Agents raid Cunningham home, MZM office, yacht (Rep. Duke Cunningham)

San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | July 2, 2005 | Joe Cantlupe

[Buck W.]

His party is not identified, so I assume (D).

[calcowgirl]

An aerial view of U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's Rancho Santa Fe home after it was raided by federal agents on Friday.

A line of cars exits Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's Rancho Santa Fe home on Friday after Federal investigators anounced they raided his home and other related properties.

[calcowgirl]

Nope. He's an (R). :-(

[mystery-ak]

Sorry, he's a Republican

[ken21]

looks like a bunch of soccer moms leaving the property!

[Brilliant]

Nope. He's R.

But I doubt he'll be on the ballot in 06. If he were a D, they'd admit him to the House minority leadership.

[R. Scott]

Cunningham's lawyers criticized the government's actions as an "appalling abuse of government power" and "strong arm tactics."

"Today's search of Duke Cunningham's home, based on a secret affidavit, was an appalling abuse of government power," Cunningham attorneys K. Lee Blalack and Mark Holscher said in a statement issued after the search.

"They broke the locks and forcibly broke into his home," Holscher said.

"They (the Cunninghams) weren't given any advance notice."

I wonder if the Honorable Representative has ever stood up on the floor of the house and introduced a bill that would bring a halt to these “appalling abuses”.
Or – are they only considered an abuse if one of our “esteemed” politicians experience it.

[EternalVigilance]

If they're going to arrest every Congressman who has made sweetheart deals, there are going to be a huge number of open seats available.

Start by questioning every transaction made by Senator Tom Harkin's 'lobbyist' spouse...

[Dog Gone]

From what little I know of this case, Cunningham looks guilty as hell.

[calex59]

Yep, he is a republican. Notice how they have this all over the news but the trial of the 5 dems who committed vote fraud was barely reported. Another prime example of liberal bias in the news.

[Brilliant]

Cunningham's deal was pretty dumb.

[mystery-ak]

Well, it sure doesn't look good, does it?....

[John Jorsett]

Cunningham is an idiot for putting himself in this position. Even if he's ultimately cleared, he painted a bullseye on himself with these shady-looking deals.

[ken21]

sorry, he's done some stupid stuff.

i used to live in his district and voted for him several times, until they removed my zipcode and placed it in the viper car alarm district of darrel issa.

his son got busted for dealing drugs up in boston. so duke went up and told the judge that his son deserved a light sentence because duke was a vietnam flying ace and u.s. congressman.

his son was found with cocaine while on probation.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Republicans in San Diego are shocked at all this. Hoping there is no wrong doing beyond just looking bad, but hope is fading, we dont need this in California, we need every republican we got.

Has any democrat had their home broken into like this before?

Why is Cunningham seeming to be getting the full treatment?
They had better damn well have good reason.

Sux all around.

[Bar-Face]

It ain't lookin too good for old Duke. I really hope this is a wild goose chase and Duke is cleared of wrong doing. That said however, to paraphrase Harry S. Truman, "Anyone who becomes wealth while in public service is a crook". It looks to me like Duke has made a lot more than his $160,000 per year. A $2.55 MILLION home even in Southern California just ain't doable on $160,000 per year. Unless Duke's wife has a great job like Tom Dashle's did, I just don't see how he could pull off the $11,600 monthly payments. Looks to me like Duke dunit.
Damn. Just Damn.

[calcowgirl]

Yesterday's searches in Washington began about 9 a.m. at the Dupont Circle townhouse that serves as the corporate headquarters for MZM.

What kind of "defense contractor" runs $163 million worth of contracts from a "townhouse"?

[Bar-Face]

"His party is not identified, so I assume (D)."

Nope, Conservative Republican. Navy Top Gun! ACE in Vietnam! DAMN!