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Feds Investigating Powerful Congressman for Corruption

By M. James Jenkins, Esq.

In Pensacola recently I sat down with two responsible Associated Press journalists writing a story on the developing criminal investigation by the Justice Department involving two long time powerful Congressman Reps. John Murtha, D-Pa. and Pete Visclosky, D-Ind. The DOJ investigation is also focusing on at least two Washington lobbying firms and multiple defense contractors who used these lobbying firms to lobbby various Congressman, including Representatives Murtha and Viscolsky, for millions of dollars of "earmark" money designed to support the development of technology in these congressmans' home districts by a particular government contractor or business in their district. The federal Pensacola Criminal Case in which I represented a Co-defendant who was indicted for Obstruction of Justice and Conflict of Interest involved one of the defense contracting firms that had hired one of the targeted lobbying firms, PMA, who raised thousands of dollars for congressional campaign contributions for these congressman...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Blog on August 10, 2009 (boomark / email).