Conflict of Interest: Alan Mollohan Chairs DoJ Subcommittee That Investigates Him
CAN YOU SAY “CONFLICT OF INTEREST”?
Undoubtedly overlooked in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 2006 vow to “drain the swamp” of House corruption is Alan Mollohan’s conflict of interest.
Both the Washington Post (Justice probing lawmaker with oversight over department) and TPM Muckraker (Dem Rep Controls DOJ Budget While Under DOJ Investigation) noticed.
From WashPo: “For three years, Rep. Alan Mollohan has chaired the important Appropriations subcommittee that controls the Justice Department’s $65 billion budget. At the same time, he has been under a Justice Department investigation, according to documents and two sources briefed on the probe.”
Why is he still there? Readers may want to ask Nancy Pelosi. Though Mollohan was forced down from his chairmanship of the House Ethics(?!?) Committee, he retained his place at the Appropriations trough.
TPM Muckraker reports, “Republicans in his district are lining up to take on Mollohan next year, and his ethics issues will no doubt be a liability,” and cites Don Surber’s Charleston Daily Mail as the source.
Surber noticed last week: Justice Department investigates Mollohan.
Will this have any effect on whether Alan “Money” Mollohan, the Overnight Millionaire, is prosecuted?
Time will tell. But no time is needed to recognize a clear conflict of interest.
MORE: Alan Mollohan: Corruption, Cronies and Crocks of Earmarks in WV. Why Mollohan is being investigated in the first place. “Egregious” is the word that first comes to mind, though others may have other words.
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