Posted on 10/13/2006 4:12:42 PM PDT by dogbyte12
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is investigating whether Republican Rep. Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania traded his political influence for lucrative lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter, according to sources with direct knowledge of the inquiry.
The FBI, which opened an investigation in recent months, has formally referred the matter to the department's Public Integrity Section for additional scrutiny. At issue are Weldon's efforts between 2002 and 2004 to aid two Russian companies and two Serbian brothers with ties to strongman Slobodan Milosevic, a federal law enforcement official said.
The Russian companies and a Serbian foundation run by the brothers' family each hired a firm co-owned by Weldon's daughter, Karen, for fees totaling nearly $1 million a year, public records show.
Karen Weldon was 28 and lacked consulting experience when she and Charles Sexton, a Weldon ally and longtime Republican leader in Delaware County, Pa., created the firm of Solutions North America Inc. in 2002. Both are registered with the Justice Department as representatives of foreign clients.
Word of the inquiry, which has been closely held within the Justice Department and the FBI, comes from two individuals with specific knowledge of the existence of the investigation. They both declined to be identified because of the confidentiality of criminal investigations.
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Bush is not helping solve the FBI at all. He put Mueller in charge, the guy the Wall street journal rightly lambasted because of his key role in whitewashing the BCCI corruption deeply infesting both parties.
we know what the documents Berger stole were - they were the after action reports for the millenium bombing - the notes specifically, which he destroyed.
I didn't conveniently leave it out. If I could edit, I would read it in. I just read the headline, got pissed about it.
I HATE CREW. They are Clintonista Sore Losers. They aren't out talking about Jefferson's cash filled freezer. They aren't talking about Harry Reid and the magic 1.1 million. They are an advocacy group for whatever Hitlery wants.
From AZ8 - please don't write us off until the voting is over.
And if FL-16 goes dem, it means it is filled with idiots - it is a 70% type republican vote.
and he gave Tenet the presidential medla of freedom.
What?? Not three weeks ago I heard Weldon in an interview state that they still do not know what the documents were but were going to find out.
Did I miss something in the past 3 weeks? What is the source??
I'm still voting for Weldon .. it's still better then the Clinton boy the dems have runnung
Then why did you withold the information that CREW is involved with this in your initial post.
Mr. Speaker, I rise because information has come to my attention over the past several months that is very disturbing. I have learned that, in fact, one of our Federal agencies had, in fact, identified the major New York cell of Mohamed Atta prior to 9/11; and I have learned, Mr. Speaker, that in September of 2000, that Federal agency actually was prepared to bring the FBI in and prepared to work with the FBI to take down the cell that Mohamed Atta was involved in in New York City, along with two of the other terrorists. I have also learned, Mr. Speaker, that when that recommendation was discussed within that Federal agency, the lawyers in the administration at that time said, you cannot pursue contact with the FBI against that cell. Mohamed Atta is in the U.S. on a green card, and we are fearful of the fallout from the Waco incident. So we did not allow that Federal agency to proceed.[2]
Berger stole the after action report for the millenium bombing. John Ashcroft (a good man) said so point blank on OReilly last week, and there are other sources for it.
The Bush Legacy - Eight years of leaks, leaks and more leaks.
Oh hell .. I am so ticked off at the Dems .. heck I'd even vote for Chaffee if I could, just to shove this election down the dems throats
Yeah, right.
I do not watch O'reilly but if this is the case it will be in print somewhere.
Please let us know the other sources you mention and hope they have this in print.
CREW is involved with this ???
Why would Weldon tell us just in the past 2-3 weeks that he did not know what the documents were, but was trying to find out? He said this on the Savage show.
I read the whole thing now. Crew went after this to the LA Times in 2004. They got the FBI to investigate. The investigation is not complete, and some jerks leaked it to the paper.
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