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FBI Raids Renzi Family Business; Congressman Leaves Intelligence Panel
Roll Call ^ | 20 April 2007 | Susan Davis

Posted on 04/20/2007 7:13:24 AM PDT by Alter Kaker

In a second blow to House Republicans this week, the FBI raided a business tied to the family of Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) Thursday afternoon as part of an ongoing investigation into the three-term lawmaker.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; fbi; renzi
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Can't post the full story thanks to subscription requirements at Roll Call. There's a better story at the Arizona Republic, but they won't allow FR to link to them. Renzi has voluntarily left his committee assignments pending the outcome of the investigation.
1 posted on 04/20/2007 7:13:26 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
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From alaskareports.com....

Phoenix, Arizona - Republican Rick Renzi's family business was raided by the FBI in connection with an ongoing federal investigation. Republican Rick Renzi's family business was raided by the FBI in connection with an ongoing federal investigation.

Renzi was forced to step down temporarily from the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

The Arizona Republican said in a statement issued late Thursday night that the FBI took several documents.

"I view these actions as the first step in bringing out the truth," he said.

"Until this matter is resolved, I will take a leave of absence from the House Intelligence Committee. I intend to fully cooperate with this investigation."

The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, said agents went to the Patriot Insurance Agency in Sonoita. In a financial-disclosure statement filed last May, Renzi reported that his wife, Roberta, owned the agency. He valued the business at $1 million to $5 million.

According to the Arizona Republic newspaper, the Justice Department has been investigating Renzi for months, but the subject of the inquiry has never been made public.

2 posted on 04/20/2007 7:19:23 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

Did he have a freezer full of FBI cash too?


3 posted on 04/20/2007 7:19:36 AM PDT by bikerMD (Beware, the light at the end of the tunnel may be a muzzle flash.)
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To: Alter Kaker

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.


4 posted on 04/20/2007 7:23:16 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Alter Kaker

Sonoita is little more than a crossroads town in southern Arizona. North of Patagonia, west of Huachuca City and south of nowhere, who would have thought it had an insurance agency worth so much? Something tells me Renzi is in trouble.


5 posted on 04/20/2007 7:30:18 AM PDT by Melchior
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To: Alter Kaker
what was the first blow ? I missed it....
6 posted on 04/20/2007 7:31:31 AM PDT by stylin19a (If you are living on the edge...MOVE OVER ! Some of us are ready to jump !)
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To: bikerMD

As a Louisiana resident for a mere 60 years, I have observed the time it has taken for the FBI to tag our low-life Congressman, DollarBill Jefferson. And the FBI has him on tape taking a bribe and found the loot in his icebox. Renzi will probably be eleigible for a pension by the time the FBI conducts a new investigation based on the Jefferson example.


7 posted on 04/20/2007 7:33:04 AM PDT by magoo70804
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what was the first blow ? I missed it....

The FBI also raided the home of California GOP Congressman John Doolittle, apparently in connection to the Jack Abramoff scandal.

8 posted on 04/20/2007 7:34:05 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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years, I have observed the time it has taken for the FBI to tag our low-life Congressman, DollarBill Jefferson. And the FBI has him on tape taking a bribe and found the loot in his icebox.

And no thanks to Denny Hastert, Jefferson is still in Congress, and not behind bars. Both parties suck.

9 posted on 04/20/2007 7:34:43 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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Why is Jefferson’s investigation stalled and Renzi’s on the front burner?


10 posted on 04/20/2007 7:35:45 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Countdown = A documentary on Keith Olberman's dwindling ratings.)
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To: Melchior

I was there a year ago. They have a fair sized Border Patrol installation with a large fenced in parking lot. The chain link supported a large banner sign “we’re Hiring”


11 posted on 04/20/2007 7:36:01 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Don't eat Spinich. The spinich growers are against the war and funding our troops)
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To: stylin19a

In Doolittle’s case, both he and his wife are facing possible indictment, and Doolittle resigned from the Appropriations Committee yesterday.


12 posted on 04/20/2007 7:36:45 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: bikerMD

Or missing billing records?


13 posted on 04/20/2007 7:37:52 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Loud Mime
Why is Jefferson’s investigation stalled and Renzi’s on the front burner?

The Democrats claimed that Alberto Gonzales fired US Attorney Paul Charlton in order to quash the investigation of Renzi. In order to show he wasn't trying to do that (and keep his job), it would seem that Gonzales put the Renzi investigation on the fast burner.

14 posted on 04/20/2007 7:39:14 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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I still don't understand the reason for surveilance or investigation ... what has this guy done ???
15 posted on 04/20/2007 7:46:13 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; JohnnyZ; Clintonfatigued; AntiGuv; AuH2ORepublican

Shaking my head.

We really need to clean House big time.

Doolittle and Renzi need to retire.


16 posted on 04/20/2007 7:48:55 AM PDT by Kuksool
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I still don't understand the reason for surveilance or investigation ... what has this guy done ???

Nobody knows. The FBI hasn't revealed what the investigation is about, and Renzi isn't talking.

17 posted on 04/20/2007 7:58:35 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

It is sad that House Republicans didn’t learn a thing from 2006. They would like to push all their failings on Bush and Iraqi when it was their greed that knocked them into the minority.


18 posted on 04/20/2007 8:01:02 AM PDT by Kuksool
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How do you know they are guilty?

I am sick and tired of selective investigation. Jefferson from LA was could with 90k of bribe money in his freezer and he is still in Congress.

19 posted on 04/20/2007 8:03:19 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Alter Kaker

Yet William Jefferson (D-LA) is still safely in Congress.


20 posted on 04/20/2007 8:05:18 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (Abramoff, Katrina, Foley, and Iraq have made the R label toxic, not conservatism.)
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