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Republican Darrell Issa Wins ‘Most Corrupt’ Award From Non-Partisan Watchdog Group CREW
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On September 13th, Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) won an award he’d probably love to be able to decline. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-profit legal watchdog group dedicated to holding public officials accountable for their actions, gave Issa a Dishonorable Mention in its 8th annual Most Corrupt Members of Congress report.
CREW cites Issa for illegally revealing confidential information from a sealed wiretap in the Congressional Record — while leading a politically-motivated witch hunt intended to hurt Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder — and then shielding himself from reproach and censure by claiming that he, as a member of Congress, had constitutional protections for his unethical actions.
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Yes, the man widely known to be one of the most corrupt Members of our corrupt Congress is also the Chairman of the Oversight Committee, which is dedicated to eliminated waste, abuse, and fraud. Fitting.
No surprise. This is the same guy who loudly condemns earmarks, then quietly used earmarks to improve the value of real estate he owned. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/earmark-investigation-darrell-issa-on-vista-calif-road-improvement/2012/02/06/gIQAhbtWwQ_story.html
This is also the same guy who declared that the Obama administration is among the “most corrupt” in modern times: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/darrell-issa-obama-administration-among-most-corrupt-in-modern-times/
I guess he’s got inside knowledge about corrupt public officials.