Breaking: FBI Raids Rep. Doolittle’s Home
Breaking: FBI Raids Rep. Doolittle’s Home
Roll Call reports, “The FBI has raided the Northern Virginia home of Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.), according to Congressional sources. No details are publicly available yet about the circumstances of the raid, but Doolittle and his wife, Julie, have been under federal investigation for their ties to the scandal surrounding imprisoned former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.”
UPDATE: The Hill has more details:
The FBI searched the Virginia home of Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) last Friday in its investigation into the ties of the congressman and his wife, Julie, to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to law enforcement and other Congressional and K Street sources. […]
Doolittle has been under fire for paying his wife’s company, Sierra Dominion, a 15 percent commission on all contributions that the company raised for Doolittle’s campaign committee and leadership PAC. Her only other clients were Abramoff’s former firm, Greenberg Traurig; Abramoff’s former restaurant Signatures; and the Korea-U.S. Exchange Council, which Ed Buckham, a former chief of staff to ex-Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), created.
The Justice Department previously subpoenaed Julie Doolittle’s files.
Doolittle also received contributions from indicted defense contractor Brent Wilkes and his associates, and investigators are probing whether those contributions are linked to any official action Doolittle took to help Wilkes’s company obtain millions of dollars in government earmarks.
UPDATE II: Lobbyist Kevin Ring, a former aide to Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA), resigned from his law firm last Friday, the same day as the raid on Dolittle’s home. As Politico reported, Ring “often served as an intermediary between Abramoff’s clients and Doolittle’s office, according to news reports, and has remained close to Doolittle and his wife, Julie, who did consulting work for Abramoff.” It’s suspected that Ring may have reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.
UPDATE III: Calitics has news and reaction from Doolittle’s district.
UPDATE IV: Doolittle throws his wife under the bus.
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April 18th, 2007 at 4:27 pmDoolittle is in deep doo!
April 18th, 2007 at 4:28 pmThe chickens are coming home to roost!!
April 18th, 2007 at 4:28 pmHmm, the press is very preoccupied right now showing us the same video clips that we have seen for the past three days.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:31 pmI don’t want to take anything away from the tragedy at VT, but isn’t the coverage redundant and repetitive now?
The other news of the day is not being covered.
“And another ones gone and another ones gone. Another one bites the dust. Hey hey.”
April 18th, 2007 at 4:31 pmAttempt to take the heat off of Gonzo-gate and the various e-mail scandals? You decide.
Scare tactic to other Republican members at the hearing tomorrow? A “we’ve got the goods on you” shot across the bow?
The FBI is part of DOJ and the DOJ is part of the RNC.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:32 pmAbramoff must really want to get out of the slammer!
April 18th, 2007 at 4:32 pmDoo-wa-diddy-diddy-dum-diddy-do….do-wap…dolittle. Fingers caught in Jackie’s cookie jar, eh? Looks like Abrahamoff is singing! I can’t imagine how much he’s telling on the republican party and this white house. Remember Dubya saying, unequivocally, that he has so many visitors to the white house that he didn’t remember Jack Abrahamoff??? BWAHHAAHAHAHAHAH!
April 18th, 2007 at 4:33 pmI’ve given up on the CBS web news site, they have had a large portrait of the VT gunman top dead center up for three days now.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:34 pmOops. I guess they didn’t dump Carol Lam in time after all.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:34 pmHe was hampered by his last name, it’s a lot to have to live up to.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:35 pmOh this should be good.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:35 pmY-E-E-E-ES…! let’s get this party started…!
And, yes, I DO take it personally
April 18th, 2007 at 4:36 pmWow. I don’t want to make any assumptions, or jump to conclusions about what is happening, but please realize, it takes quite a bit for the FBI to raid someone’s home. This requires a warrant, and usually attorneys (especially right now), are more than a little cautious when signing a warrant to search the home of a congressman. The FBI must have had something pretty decent to show as cause for this.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:36 pmWhere is Jake to defend this?
OT
Why do Republicans hate Senior Citizens?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill that would let the U.S. government negotiate prices for Medicare prescription drugs stalled in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday when Republican opponents blocked a vote on the legislation.
Isn’t the Republican party supposed to be the compassionate party? Why do they not want our seniors citizens to get the medications they need at a decent price? This is not what Jesus would do. Why do the Republicans love money more than God?
