FBI raids homes of Weldon child, friend

Associated Press ^ | 10/16/06 | Maryclaire Dale

[Kimberly GG]

MEDIA, Pa. - The FBI raided the homes of Rep. Curt Weldon (news, bio, voting record)'s daughter and a close friend Monday as it investigates whether the congressman improperly helped the pair win lobbying and consulting contracts.

Agents searched four locations in the Philadelphia area and two in Jacksonville, Fla., said Debbie Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington. The congressman's home and his offices were not among the locations searched, she said.

Earlier Monday, Weldon called the investigation politically motivated and called the timing suspect. The Republican, who is locked in a tight re-election bid and has clashed with the Bush administration, denied wrongdoing and said he gave his daughter no special help.".....

[Renegade]

The FBI SHOULD be investigating Dirty Harry Reid's kids involvement in Las Vegas land deals .

[AmeriBrit]

That was part of the Communist President, William Jefferson Clinton's plan when he made all his moles in the CIA permanent under the civil service act so President Bush couldn't fire them.

If you think it's bad now, wait until 2008 if the idiot's in this country elect the hildabeast as president. With her as a front and slick in the background as 'first scum' and no official duties to attend too, he will be free to use all available sources to drive this country into a third world country under the third world order faster than a flash of lightening. Never forget all those records they stole and have in their possession.

[Cricket24]

Yep, he got too close. He's a great guy and I don't believe for one minutes that this isn't politically motivated!!

[FreedomPoster]

I think it's 4 plus a son-in-law.

[popdonnelly]

Who put the FBI on Weldon's tail? Somebody must have given a tip.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I'm so angry about this... this is the lowest of the low (IMHO)... now everyone will be talking about this and the real dirty politico once again gets swept under the carpet... Harry Reid. I want to know why no one is talking about Reid but us?

I just Pray people see through this and return Weldon by an overwhelming majority. Then Soros and CREW can all crawl back under their rocks and look for their next victims.

[muawiyah]

All we need to know is if the FBI strike team here is composed of the same rogue agents working with the same rogue judge who invaded a House of Representatives Office Building without permission of the House to conduct a treasonous raid.

Dollars to doughnuts it's the same gang.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Do "we" need to file an official complaint (aka CREW) to get the FBI to do something about Reid and his sons?

[denydenydeny]

This is right out of the Lawrence Walsh playbook. A 100% political prosecution from Clintonoids at the DOJ.

[montag813]

This is how the FBI treats you for going after the Clintons. Nothing has changed.

[montag813]

Pre election publicity stunt. Nothing will come of it.

Except Sestak will replace him in the House. A result that Clinton, Bush, Specter, Gorelick, Muller and Tenet all want.

[montag813]

Who put the FBI on Weldon's tail? Somebody must have given a tip.

The Justice Dept. is rotten to the core. No one needs to tip them off. They wanted Weldon gone.

[CremeSaver]

The scenario that you provide certainly is scary, but not impossible to imagine. If ever there was a "Manchurian Candidate" it is Clinton...both of them. Their sole objective is to destroy this country, and I hate them for it.

[sergeantdave]

"The Justice Dept. is rotten to the core."

Yep. What federal prosecutors did in Michigan (see Rapanos vs US) was criminal and Congress should start an investigation and throw these left wing rats in prison. (Yeh, right.)

Congress will protect its filthy left-wing bureaucrats and throw you to the dogs every time.

[Phsstpok]

I called the FBI to see if they have a department for dealing with complaints about their actions.  That's because of how they obviously had to tip off the press so that they could be there to photograph the raid.  They told me to contact the media or my elected representatives.  I sent the following email to my Congresswoman:

I would ask that your office check into news reports of the FBI raiding the home of Congressman Weldon's daughter and her business associate just 3 weeks before the election.  If, in your estimation this action was politically motivated, whether by anyone at the FBI or elsewhere in government or by persons outside the government, then I would ask that you speak out publicly and forcefully against such reprehensible actions and call for Congressional hearings to determine if any officials in the FBI have acted contrary to law and their oaths.  I particularly point you to the Philadelphia Inquirer article (linked via the Drudge Report: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/15772927.htm) with accompanying photos of the raid.  For those photos to have been taken someone, probably in the FBI, needed to tip off the media to the raids.  That argues for a political motivation for these actions by the FBI.

Congressman Weldon has come out and charged that any investigation was triggered by a complaint filed by people from the George Soros funded group CREW (also mentioned in the article linked above).  These are the same people who sat on the Foley emails and IMs and pushed them out for the well timed feeding frenzy.  Particularly when this current FBI action is compared to the official "ho-hum" response over revelations about Minority Leader Reid's windfall profit on at least one questionable land deal, which is tied to his official actions in manipulating federal land practices and the actions of his lobbyist sons on behalf of questionable (at best) elements and you begin to wonder what's going on this election season.

I tried to contact the FBI to provide them feedback directly and they directed me to either my representative's office or the media.  I doubt very seriously if contacting the media will do any good.

Thankyou for your excellent work.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Thanks for the excellent letter you sent on his behalf. I don't even live in PA and I've been steaming about this all day -- I'm going to send something similar to Trent Franks...

[etradervic]

It seems that Curt has received his answer about Able Danger.

[ContemptofCourt]

A 100% political prosecution from Clintonoids at the DOJ.

Do any of you guys look deeper into things, or just blame everything on Clinton and his "holdovers"? On the face, this is such a stupid, knee-jerk argument.

This investigation is being orchestrated by the DOJ's Public Integrity Section. The former two chiefs were handpicked by Chertoff. The first one was appointed by Bush as a federal judge earlier this year. The second was a Chertoff disciple. The current acting chief of this office is Ed Nucci.