This just up at WaPost
House ethics investigators have scrutinized the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July. The report appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and was provided to The Washington Post by a source not connected to the congressional investigations.
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Read fast, get copy, because a takedown could happen any time!
The 22-page "Committee on Standards Weekly Summary Report" for late July gives brief summaries of House ethics panel investigations of the conduct of 19 lawmakers and a few staff members. It also outlines the work of the new Office of Congressional Ethics, a quasi-independent body that initiates investigations and provides recommendations to the ethics committee. The document says the office is reviewing the activities of 22 members, eight of whom the ethics panel is also reviewing.
Update. Hmm.. the WaPost isn't distributing the document, but they do summarize a few key points in the article. And, frankly, the key points aren't that surprising, or -- not to put too fine a point on it -- not that interesting. Rep. Rangel, Rep. Harmon, both were previously known to have been referred to ethics. And, Rep. Mollohan, ", whose personal finances federal investigators began reviewing in early 2006 after complaints from a conservative group that he was not fully revealing his real estate holdings."
To be frank: I'm not seeing much new here. How about you?