Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
series of blog posts about how Defense Solutions, a company linked to former Congressman Curt Weldon, has tested the legal bounds of this new arms bazaar in Iraq, Russia and Libya. These deals are al...
Eschaton (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Guilty: WASHINGTON - A Delaware County real estate agent and close friend of former U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon who became a Capitol Hill lobbyist pleaded guilty yesterday to destroying evidence related to the FBI's investigation of Weldon.Cecilia M. Grimes, 43, became the second close Weldon associate to plead guilty and agree to cooperate with the FBI in its corruption investigation of the 10-term Republican...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
A lobbyist with ties to former Pennsylvania congressman Curt Weldon admitted in court Friday she threw her BlackBerry in a fast-food restaurant trash can to hide it from the FBI.
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
A former lobbyist and close friend of former representative Curt Weldon pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to trying to destroy evidence in the federal investigation of the Pennsylvania Republican. Read the full story
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
The federal investigation of former Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) has nabbed another one. Pleading guilty in federal court today was Cecelia Grimes, Weldon's very good friend and a former lobbyist. Grimes admitted to destruction of evidence and could face up...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
A former lobbyist and close friend of former representative Curt Weldon pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to trying to destroy evidence in the federal investigation of the Pennsylvania Republican.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
WASHINGTON - A close friend of former U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon pleaded guilty today to destroying records soon after the FBI interviewed her about the congressman.
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Back in January of 2007, the House Ethics Committee ("Press 1 if you are a member of Congress covering up a criminal offense. Press 2 if...") released a statement saying that it had reviewed a foreign trip by Congressman Curt Weldon and determined that he had violated the gift-rule ban. Weldon, said the statementwhich was signed by Republican Doc Hastings, then the Committee chairman, and Howard Berman,...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
A close friend of former U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon has agreed to plead guilty to destroying records soon after the FBI interviewed her about the congressman.
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
A Pennsylvania-based lobbyist has been charged with destroying evidence related to an FBI investigation into former Congressman Curt Weldon. Read the full story
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
A Pennsylvania-based lobbyist was charged with destroying evidence related to a Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry involving former Representative Curt Weldon and the awarding of government contracts.
Capitol Briefing (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
A federal investigation into alleged corruption by former ex-Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) appears to be closing in on the former lawmaker, as a Pennsylvania lobbyist close to Weldon was charged Tuesday with destroying evidence. Taking a page from the "How Not to Handle Evidence" handbook, lobbyist Cecilia Grimes allegedly threw documents in the trash after they were subpoenaed by a federal grand jury and...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania-based lobbyist was charged Tuesday with destroying evidence related to an FBI investigation into former Rep. Curt Weldon….
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
A Pennsylvania-based lobbyist has been charged with destroying evidence related to an FBI investigation into former Congressman Curt Weldon.
Harper's Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
I’ve spoken to multiple sources familiar with the Weldon investigation and have been told that investigators were closely scrutinizing Grimes’s relationship with the former congressman. Sources have also told me that Weldon’s relationship with Grimes went well beyond mere friendship. If that is the case, any role Weldon might have played in assisting her business prospects as a lobbyist would be even...
