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For Immediate Release: April
27, 2006 Watchdog Calls on Members
of Congress to Come Clean on Contributors Involved in Looming
Prostitution Scandal The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that the federal investigation into the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal has expanded to encompass whether defense contractors Mitch Wade and Brent Wilkes provided prostitutes for Cunningham as part of their scheme. Campaign watchdog TheRestofUs.org called on all members of Congress with ties to defense contractors Wade and Wilkes to state categorically whether that relationship included the procurement in any form of sexual partners. “We call on all those elected officials with ties to Brent Wilkes and Mitch Wade to come clean about whether Wade and Wilkes procured in any fashion sexual partners on their behalf,” said Ned Wigglesworth, researcher and analyst for TheRestofUs.org. “Particularly those members among the top recipients of campaign contributions from these men have a duty to tell their constituents, and indeed the country, that neither their representation nor our national security was compromised by the members’ sexual behavior.” The watchdog released a list of the top ten recipients of campaign contributions from Wilkes and his associates, which included Representatives Duke Cunningham, Duncan Hunter, Jerry Lewis, and John Doolittle, Idaho Senator Larry Craig, and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. “The public has a right to hear it from their elected official that they weren’t involved in this sordid scheme,” said Derek Cressman, director of TheRestofUs.org. Top 10 list: http://www.researchfortherestofus.org/CorruptionFiles/Wilkes-Top10.htm Today’s blog, with additional info and link to WSJ article: http://fortherestofus.blogspot.com/2006/04/cunningham-scandal-expands.html #-#-#
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