Lewis hires legal team amid investigation (California Republican Rep.)

[Judi Lynn]

Lewis hires legal team amid investigation

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer
11 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., under federal investigation over his ties to a lobbyist, has hired a high-profile legal team from a Los Angeles-based law firm.

Lewis has denied wrongdoing and has said he has not been contacted by federal investigators in the probe, which became public last month and is being run by the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.

The team includes former Solicitor General Ted Olson; Robert Bonner, who once led the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles and was once head of Customs and Border Protection; Mel Levine, a former Democratic congressman from California; and Joseph Warin, a former federal prosecutor.
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Comstock previously has acted as spokeswoman for lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060613/ap_on_go_co/congressman_lobbyist

[Murky Waters]

1. Quite the high powered defense

Something gigantic must be headed his way for him to hire such a defense. The strength of any wall is typically in proportion to the value of whatever is on the other side of that wall. He is building a mighty big wall. Not a "keep out of trouble" wall, but a "keep out of jail" wall. Cool :)