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Under Investigation

CREW has compiled a list of Congress members likely under investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House ethics committee), the Senate Select Committee on Ethics (Senate ethics committee) or the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). Due to the secrecy surrounding these investigative bodies, the list is compiled from press reports. Most recently, on October 30, 2009, The Washington Post revealed a leaked House ethics committee memo [0] documenting the investigative activities surrounding House members by the House ethics committee and/or the OCE. The OCE was created in 2008 to review allegations of misconduct against members of the House and refers matters to the House ethics committee for further action. As a result, it is not always clear which body is investigating the Member.

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Footnotes:

  1. Ben Goad and Sandra Stokely, FBI Poking Around in Jurupa Land Deal, Press-Enterprise, October 16, 2009.
  2. Id.
  3. Id.
  4. Id.
  5. Goad and Stokely, Press-Enterprise, Oct. 16, 2009.
  6. Id.
  7. Aaron Gould Sheinin, Congressional Ethics Committees Inquire About Deal’s Business, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 14, 2009.
  8. Id.
  9. Id.
  10. Aaron Gould Sheinin and James Salzer, Agreement with State Benefits Deal’s Firm, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 22, 2009.
  11. Id.
  12. Id.
  13. Id.
  14. Sheinin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec. 14, 2009.
  15. Id.
  16. Carol D. Leonnig, 7 On Defense Panel Scrutinized, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  17. Id.
  18. Jennifer Yachnin, Ethics Office Closes Inquiry Into Murtha, Dicks and Moran, Roll Call, December 18, 2009.
  19. Jeff Coen and John Chase, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.: Feds Step Up Inquiry, Chicago Tribune, April 9, 2009; Ben Pershing, Ethics Committee Looking at Jackson’s Pursuit of Senate Seat, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  20. Pershing, Washington Post, Oct. 30, 2009.
  21. Natasha Korecki, Ethics Board Launches Probe into Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr, Chicago Sun-Times, April 7, 2009.
  22. Coen and Chase, Chicago Tribune, Apr. 9, 2009.
  23. Id.
  24. Susan Saulny and Christopher Drew, Investigators Take a Closer Look at Rep. Jackson in Blagojevich Case, New York Times, April 13, 2009; Pershing, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  25. Carol D. Leonnig, 7 On Defense Panel Scrutinized, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  26. Id.
  27. Id.
  28. Jerry Kramer and Dean Calbreath, Lewis Subject of Earmarks Investigation, Copley News Service, May 12, 2006.
  29. Id.
  30. William Heisel, FBI probing Rep. Miller’s Land Sales, Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2007; Perry Bacon Jr. and Paul Kane, Miller’s Real Estate Profits Reviewed By Committee, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  31. Heisel, Los Angeles Times, Jan. 31, 2007.
  32. Bacon Jr. and Kane, Washington Post, Oct. 30, 3009.
  33. Id.
  34. Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane, Dozens in Congress Under Ethics Inquiry, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  35. Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, West Virginia Democrat is Scrutinized, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  36. Id.
  37. Paul Kane, Justice Dept. Ends Probe of Rep. Mollohan, Washington Post, January 26, 2010.
  38. Jennifer Yachnin, DOJ Ends Probe of Rep. Mollohan; Is Ethics Next?, Roll Call, January 27, 2010.
  39. Id.
  40. Carol D. Leonnig, 7 On Defense Panel Scrutinized, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  41. Id.
  42. Id.
  43. Andy Sheenan, FBI Probes Claims Against Congressman Murphy, KDKA, December 14, 2006.
  44. Shira Toeplitz, Pennsylvania: Murphy Spends $27K on Undisclosed Legal Fees, Roll Call, January 30, 2009.
  45. Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane, Dozens in Congress Under Ethics Inquiry, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  46. David Kocieniewski, For Rangel, Four Rent Stabilized Apartments, New York Times, July 11, 2008.
  47. Christopher Lee, Rangel Acknowledges Seeking Gifts, Washington Post, July 24, 2008.
  48. Isabel Vincent and Susan Edelman, Tricky Charlie’s Carib Hideaway, New York Post, August 31, 2008.
  49. David Kocieniewski, The Congressman, the Donor and the Tax Break, New York Times, November 24, 2008.
  50. Susan Crabtree, House Ethics Committee Announces Expanded Investigation into Rep. Rangel, The Hill, October 8, 2009.
  51. John Bresnahan, Rangel Spends Big on Legal Fees, Politico, April 15, 2009.
  52. John Bresnahan, Pelosi: Rangel Ethics Investigation Will Be Done By Early January, Politico, November 26, 2008.
  53. Democrats Reject Move to Strip Rangel of Chairmanship, Associated Press, February 10, 2009.
  54. Crabtree, The Hill, Oct. 8, 2009.