April 18th, 2007 at 4:37 pmHe looks like someone who’d flip in a heartbeat. Doolittle is going to do a lot in helping destroy the current Republican Party.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:40 pmIt’s all part of the plan.
You guys have probably already forgotten about my e-mails.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:40 pmAs some one with family living in Doolittles district I would be very happy for him not to be in 08.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:42 pmIn the last election, Doolittle openly questioned the patriotism of the Democrat running against him.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:43 pmDaaang.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:45 pmI’m shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you, that yet another Republican Congressman might be involved in shady dealings.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:45 pmGood Christian folk.
Whats yours is mine. Whats mine is mine.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:45 pm–Rape-public-Can Motto
#15.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:46 pmThey found ‘jake’ crouching in Doolittle’s hallway closet…
So?
April 18th, 2007 at 4:46 pmIsn’t the Republican party supposed to be the compassionate party?
Comment by Zep Tepi
As compassionate as a fully loaded AK47…….
April 18th, 2007 at 4:46 pmIt’s all part of the plan.
You guys have probably already forgotten about my e-mails.
Comment by Karl Rove
People may forget but the being of light never forgets nothing and sees everything. =)
April 18th, 2007 at 4:46 pmAnother day, another corrupt rethug pinched….
April 18th, 2007 at 4:46 pmIs the CIA’s Dusty Foggo involved with Doliittle?
April 18th, 2007 at 4:47 pmSShhhhhhhhhhhhh………. listen………………..Abramoff is singing acapelo.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:48 pmHere’s one for ya that isn’t being covered:
Now, here is the riddle:
Why are these guys being put on trial if the document, according to Bush and Blaire is not real?
Isn’t that like being charged with having a concealed weapon and having that weapon be made out of soap?
April 18th, 2007 at 4:49 pmSo tomorrow Gonzo goes in front of Congress and tells them, “See I told you we were getting rid of the bad AGs for a reason. Look we just got a bad old Republican.”
April 18th, 2007 at 4:50 pmFWIW, today is the 65th anniversary of the “Doolittle Raid”. Coincidence?
April 18th, 2007 at 4:52 pmWhere is Jake to defend this?
Comment by Zep Tepi — April 18, 2007 @ 4:37 pm
I wonder if Jake got fired by Unka Karl for getting pummeled so badly earlier this week. He’s tried coming back under a couple of different names, but it’s clear his heart isn’t in it. Maybe the Culture of Corruption has finally beaten him down.
April 18th, 2007 at 4:54 pmRing…Ring….Ring….Kevin Ring’s running from the feds now,too. Guess he’ll also be investigated?
April 18th, 2007 at 5:05 pmwhat about voter fraud??!!! VOTER FRAUD!!!?? Where’s my Hasenfeffer, i mean, VOTER FRAUD!!!
April 18th, 2007 at 5:06 pmGreedy
Old
Party
See ya!!!!
April 18th, 2007 at 5:10 pmThe whistle was blown on Representative Doolittle back in summer 2005. That’s almost two years that we’ve known he was probably up to no good. What did the FBI think they were gonna find in his house two years later? Do they think he was just going to sit on incriminating evidence for two years, hoping?
April 18th, 2007 at 5:14 pmSix months too late to do any real good…but better late than never.
April 18th, 2007 at 5:19 pmPorter Goss? Susan Ralston? Gale Norton? When will these people get a knock on the door??
April 18th, 2007 at 5:24 pmIs’nt Abramoff a convicted felon?
He’s not just disgraced. Or am I mixing him up with libby?
So many moral problems ina party that was going to show America how to act!!!!
I wonder what they will find out now about why Carole Lam was fired?
April 18th, 2007 at 5:25 pmWould be interesting if it was because she was getting to close to Doolittle and the White House.
Mayb things will take care of themselves and Impeachment will not be nec=essary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think they’re just looking to delete the sent copies of Karl’s emails.
April 18th, 2007 at 5:27 pmso, when are they gonna descend upon the White House for the REST OF THE STORY?????
Doolittle will be doin even LESS in da big house!
and another one bites the dust! Hey! Hey!
April 18th, 2007 at 5:32 pmsiri
Kernie Ring is red-hot, so what’s she doing with Jayne from Firefly?
