The last graph of this excerpt from a Reuters piece on the investigation into potential help lobbyist Karen Weldon may have received from her father is interesting:

Weldon said in a statement: "I have received confirmation that the Justice Department has opened a preliminary inquiry into items previously reported on by the L.A. (Los Angeles) Times in 2004."

He said he would provide investigators all documents and information they sought.

"I am confident that investigators will reach the same conclusions as the House Ethics Committee, which looked into these allegations in 2004 at my request, and found that I had engaged in no wrongdoing," Weldon said.

Weldon accused Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a public advocacy group that requested a Justice Department review of the matter two years ago, of engaging in "the politics of personal destruction."

Weldon said the group is closely tied to his Democratic challenger, "and now, just weeks before my re-election word that the inquiry is occurring has mysteriously trickled out."

A spokeswoman for the group denied political motivation in its actions, noting it sent its letter to the Justice Department in 2004.

A U.S. law enforcement official said the government investigation went beyond the 2004 allegations. He said the Justice Department had received additional information that "has renewed interest in this issue."

What's the additional information?

Posted by Laura at October 16, 2006 08:18 PM