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Paper: Indictment against Alleged Cunningham Briber "So Close"
From North County Times:
The U.S. attorney's office in San Diego is close to seeking an indictment against Brent Wilkes, a Poway defense contractor whose company received millions of dollars in government contracts after allegedly bribing the now-imprisoned Randy "Duke" Cunningham, two federal officials with intimate knowledge of the case said Tuesday."I know we are so close," said one official, who agreed to speak with the North County Times on the condition that his name not be published.
A preliminary draft indictment is under review by "many eyes on what is going to be proposed to the grand jury," according to the source.
The big question here is whether prosecutors will focus their case on the Wilkes' bribing of Cunningham (as detailed extensively in his guilty plea), or whether it will extend to alleged bribes of other lawmakers and government officials, such as the CIA's former #2, Dusty Foggo.
A couple of weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Attorney overseeing the investigation, Carol Lam, had ordered her prosecutors to draw up the indictment before she was finally forced out in mid-February.
Comments (7)
dqueue wrote on January 31, 2007 12:34 PM:And so, is Wilkes "Too Big To Fall"?
Richard L. Adlof wrote on January 31, 2007 12:44 PM:Perhaps Brent shoulda been sending $$$ to the idiot in the White House rather than wasting it on the local idiot from Southern California. At least he coulda got a 'Ranger' badge to show for his trouble.
Dennis wrote on January 31, 2007 3:05 PM:Fall or not, if these investigations come anywhere close to the White House, just watch those presidential pardons come rolling out.
You don't have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.
C wrote on January 31, 2007 6:21 PM:woo hoo!
go to jail. go directly to jail.
Jeoffry B. Gordon, MD wrote on January 31, 2007 11:00 PM:do not pass GO, do not collect $200.
My word it's taken so long. Cunningham was indicted, convicted and in the slammer in stunning speed. Yet no oneelse involved in his now well established misdeeds has been indicted. AND the US Attorney on the case (Carol Lam) is "relieved" of her post before any more indictments. How can you believe the blind wheels of justice are still rolling on. I believe the indictments when they are actually issued and when we see how wide a net they cast.
Jeoffry B. Gordon, MD wrote on January 31, 2007 11:01 PM:My word it's taken so long. Cunningham was indicted, convicted and in the slammer in stunning speed. Yet no one else involved in his now well established misdeeds has been indicted. AND the US Attorney on the case (Carol Lam) is "relieved" of her post before any more indictments. How can you believe the blind wheels of justice are still rolling on? I will believe the indictments when they are actually issued and when we see how wide a net they cast.
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