THE DUKE'S BACK IN THE NEWS-- Title 18, United States Code, Section 201

Title 18, United States Code, Section 201 is a federal law about bribery and conflicts of interest by government officials. Court records seen this week by a reporter from the San Diego Union Tribune show that the U.S. Attorney's Office is trying to seize Randy "Duke" Cunningham's $3.5 million home, alleging that he purchased it with bribe money. If you've been following this blog you know all about Cunningham and his incredibly corrupt record in Congress. And he's still there. He's promised to not run again but he hasn't resigned and he's still on the House Defense Appropriations Sub-Committee and the House Intelligence Committee, the two positions that allowed him to make millions of dollars in bribes from defense contractors.

Most Cunningham news has involved Mitchell Wade and his MZM Inc but Cunningham has been on the take from countless crooked businesses. In fact, his most interesting crime, the one no criminal agency seems to want to touch with a 10 foot pole-- and one the media is also keeping away from-- was selling a presidential pardon to a GOP operative for $400,000. Since he's not the president, wonderers are wondering what Bush's take was out of this transaction. Meanwhile, though, FBI agents searched the offices of a second federal contractor, this week, one located in Poway, CA.

Cunningham's sleazy attorney, who's been spewing lie after lie since Cunningham was caught in his myriad bribe schemes, is trying to keep the Feds from seizing the congressman's home by claiming his due process was violated. He's trying to claim that the official papers weren't properly served. This is what the Republicans have representing suburban San Diego County. Why hasn't Bush asked him to resign? Or Schwarzenegger? Why hasn't DeLay's crooked Ethics Committee Chairman, Doc Hastings, opened an investigation. It's unbelievable. But in the Age of Bush, ANYTHING should be believable.