Another Bush crony under investigation
Bush Official, Friend Under Investigation
A Bush administration cabinet secretary is facing multiple federal investigations about whether he lied to Congress when he vowed he never intervened in contracting awards at his department, according to a new report.
The FBI and the Justice Department are working with the inspector general for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to probe whether HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson arranged for nearly half a million dollars worth of work to go to a golfing partner and friend, according to the National Journal magazine.
At a Senate hearing May 3, Jackson told lawmakers, “I don’t touch contracts.” Jackson, who was once a neighbor of President Bush’s, was facing scrutiny for telling an audience in April 2006 that he once nixed a contract to a company because its top executive opposed President Bush.</em>
Gosh, I’m sure Bush is shocked to learn his friend is a crook.
