Philly Inquirer: Lobbyist friend of Weldon to plead guilty: "...The investigation focuses, in part, on whether Weldon - identified as 'Representative A' by prosecutors in a criminal information filed yesterday - agreed to support contracts for Grimes' clients 'as a quid pro quo for the payment of fees' to the lobbying firm, court papers say. Weldon has not been charged and maintains his innocence. Grimes has agreed to cooperate with the investigation...." Among her clients, subsidiaries of Italian defense firm Finmeccanica. If the firms knowingly paid Grimes, a former ReMax real estate agent who worked out of her home in Media Pa, to get favors from Weldon who sat on House Armed Services committee, will they come under investigation too?

Posted by Laura at July 16, 2008 07:19 AM