No lie: Ethics probe of Joe Wilson's (R-SC) travel wider than disclosed

[babylonsister]

No lie: Ethics probe of Joe Wilson's travel wider than disclosed

By James Rosen | McClatchy Newspapers


WASHINGTON — The congressional ethics investigation of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., is broader than previously disclosed and goes well beyond his use of $12 in per diem expense money to buy six decorative goblets in Afghanistan last year.

Congressional staff members with detailed knowledge of the probe said ethics investigators are examining Wilson's unusually high number of foreign trips — at least 30 in the past eight years — and his use of per diem expense money while traveling abroad.

Wilson, a relatively unknown lawmaker until he shouted "You lie!" as President Barack Obama addressed Congress last year, has a reputation among his peers as a frequent foreign traveler, these staff members said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly on the investigation.

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Since he joined Congress after a December 2001 special election, Wilson's overseas travel has cost taxpayers about $100,000 all told in itemized expenses, including roughly $38,000 in per diem money intended to cover only meals and lodging.

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/09/04/100156/south-carolinas-wilson-under-wider.html

[KharmaTrain]

1. Well...Well...Well...

Ya gotta wonder how many rounds of golf with lobbyists that included. Of course the corporate media ignores these kind of stories cause they aren't "sexy". A great warning of what to expect if the GOOP retakes the House...the corruption will be widespread led by a scumbag who earned his "chops" under DeLay by passing out cash from tobacco lobbyists on the House floor.

:hi:

[babylonsister]

4. $38K PER DIEM, a lousy lowlife gov't employee?

This frosts me. I hope he gets thoroughly investigated.

I can't even imagine golf would cost that much. Maybe little gold trinkets for the wife and/or girlfriend?

:hi:

[catgirl]

2. Those are some expensive goblets!

Glad the loser's going down.

[FBaggins]

3. You Steal!

n/t