Yesterday, Roll Call had a story that Justice Department investigators had gone down to the House and Senate to pull certain lawmakers’ financial disclosure records. A number of those members we knew to be in trouble – Abramoff investigation luminaries like Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH), Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) and Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX). No surprises there – although it makes it that much harder for them to claim that rumor of their investigation is just a liberal conspiracy. (Burns’ spokesman gets a brownie point for some excellent spin here – saying the DoJ poring over Burns’ records is “good news for us,” since the earlier Burns is investigated, the earlier he’ll be cleared.) A number of Burns’ aides, a DeLay aide, and a Doolittle aide also came up – again, no surprise there.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=183907