Saturday, October 21, 2006
Weldon Allegedly Tries To Keep National Security Professionals From Supporting Sestak
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has copies of e-mails indicating the Rep. Curt Weldon's office has a program to intimidate supporters of his opponent in the midterm elections.
E-mails received by CREW have prompted us to ask the Department of Justice to investigate whether Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA) violated the law by intimidating government personnel "in the national security field" who support his opponent, Joe Sestak.
The first e-mail describes a "hit list" compiled of Weldon opponent's supporters. In addition, that e-mail notes the Weldon said something to the effect of "If they don't think there will be retribution before or after the election, they're kidding themselves." The second e-mail states that Weldon had his staff contact Navy personnel to get information on Sestak.
CREW has asked the Department of Justice to investigate this very serious matter. The e-mails, which are provided below, detail a disturbing, and potentially unlawful, abuse of power. 18 U.S.C. 600 and 18 U.S.C. 610 are implicated with this kind of behavior.
Melanie Sloan stated that, "Not only has Rep. Weldon abused his position to financially benefit his daughter, he has threatened to misuse his position to punish those who support his political opponent. Rep. Weldon needs to learn that no one, not even a powerful member of Congress is above the law."