  55. Jennifer Yachnin, Ethics Committee Opens Investigation Into Waters, Richardson, Roll Call, October 29, 2009.
  56. Id.
  57. Jeff Gottlieb, Rep. Richardson’s Sacramento Home is Focus of House Ethics Probe, Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2009.
  58. John Bresnahan and Jonathan Allen, Richardson Case Sent to Ethics Panel, Politico, October 28, 2009.
  59. U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. 111th Congress. Statement of the Chair and Ranking Republican Member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct regarding Representative Fortney “Pete” Stark, December 24, 2009.
  60. Id.
  61. Id.
  62. Carol D. Leonnig, 7 On Defense Panel Scrutinized, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  63. Id.
  64. Id.
  65. Carol D. Leonnig, 7 On Defense Panel Scrutinized, Washington Post, October 30, 2009; David D. Kirkpatrick and Charlie Savage, Lawmaker Said to Surface in Lobbying Inquiry, New York Times, April 3, 2009.
  66. Kirkpatrick and Savage, New York Times, Apr. 3, 2009.
  67. Paul singer, Visclosky Seeks to Use Campaign Funds for Legal Defense, Roll Call, April 20, 2009.
  68. Lindsay Renick Mayer, PMA Group and Clients Paid Out $40 Million to Current congress, OpenSecrets.org, March 12, 2009.
  69. Maureen Groppe, Rep. Vislocksly Gives Questionable Funds to Treasury, Journal and Courier, April 14, 2009.
  70. Singer, Roll Call, Apr. 20, 2009; Alex Knott, FEC Approves Money for Visclosky Staffers, CQ Politics, August 27, 2009.
  71. John Bresnahan, Visclosky Subpoenaed by Federal Grand Jury, Politico, May 29, 2009.
  72. Jennifer Yachnin, Ethics Committee Opens Investigations Into Waters, Richardson, Roll Call, October 29, 2009.
  73. Jake Sherman, House Ethics Panel Probes Rep. Watesr, Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2009.
  74. Id.
  75. Id.
  76. Ben Pershing, House Subcommittee Created to Investigate Rep. Maxine Waters, Washington Post, October 30, 2009.
  77. Carol D. Leonnig, 7 On Defense Panel Scrutinized, Washington Post, October 30, 2009
  78. Id.
  79. Jennifer Yachnin, Ethics Office Ends Investigation of Young, Roll Call, December 18, 2009.
  80. Erika Bolstad, FBI Looks at Bribery Allegations Against Alaska Rep. Young, McClatchy, October 23, 2009.
  81. Greg Gordon and Erika Bolstad, Young’s $10 Million Earmark Focus Of Inquiry, Seattle Times, August 19, 2009.
  82. Bolstad, McClatchy, Oct. 23, 2009.
  83. Id.
  84. Id.
  85. Id.
  86. Dennis Zaki, Alaska Republican Congressman Don Young in Serious Legal Trouble, Alaska Report, July 16, 2007.
  87. Bolstad, McClatchy, Oct. 23, 2009.
  88. J. Taylor Rushing, Ethics Panel Opens Probe on Sen. Burris, The Hill, February 17, 2009.
  89. Monica Davey and Dirk Johnson, 2 Investigations Into Burris Are Begun, New York Times, February 17, 2009.
  90. Id.
  91. Letter available at http://ethics.senate.gov/downloads/pdffiles/burris_112009.pdf
  92. John Bresnahan and Manu Raju, DOJ Could Take Ensign Case, Politico, October 14, 2009; Martina Stewart, Boxer: Ethics Committee Doing Preliminary Ensign Investigation, CNN, October 4, 2009.
  93. Bresnahan and Raju, Politico, Oct. 14, 2009; Stewart, CNN, Oct. 4, 2009.
  94. J. Patrick Coolican, Ensign Acknowledges Extramarital Affair, Las Vegas Sun, June 16, 2009.
  95. Eric Lipton and Eric Lichtblau, Senator’s Aid After Affair Raises Flags Over Ethics, New York Times, October 2, 2009.
  96. Jon Ralston, Face to Face, Las Vegas 1, July 9, 2009 (available at: http://www.lasvegassun.com/videos/sets/2009/jul/09/exclusive-interview-part-2/).
  97. Lisa Mascaro, Ensign’s $96,000 Question: Severance Pay or Gift to Hamptons?, Las Vegas Sun, July 16, 2009.
  98. Eric Lipton and Eric Lichtblau, Inquiries on Senator Ensign Are AnticipatedNew York Times, October 3, 2009.< li>
  99. Manu Raju and John Bresnahan, FBI Gets Involved In John Ensign Affair, Politico, January 19, 2010.
  100. Id.
  101. David Kocieniewski, Inquiry Focuses on Former Aide to Menendez, New York Times, August 28, 2007.
  102. Id.
  103. Jeff Whelan and Josh Margolin, Feds Probe Menendez Rental Deal, Star-Ledger, September 8, 2006.
  104. Kocieniewski, New York Times, Aug. 28, 2007.
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Links:
[1] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/calvert.php
[2] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/deal.php
[3] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/jackson.php
[4] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/lewis.php
[5] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/mollohan.php
[6] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/rangel.php
[7] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/node/433
[8] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/visclosky.php
[9] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/mwaters.php
[10] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/young.php
[11] http://ethics.senate.gov/downloads/pdffiles/burris_112009.pdf
[12] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/burris.php
[13] http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/summaries/ensign.php