House Members Resist Subpoenas in Case Linked to Cunningham Bribery Scandal
By Alan K. Ota and Toby Eckert, CQ Staff
More than a dozen House members from both parties have been served with subpoenas in the case of defense contractor Brent Wilkes, who is facing charges stemming from the bribery conviction of former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham.
The 13 lawmakers have joined forces behind the scenes to try to fight the wave of subpoenas they have received in recent days from an attorney for Wilkes.
A source familiar with discussions among the lawmakers and lawyers said they were organizing the joint effort on grounds that the subpoenas are overly broad requests for testimony and documents. Mark Geragos, Wilkes’ lawyer, has asked all of them for information related to Wilkes’ trial.
Five of the 13 lawmakers received subpoenas for both documents and testimony: Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton, D-Mo.; Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas; Duncan Hunter of California, ranking Republican on Armed Services; Defense Appropriations Chairman John P. Murtha, D-Pa.; and Jerry Lewis of California, ranking Republican on Appropriations.
The other lawmakers all received subpoenas that requested only testimony. They included Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo.; former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.; Michigan Republicans Joe Knollenberg and Intelligence ranking member Peter Hoekstra; California Republicans Darrell Issa and John T. Doolittle; Jerry Weller, R-Ill; and Interior-Environment Appropriations Chairman Norm Dicks, D-
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http://public.cq.com/docs/cqt/news110-000002585644.htmlI don't know what this means, but it looks like 4 out of the 13 are dems- including Murtha.