Here’s a farcical little bit amidst the Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) investigation.
However seamy it might seem to you or me for a Congressional staffer to receive almost $2 million in payments from a lobbying firm while he works on the Hill handling matters of vital interest to that firm, Jeffrey Shockey and Lewis say they got clearance from the House ethics committee on the arrangement. Only, they never got an actual written OK from the committee. Why?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=183137