Homes of Calif. Lawmaker, Defense Contractor Raided
By REUTERS
Published: July 2, 2005
Filed at 2:17 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal agents investigating the relationship between Rep. Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham and a defense contractor searched the congressman's California home and the contractor's home and yacht, the U.S. Attorney's office said on Saturday.
Channing Phillips, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, declined comment on whether any materials were seized in Friday's raids, saying that the search warrants were under seal.
The Internal Revenue Service, the Pentagon's Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the FBI have joined the U.S. Attorney's office in the investigation of Cunningham and Mitchell Wade, who until recently was chief executive of MZM, a Washington-based government contractor that provides highly classified intelligence work for the Pentagon.
The investigation began after news reports that Wade had purchased Cunningham's home in Del Mar, California, in late 2003 for more than $1.6 million and then sold it months later at a loss of $700,000. Cunningham also was living rent-free on Wade's boat at the Capital Yacht Club on the Potomac River.
In addition to executing search warrants at Cunningham's home in the San Diego area and Wade's yacht and Washington home, Phillips said federal agents had searched the offices of MZM Inc.
K. Lee Blalack, a lawyer for Cunningham, called the search of Cunningham's home ``an appalling abuse of government power'' since the congressman had agreed to cooperate fully with a federal subpoena for various documents. >>>continued
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-crime-cunningham.html?
Published: July 2, 2005
Filed at 2:17 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal agents investigating the relationship between Rep. Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham and a defense contractor searched the congressman's California home and the contractor's home and yacht, the U.S. Attorney's office said on Saturday.
Channing Phillips, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, declined comment on whether any materials were seized in Friday's raids, saying that the search warrants were under seal.
The Internal Revenue Service, the Pentagon's Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the FBI have joined the U.S. Attorney's office in the investigation of Cunningham and Mitchell Wade, who until recently was chief executive of MZM, a Washington-based government contractor that provides highly classified intelligence work for the Pentagon.
The investigation began after news reports that Wade had purchased Cunningham's home in Del Mar, California, in late 2003 for more than $1.6 million and then sold it months later at a loss of $700,000. Cunningham also was living rent-free on Wade's boat at the Capital Yacht Club on the Potomac River.
In addition to executing search warrants at Cunningham's home in the San Diego area and Wade's yacht and Washington home, Phillips said federal agents had searched the offices of MZM Inc.
K. Lee Blalack, a lawyer for Cunningham, called the search of Cunningham's home ``an appalling abuse of government power'' since the congressman had agreed to cooperate fully with a federal subpoena for various documents. >>>continued
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-crime-cunningham.html?
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