Yonivore
07-11-2007, 12:12 PM
...in the swamp drain (http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0707/Legal_Bills.html).
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.) paid a Washington law firm more than $22,000 during the past three months, according to his most recent campaign finance report.
Last year, the FBI reportedly investigated whether the congressman had properly disclosed his real estate investment with a West Virginia businessman whose company received a $2.1 million contract with the federal government earmarked by Mollohan.
Mollohan paid the Washington law firm Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel $22,671 in three installments from the middle of May to the end of June, according to Federal Election Commission filings released Tuesday.
Mollohan's office did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
Mollohan, who chairs a prominent subcommittee on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, was forced to relinquish his position as the ranking Democrat on the House Ethics Committee in 2006 amid revelations surrounding lucrative real estate investments, including one with a former aide-turned-lobbyist, and questions about his connection to a series of nonprofit groups in West Virginia that had received millions in federal funding.
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.) paid a Washington law firm more than $22,000 during the past three months, according to his most recent campaign finance report.
Last year, the FBI reportedly investigated whether the congressman had properly disclosed his real estate investment with a West Virginia businessman whose company received a $2.1 million contract with the federal government earmarked by Mollohan.
Mollohan paid the Washington law firm Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel $22,671 in three installments from the middle of May to the end of June, according to Federal Election Commission filings released Tuesday.
Mollohan's office did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
Mollohan, who chairs a prominent subcommittee on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, was forced to relinquish his position as the ranking Democrat on the House Ethics Committee in 2006 amid revelations surrounding lucrative real estate investments, including one with a former aide-turned-lobbyist, and questions about his connection to a series of nonprofit groups in West Virginia that had received millions in federal funding.