Nice sketch of the triangular arrangement between Appropriations committee chairman Jerry Lewis, former San Diego rep Bill Lowery and 19 California towns and institutions that hired Lowery's firm to help get earmarks; raising the question, was it a shakedown? and did Lewis get anything except campaign donations from the arrangement? More from me on this issue (sub. only).

And in other corruption investigation related news, Paul Kiel explains how DHS found a letter from Cunningham recommending for a contract a limo company owned by an ex-con it had previously claimed it didn't have.

Posted by Laura at June 19, 2006 09:31 AM