The FBI has notified three non-profit organizations formed by Rep. Alan Mollohan that they can expect subpoenas for financial and other records. Now why the heck they telegraph that, I have no idea. One would think it would be bad technique to warn a target. One can just envisage the shredders running around the clock. But I digress.
The nonprofits at issue are the Vandalia Heritage Foundation, the Institute for Scientific Research and the Canaan Valley Institute. The F.B.I.'s notification to them has occurred over the last two days and signals that the bureau is looking deeper into the 500-page complaint, which among other things suggests ties between the special appropriations, or earmarks, and Mr. Mollohan's personal real estate investments.
Mr. Mollohan's office did not return repeated calls yesterday. Nor did Vandalia's president, Laura Kurtz Kuhns, whose ownership of vacant lots on Bald Head Island, N.C., with Mr. Mollohan and their spouses is a prime focus of the conservative group's complaint.
I don't think I've heard one single Democrat use the culture of corruption meme lately. Gee, I wonder why?
