Just this weekend we learned that the FBI was investigating the relationships between Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) and his daughter's lobbying clients.
Today, federal agents have raided the home of Karen Weldon, who launched her successful lobbying career at 28, and whose clients reportedly enjoy remarkable attention from her father's office.
But, did you know that Melanie Sloan of CREW asked for investigation into Weldon and his daughter in April 2004?
Here is an excerpt:
CREW Requests Investigation of Cong. Curt Weldon
CREW today requested that the Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section investigate whether Pennsylvania Congressman Curt Weldon violated federal bribery law by using his public office to benefit companies that hired his daughter as a lobbyist.
April 7, 2004
John Ashcroft
Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Re: Request for Investigation of Cong. Curt Weldon
Dear Attorney General Ashcroft:
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington requests that you have the Department's Public Integrity Section investigate whether Pennsylvania Congressman Curt Weldon violated federal bribery law by using his public office to benefit companies that hired his daughter as a lobbyist. Here is the entire letter from CREW to Ashcroft in April 2004.
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