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January 06, 2006
Good thing "Duke," didn't work for Tony Soprano!

Looks like a bunch of folks on Capital Hill may be "going down man!"

Washington's power players have always bragged about being well wired, but for disgraced former congressman Duke Cunningham, "wired" wasn't just a figure of speech. In a week when legislators are focused on the question of who else might be brought down by ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff's cooperation with prosecutors as he seeks lenient sentencing over his two federal guilty pleas this week, sources tell TIME that ex-Rep. Cunningham wore a wire to help investigators gather evidence against others just before copping his own plea.

Sources familiar with the situation say Cunningham, a California Republican who pleaded guilty Nov. 28 to taking $2.4 million in bribes, including a yacht, a Rolls Royce and a 19th Century Louis-Philippe commode, from a defense contractor, wore a wire at some point during the short interval between the moment he began cooperating with the feds and the announcement of his guilty plea on Nov. 28.

The identity of those with whom the San Diego congressman met while wearing the wire remains unclear, and is the source of furious, and nervous speculation by congressional Republicans.

How long before some people starting eating bullets? Oh yeah, I forgot, this set is too cowardly to eat a bullet. They will just cut a check for the March of Dimes or something, and hope it all goes away...

Posted by David A at January 6, 2006 02:09 PM
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