The PMA investigation may have some life left in it yet.
Even after a House ethics committee investigation of allegations of an earmarks-for-campaign contributions scheme by the now-defunct lobby shop PMA Group found no wrongdoing back in February, the independent Office of Congressional Ethics this morning announced it is referring evidence gathered in its probe of PMA to the Justice Department.“The evidence pertains to a factual finding by the OCE Board that certain persons and companies saw their campaign donations as affecting decisions about earmarks,” according to an OCE statement. The evidence does not include materials collected from members, but rather materials from third parties including companies and individuals.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=125908