Oh that’s pretty weak.
Earlier today, Paul Kiel noted that according to the McCain Committee Abramoff report, Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH), well … lied when he was interviewed by committee investigators.
Now, in tomorrow’s paper the Post has a run-down on this part of the story. And Ney’s response to charges he lied? He wasn’t under oath when he talked to the committee investigators.
Let’s go to the tape …
Brian Walsh, a spokesman for Ney, said yesterday that the congressman’s meeting with the committee “was a voluntary meeting — it was not conducted under oath.”
Walsh also notes that the committee report relied on emails written by “convicted felons.”
Specifically, it would seem, Neil Volz, Ney’s long-time Chief of Staff who recently copped a plea in the Abramoff case.
Update: Oops, looks like it doesn’t matter whether Ney was under oath or not.
