serious charges against Congressman Miller from former staffers were reported in today's LA Times.  Miller tried to place a City Councilor on the National Park System Advisory Board.  The City Councilor, who had no experience dealing with National Parks, was a deciding vote on whether to purchase a large tract of land owned by Congressman Miller:

The move was one of many that Miller has made over the years in which he brought his congressional muscle to bear on personal business matters, according to the former staff members and the correspondence from Miller's congressional office — handwritten notes, letters on Miller's congressional letterhead and e-mails.

All four former staff members requested anonymity to protect their current jobs in politics.

"There was never a clear line in the office between what was congressional business and what was just business," one former aide said. "The expectation was that you would do both."

A real estate developer and one of the wealthiest members of Congress, Miller, 58, routinely asked his staff to handle personal errands, such as helping his children with schoolwork, searching for rock concert tickets and sending flowers to family members and friends, according to documents reviewed by The Times.

Federal law prohibits members of Congress from using their staff for anything other than official work.

Miller is no stranger to CREW.  He was named one of the 20 most corrupt members of Congress earlier this year in our report, Beyond DeLay.