Roll Call reports that House Ethics will “investigate officially-connected travel in 2007 and 2008 that was sponsored, funded or organized by an organization known as Carib News or Carib News Foundation.” As of the time of this writing, the statement does not appear on the committee’s website.
Category: House
Rep. Dicks and Puget Sound Partnership
The Washington Times reports on Rep. Norm Dicks and his connection to Puget Sound Partnership, a program “run by his son,” according to the article.
Former Rep. Jefferson on Trial
The Post has the play-by-play on the trial of Rep. William Jefferson. [Defense Attorney Robert] Trout told the jury that the money in the freezer had received so much publicity that he contemplated opening his statement with “a joke about the cold cash.” Instead, he offered this explanation: “He was looking to hide the cash […]