Agents raid homes of Rep. Curt Weldon’s daughter, close friend

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[Sub-Driver]

Agents raid homes of Rep. Curt Weldon’s daughter, close friend By John Shiffman, Mitch Lipka and Patrick Kerkstra INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS

Federal agents raided the home of the daughter of U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) and his longtime friend Charlie Sexton this morning.

The agents departed Karen Weldon's three-story brick home on Queen Street in Philadelphia with arms loaded with boxes.

A government car pulled into the alley to the back door of the house and loaded boxes into it. Three agents standing in an alley declined to identify themselves.

"I can confirm that we conducted a number of searches regarding an ongoing investigation," said FBI agent Jerri Williams, a spokeswoman in Philadelphia. "Details regarding those investigation cannot be provided because the accompanying affidavit is sealed."

In Delaware County, FBI agents had blocked off Kelli Lane leading to Charles P. Sexton Jr.'s Springfield house, and were removing at least one box and a bag of material from his home late this morning. Sexton, a long time ally of Weldon and a power in Delaware County GOP politics for more than three decades, is a business associate of Weldon's daughter.

The raids came three days after news broke that the FBI is investigating whether the Delaware County congressman used his influence to help his daughter, a registered lobbyist, win consulting contracts.

[PghBaldy]

GREAT point. The Pirro thing is disgusting.

[Iconoclast2]

". . . this administration simply doesn't want to engage in the use of executive authority like this."

This doesn't make much sense. The incidents reported on this thread ARE the use of Bush executive authority. When I see Laura Bush and George Bush acting like old pals of Clinton, and then see Hillary amassing tens of millions of dollars in a couple years with no investigation, and Hillary's opponents investigated by Bush, I draw the obvious conclusion (hence the tagline).

[Arizona Carolyn]

Hillary got away with it as soon as they were elected to office.

[Temple Owl]

"I'm voting straight Repub."

Me too, but i will be holding my nose.

[Temple Owl]

"I'm voting straight Repub."

Me too, but i will be holding my nose.

[LenS]

You're forgetting that the permanent bureaucrats at the DOJ, CIA, State Dept, DOD, etc. are more likely to be liberal Democrats. They come from the Ivy League (their conservative college bretheren are out making money in the private sector). Also, many of them were hired for diversity, not talent.

If the AG or WH steps in to stop an abusive local FBI office, the Dems will be screaming Watergate. If they don't step in, the local office succeeds in tarring a major FBI critic in the midst of a tough election. They don't even have to waste time with an indictment, the searches are all they need.

This is just another permanent govt. act against the GOP, like all the CIA and State Dept. leaks on the war.