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The investigators were contract workers, brought on to handle the extraordinary level of fraud investigations facing the panel. Sixteen permanent investigative staff are staying on, according to CQ. More: Lewis' decision "has in fact stalled all of the investigations on the staff," said one of the contractors, a former FBI agent, who asked not to be identified. There is little if any ability to do any oversight now." "In effect, no investigative function is going to be done," said the contractor, who called the decision "misguided." "This staff has saved billions and billions of dollars, we've turned up malfeasance and misfeasance," the contractor said. Lewis' spokesman, John Scofield, told CQ that such complaints were "sour grapes," and assured the publication that "there is nothing sinister going on."
CANDIDATE OF ASSAULT Chrissy Mazzeo has accused Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV) of assaulting her on October 13, and called 911 three times after the alleged incident.
US ATTORNEY TAKES JOB WITH FIRM DEFENDING EMBATTLED CONGRESSMAN Debra Wong Yang, a US attorney, will join Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, the firm defending Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA), who is currently under federal investigation.
RNC RUNS FALSE AD ON OHIO SENATE CANDIDATE The Republican National Committee says it will continue to run an ad saying the Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), a Senate candidate in Ohio, failed to pay his taxes for 13 years, even though the state of Ohio has said that the information used in the ad is based on an paperwork error made by the state.
CHENEY MUST GIVE WAPO VISITOR LOGS OR DEFEND DECISION NOT TO RELEASE THEM A judge ruled that Vice President Cheney cannot simply withold White House visitor logs, and must either give them to the Washington Post, or to explain why they must be kept secret.
AFTER PRESIDENT SIGNED DETAINEE BILL, COURT QUICKLY TAKEN OFF HABEUS CASES According to a letter sent out by the Justice Department, the Military Commissions Act prevents DC's US District Court from ruling on habeus corpus petitions filed by anyone considered an "enemy combatant".
WE STILL HAVE BOB NEY TO KICK AROUND To judge from the activity of disgraced Rep. Bob Ney 's (R-OH) office, one wouldn't know he had been convicted for corruption.
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