FBI raids Doolittle home
The FBI searched the Oakton, Va., home of Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) Friday in its ongoing investigation into the congressman and his wife’s ties to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Doolittle came within three percentage points of losing his election in November after facing months of scrutiny over his relationship with Abramoff, who is in jail for an array of fraud, bribery and money-laundering charges. Doolittle has denied any wrongdoing.
Throughout his campaign, Doolittle refused to return an estimated $50,000 he received from Abramoff clients, mostly tribes. Abramoff also personally donated $14,000 between 1999 and 2004 to Doolittle’s congressional campaigns. Doolittle used Abramoff’s luxury sports box for a fundraiser without initially reporting it to the Federal Election Commission.
Doolittle also has been under fire for paying his wife’s company, Sierra Dominion Financial Solutions, a 15 percent commission on all contributions that the company raised for Doolittle’s campaign committee and leadership PAC. Her only other clients were an Abramoff charity; Abramoff’s former firm, Greenberg Traurig; Abramoff’s former restaurant Signatures; and the Korea-U.S. Exchange Council, which Ed Buckham, a former chief of staff to ex-Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), created.
The Hill (h/t thru Crooks & Liars)
It's good see that justice didn't stop with the end of the 109th Congress and the Republican Headmasters of the culture of corruption.
And, as it turns out, Doolittle is your very typical Republican.
Mr. Delay, you're next.
