Good questions.
A thorough review is in order .. then let's review the dems as well and as thoroughly.
Election year hysterics, probably? we'll have to wait 'til next year to find out for sure. ;-)
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an AP update
Report: More subpoenas in Rep. Jerry Lewis case
http://www.bakersfield.com/119/story/55138.html
The Associated Press | Saturday, Jun 3 2006 4:15 PM
Last Updated: Saturday, Jun 3 2006 4:15 PM
Riverside County and the Cal State Bernardino Foundation have been subpoenaed in the federal investigation into the ties between Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, and a Washington, D.C., lobbyist, it was reported Saturday.
That's in addition to subpoenas of San Bernardino County and Redlands, Calif., that were confirmed earlier this week. The subpoenas are asking for records of contacts between the recipients and Lewis and Copeland, Lowery, Jacquez, Denton, & White, which employs former Rep. Bill Lowery, R-Calif.
Lowery is a close friend of Lewis' whose firm's clients include a number of municipalities, businesses and agencies in or around Lewis' inland Southern California district. Some aides to Lewis at the House Appropriations Committee, which he chairs, have also gone to work at the firm, which helps clients get federal dollars "earmarked" for projects.
The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles is investigating. Spokesman Thom Mrozek did not immediately return a call for comment Saturday.
The subpoenas to Riverside County and the Cal State Bernardino Foundation were reported Saturday by The Press-Enterprise of Riverside.
Lewis' spokesman didn't immediately return a call for comment. In a statement Friday Lewis denied wrongdoing and defended obtaining earmarks for his district.
"I encourage a thorough review of any project I have helped secure for my constituents," the statement said. "Throughout my career, I have also made every effort to meet the highest ethical standards, and I am absolutely certain that any review of my work will confirm this."