April 18th, 2007 at 5:33 pmFirst it was Cunningham, then Ney. Doolittle will probably get indicted soon. And, next after him will probably be Lewis. I wish they’d hurry up and convict DeLay so he doesn’t get to flap his lips on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox Noise anymore.
April 18th, 2007 at 5:35 pmI wonder which U.S. Attorney will get sacked for heading up this investigation or pursuing it…
April 18th, 2007 at 5:40 pmWas he named Doolittle on his honeymoon?
April 18th, 2007 at 6:09 pmHis Dad stepped out of the delivery room to have a smoke, and right there at his feet was a little pile of doo.
April 18th, 2007 at 6:47 pm“It’ll doo” he said.
hahahahahaha,chuckle,hahahahahaha
April 18th, 2007 at 7:07 pmLooks like I’ll have another chance to vote for Charlie Brown in the upcoming special election!
April 18th, 2007 at 7:31 pmThat’s great. I love it.
April 18th, 2007 at 7:44 pmI can’t believe it took until post #43 for someone to point out that that lobbyist’s wife is smokin’ hot.
Come on, people. Pay attention!
April 18th, 2007 at 7:52 pmAs a lifelong CA-04 resident I am thrilled by this turn of events. Perhaps justice will prevail. Boss Doolittle has stocked and supported his own cadre of supervisors, mayors and councilmen through-out CA-04.
Here’s to the first sign of crumbling of Boss Doolittle’s empire
April 18th, 2007 at 8:11 pmAnother Republican scumbag headed for the slammer!
April 18th, 2007 at 8:13 pmWonder if ol’ pal Richard Pombo will take him in … Now there’s someone that should be glad he wasn’t re-elected.
In the family employment line of this story, someone ought to take a look at why Richard Alcalde hired young rookie Dan Feliz to represent some of Alcalde’s Indian gaming clients? Feliz is the son of longtime Doolittle political aide John Feliz. John Feliz also managed Pombo’s campaigns and “raised” money for them both but he never contributed or registered as a lobbyist.
April 19th, 2007 at 2:39 amDoo-Little has had six (6) months, that’s 180 days, to clean out all evidence of his wrongdoing. I am certain that he even REPLACED the hard drive on his computer. The FBI will find absolutely nothing in his home. Not one thing.
April 19th, 2007 at 6:05 amwait…..weren’t Democrats and the left wingers completly outraged when the FBI raided Representative William Jefferson’s house in New Orleans? Now the left rejoices at the FBI going into this Rep. house? sniff, sniff….I think I smell typical liberal and Democrat hypocrisy…..
April 19th, 2007 at 9:56 amLet’s hope that they didn’t find $90,000 in his freezer. Because if they did, nothing will happen to him and he’d get appointed to the Budget Committee.
April 19th, 2007 at 12:44 pmReferences of Rep. Jefferson have no place here. If He’s found guilty, He’ll be prosecuted. Using his name to try to offset what is going on with Doolittle is absurd. Whoever wants to keep score of which party has more crooks, look no farther than the numbers from each party who are being investigated or indicted. You’ll find that Republicans are dropping like fly’s every day. I think the numbers would be even higher, had there been the level of oversight in the last six years, that there is today. It’s pretty obvious that the corruption in this Republican administration starts from the top down. This administration is guilty of so many crimes, that just what is known to the public, is enough to put them all away for life.
April 19th, 2007 at 1:51 pmThe sad fact of the matter is that if there had been active oversight then most of these illegal acts would not have happened.
I don’t even think this is a lib verses con thing, I think either party will become corrupt at a much higher rate if they think nobody is watching and they hold all the cards.
While the cat is away, the mice will play.
Currently what happens if a party is voted out in congress is that they have absolutely no power. What I want to see is the outsted party in the House and Senate being able to hold hearings and subpoena witnesses. They need to have their own judge and special prosecutor to enforce these subpoenas, to enforce contempt of congress charges for failing to appear, and to investigate lying under oath.
I think that if there had been this oversight then many of the abuses of the past 6 years would not have happened.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:47 pmJust remember, the justice department is controlled by neocons. When they go after a republican it is generally because he has broken ranks, not because of his unethical behavior. They all behave unethically. They only get caught when they cross the party leadership.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:43 pmAs best I recall, Jefferson took the money but did nothing in return. Looks like the FBI contributed $100K to Jefferson’s reelection campaign.
April 23rd, 2007 at 12:08 am