Cookie Krongard's son seeks restraining order against dad

[Hamlette]

The son and daughter-in-law of State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard have asked a judge to issue a restraining order forcing him to stop sending "unprofessional and highly offensive" e-mails that suggested the family would be put "on the street" if they lost a lawsuit Krongard has filed against them, according to documents filed last week in a New Jersey court.

A letter to Krongard last week from the committee's chairman, Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), accused Krongard of creating a "dysfunctional office environment in which you routinely berate and belittle personnel, show contempt for the abilities of career government professionals and cause the staff to fear coming to work." The letter said high personnel turnover has left the office with many senior-level vacancies and only seven of 27 investigator positions filled.

Krongard filed suit last year against his son, Kenneth W. Krongard, and his daughter-in-law, Kristin, over a home loan that he said they had defaulted on. They paid back the full loan -- then totaling about $320,000 -- within weeks of his suit being filed.

But Krongard has demanded hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional interest and penalties and a full repayment of his legal fees. One of the exhibits on file in the case show that Krongard has claimed he has already been billed nearly $114,000 in legal fees.

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How did I miss this one? Nut case.

Did Olbermann do a story on this?

[acmavm]

1. Great daddy. What a swell guy. Of course he's a republican.

The party of family values.

[hisownpetard]

2. Candidate for Republican Father of the Year (after Rudy, of course).

What a lowlife this guy is.

[tanyev]

3. Krongard Family Values.

[Marr]

4. Seems like this complaint has been common with these far right appointees.

The "berating employees" part, I mean. Makes sense, when you consider their views on government (government that does anything but act as a money conduit for big business, that is).