GOPer: Cookie’s Ignorance about Brother’s Spot “Pretty Outrageous”

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One of Krongard’s chief defenders, Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT), found the timeline of the Krongards’ relationship with Blackwater troubling. “To have your brother tell you he was not involved in Blackwater” and to only find out at the hearing that he’s connected to the company “is a pretty outrageous thing,” Shays said. Buzzy has done Cookie “tremendous damage” and suggested that Cookie should have taken further steps to ensure that he knew whether his brother was on the advisory board of a State Department contractor. Here’s video:

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