Hmmm. Not looking too good for Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ). Just a short while ago we alerted you to the AP story breaking the news that Renzi is the subject of a federal investigation centering on a shady land deal. We’d been working on that story too. And a short time after the AP story broke, TPMmuckraker.com followed up with more details we have about the transaction and the subsequent investigation.
Because of that we weren’t surprised to see the New York Times following on these stories with their own piece about the Renzi probe.
But I got 
a bit more surprised when I read the Times piece by David Johnston and realized that they were reporting an investigation into what appears to be an entirely separate bad act. This one’s about an investigation into a piece of legislation Renzi introduced to help what the Times calls a telecom company that happens to employ his Renzi’s father.
Also of interest, I just talked to TPMmuckraker’s Justin Rood who says the company in question is an intel contractor that apparently had ties to Mitch Wade’s MZM. So if you’re still looking for the grand unified theory of GOP corruption, hey, the night’s still young.
