Another Day, Another "R" Scandal; Aiding and Abetting A Daughter's Lobbying Scheme
It just never ends, the influence peddling, the graft, the corruption, all brought to you by that wunnerful Republican Majority in the United States House of Representatives. Of course, as with all Republican scandals the first and most important question has to be what did Nancy Pelosi know and when did she know it. And how did she manage to engineer an FBI raid in this period just before the election? Yes, this certainly has Pelosi's fingerprints all over it. How is she doing it? So incompetenct for so long and then all of a sudden in control of everything, I am flummoxed by her sudden all pervasive power. Anyone else have any ideas as to how Nancy is pulling all this off?
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FBI Raids Home of Curt Weldon's Daughter, Friend in Influence Probe
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
The Associated Press
MEDIA, Pa. - The FBI raided the homes of Rep. Curt Weldon's daughter and a close friend Monday as it investigates whether the congressman improperly helped the pair win lobbying and consulting contracts.
Agents searched four locations in the Philadelphia area and two in Jacksonville, Fla., said Debbie Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington. The congressman's home and his offices were not searched, she said.
Earlier Monday, Weldon called the investigation politically motivated and called the timing suspect. A Republican locked in a tight re-election bid, he denied wrongdoing and said he gave his daughter no special help.
"What I find ironic, if there is an investigation, is that no one would tell me until three weeks before the election," Weldon said at a morning appearance in Media. "This incident was 2 1/2 years ago."
Weierman confirmed that the six raids included Karen Weldon's home in the Queen Village section of Philadelphia; the Springfield home of Charles P. Sexton Jr., her business partner and the congressman's close friend; and two offices related to their company, Solutions North America, including one in Media.
The FBI also searched two Jacksonville locations connected to a Solutions client, Itera International Energy Corp., Weierman said.
The Russian natural gas firm was paying Solutions $500,000 a year for public-relations help, according to a 2004 Los Angeles Times article. Around the same time, Weldon gathered 30 colleagues for a dinner in Washington honoring Itera's chairman, the newspaper reported.
Federal investigators are looking into whether Weldon used his influence to help Solutions secure lobbying contracts worth $1 million from foreign clients, two people familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press on Saturday.
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It just never ends, the influence peddling, the graft, the corruption, all brought to you by that wunnerful Republican Majority in the United States House of Representatives. Of course, as with all Republican scandals the first and most important question has to be what did Nancy Pelosi know and when did she know it. And how did she manage to engineer an FBI raid in this period just before the election? Yes, this certainly has Pelosi's fingerprints all over it. How is she doing it? So incompetenct for so long and then all of a sudden in control of everything, I am flummoxed by her sudden all pervasive power. Anyone else have any ideas as to how Nancy is pulling all this off?
Home / Pennsylvania News
FBI Raids Home of Curt Weldon's Daughter, Friend in Influence Probe
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
The Associated Press
MEDIA, Pa. - The FBI raided the homes of Rep. Curt Weldon's daughter and a close friend Monday as it investigates whether the congressman improperly helped the pair win lobbying and consulting contracts.
Agents searched four locations in the Philadelphia area and two in Jacksonville, Fla., said Debbie Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington. The congressman's home and his offices were not searched, she said.
Earlier Monday, Weldon called the investigation politically motivated and called the timing suspect. A Republican locked in a tight re-election bid, he denied wrongdoing and said he gave his daughter no special help.
"What I find ironic, if there is an investigation, is that no one would tell me until three weeks before the election," Weldon said at a morning appearance in Media. "This incident was 2 1/2 years ago."
Weierman confirmed that the six raids included Karen Weldon's home in the Queen Village section of Philadelphia; the Springfield home of Charles P. Sexton Jr., her business partner and the congressman's close friend; and two offices related to their company, Solutions North America, including one in Media.
The FBI also searched two Jacksonville locations connected to a Solutions client, Itera International Energy Corp., Weierman said.
The Russian natural gas firm was paying Solutions $500,000 a year for public-relations help, according to a 2004 Los Angeles Times article. Around the same time, Weldon gathered 30 colleagues for a dinner in Washington honoring Itera's chairman, the newspaper reported.
Federal investigators are looking into whether Weldon used his influence to help Solutions secure lobbying contracts worth $1 million from foreign clients, two people familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press on Saturday.
Full Influence Peddling & FBI Probing Story
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