NY Times profiles the members and former members of Congress currently under investigation
Today's New York Times has an article about the members (and former members) of Congres currently under federal investigation.
More than a dozen current and former lawmakers are under scrutiny in cases involving their work on Capitol Hill.
And that number may be less extraordinary than the number of separate corruption investigations into which they have been drawn. In earlier Congressional scandals, like those that resulted from the Abscam bribery sting in the 1980s and disclosure of financial abuses at the House post office in the 1990s, several members came under scrutiny together in a single investigation. Now, however, there are several seemingly unrelated criminal inquiries, from here in Washington, where federal prosecutors are continuing to pursue the Abramoff investigation, to Alaska, where two of the three members of that state’s Congressional delegation are being investigated over accusations that they accepted illegal gifts from an oil services company.
In addition, the Times provided this handy chart, which identifies all the members and their related scandals:
Congressmen the NY Times didn't mention are being investigated
The New York Times forgot to include Curt Weldon (lost in re-election last November in Pennsylvania) whose best friend and daughter formed a lobby firm with operations that were raided last October. Homes were raided (Weldon's daughter's and his best friend's), as were the offices of a Russian company that used Weldon's best friend and daughter, with operations in Jacksonville, FL. It was reported Weldon had the Russian connections and set-up his daughter and best friend in the lobby shop so that they could lobby Weldon on behalf of his Russian connections. All Weldon's legislation while in Congress favored those Russian connections. As I recall, Weldon speaks Russian fluently. Amongst many things, Weldon was a big wig on the Armed Services Committee.
The New York Times also forgot Charles Taylor in this list, who lost in re-election last November and is from North Carolina. Taylor is under investigation for his Russian connections and his Russian bank where his ownership is 80 %. Beginning in 2003, Putin began nationalizing all privately owned Russian banks, but Taylor's Russian bank was permitted to remain privately owned. He had to be doing some very nice things for Putin in his position as Vice-Chairman of the Appropriations Committee in that Putin made an exception for Taylor and let him hang onto his bank!
Others not mentioned in the New York Times list but were included in write-ups of the Cunningham and Abramoff probes as having been in the "thick of things" and likely to be charged similarly to others apart of the Abramoff and Cunningham probes are Representatives Doc Hastings and Duncan Hunter.
Finally, in the 76 pp document Sign on San Diego posted to the internet just over a week ago originating from the FBI and obtained from a Sign on San Diego FOIA request, footnote 74 lists the politicians who by winning in election in 2002 (Bob Dole's appearance on the list means he was using Elizabeth Dole's position to further his lobby interests) enhanced CIFA and Mitchell Wade's MZM's position. This footnote puts the following not mentioned by the NY Times and by me also apart of the Cunningham investigation and hence, under investigation: John Murtha, and Senators Robert Byrd, Larry Craig, Orin Hatch, Daniel Inouye, Trent Lott, Jaj Rockefeller and Richard Shelby.
The NY Times list is very incomplete! It mentions 13 current and former members of Congress. I've just mentioned 13 more members of Congress under investigation for corruption that the NY Times didn't mention!
Thanks to the NY Times
for this public service.
Of course this will need updating from time to time for the next few years.
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Corruption in Alabama being ignored by the FBI
I'm surprised that as many Alabamians are informed as they are. It has been very hard to get the truth in Alabama about anything that involves Democratic politicians. Even the local TV and radio media pretty much parrots what the three largest newspapers in Alabama print. These newspapers are the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times, the Mobile Press-Register which are owned by Communications giant Advance Publications, Inc.
Lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Michael Scanlon, Toby Roth, Rob Riley, etc. have represented big business clients (Mississippi Casinos, Chevron, Exxon, Mobil etc) who have funneled large amounts of money through money laundering organizations, such as the Business Council of Alabama, to campaign funds and to these larger newspapers to endorse GOP politicians in return for political favors.
It is not certain, at this time, whether the corruption is isolated to the three larger Alabama newspapers or to Advance Publications Inc.
My hat goes off to the smaller locally own Alabama newspapers that investigate and print the truth.