Top Ney Aides Jump ShipJohn Bresnahan over at Roll Call has the scoop.
Rep. Bob Ney’s (R-OH) legislative director is already out the door, and his chief of staff and communications director are on the way out.
And that’s not all. One of Ney’s aides in Ohio was recently subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury, and “Additional subpoenas of Neyâs staffers are expected soon.”
Brian Walsh, Ney’s battle-tested flack (thanks for the memories!), apparently hasn’t had enough of the Abramoff scandal. He’s leaving Ney to be the spokesman for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who’s come up repeatedly because of his role in shutting down the casino of the Tigua tribe in West Texas when he was Attorney General there. Ralph Reed, working for Abramoff, was very active in pushing along Cornyn’s crusade, something Cornyn has claimed to know nothing about. Oh, but there are emails.
It looks like the Justice Department really has built up a head of steam.
