Didn't the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, whom the late Rush Limbaugh used to call "Fort Worthless Jim," have a staff member or chief of staff, who had killed someone with a hammer?
Aide controversy[edit]
In May 1989, controversy arose when media reports revealed that Wright’s top assistant, John Mack, had violently attacked a woman 16 years earlier. The woman, Pamela Small, was hit repeatedly with a hammer, stabbed and slashed with a knife and left for dead. Small survived the attack, and reported it to the police. He was convicted of malicious wounding and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but was paroled after serving 27 months. Mack, whose brother was married to Wright’s daughter, was given a clerk’s job in the Capitol upon his release. He went on to become the executive director of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and served as Wright’s chief legislative strategist.[24][25] Critics, including feminist activist Andrea Dworkin, alleged that Wright manipulated the legal system to get Mack off and, subsequently, protected him from media scrutiny.[26] Amid the blistering public criticism, John Mack resigned from his post on May 11,[25] and House members of both parties began to question whether Wright could long-remain as speaker.[27]
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