Congressman who oversees investigations of Congressional corruption, who is himself being investigated for corruption, fires sixty investigators effective immediately
Think Progress via reddit:
Powerful House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-CA), who is currently under federal investigation for corruption charges, has “fired 60 investigators who had worked for his committee rooting out fraud, waste and abuse, effective immediately.†According to Congressional Quarterly, “The investigators were contract workers, brought on to handle the extraordinary level of fraud investigations facing the panel.â€
…and they keep getting away with this crap because we think of the U.S. as a two party system, ignoring the other choices.
[...] Congressman who oversees investigations of Congressional corruption, who is himself being investigated for corruption, fires sixty investigators effective immediately » The Allen Almanac (tags: corruption republican congress usa america politics) [...]