Does Bob Novak Read TPMmuckraker?We thought he didn’t, but maybe he does! Nearly two weeks after we reported Rep. Katherine Harris’ (R-FL) failure to notify House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) of her federal subpoena, conservative pundit Robert Novak picks up the item for his syndicated column:
Katherine is silent
Rep. Katherine Harris, the embattled Republican Senate candidate in Florida, did not make the required notification to House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert when she was recently subpoenaed by the Justice Department in a campaign contributions case.
House rules require that any member, when subpoenaed, must notify the speaker, who then announces this development from the chair. There is no sign of how Hastert will respond to this failure by Harris.
Justice’s investigation involves a campaign contribution to Harris by Mitchell Wade, president and CEO of MZM, a high-tech national security firm based in Washington.
Harris is alleged to have broken the law in reimbursing MZM employees for cash they gave to Harris for contributions.
[Ed. note: to our knowledge, nobody (but Novak, maybe) believes Harris reimbursed MZM employees for donations they made to her campaign. Wade, however, has confessed to reimbursing MZM employees for their donations to Harris.]
As is his usual practice, Novak declined to identify us as his source for the item. Hey, it’s cool, we believe in protecting sources too. Anyway, Bob, I hope you bookmark us — we’re the place to come for all this stuff. If you didn’t already know.
