Reps. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) and Jane Harman (D-CA) had a nasty surprise late last week when The Washington Post reported that Laura Flores, a former staffer who’d been busted for stealing $200,000 from her bosses’ official accounts, was cooperating with the feds in an investigation of “whether members of Congress used phones, supplies and staff time for campaign purposes.” The Post called it “an early-stage inquiry by the Justice Department’s public integrity section.” It isn’t clear if the investigation is limited to, or even concentrated on, Harman and Abercrombie. Flores is getting a reduced sentence for her efforts.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=176931