Doolittle, from the Sacramento Bee …

Rep. John Doolittle acknowledged Monday that his lawyer, whom he has paid more than $38,000 in the last two months, is talking with the Justice Department about the congressman’s relationship with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Ongoing.

Weldon, from the Post …

A grand jury, impaneled in Washington in May, has obtained evidence gathered over at least four months through wiretaps of Washington area cellphone numbers and has scrutinized whether Weldon received anything of value, according to the sources. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the investigation.

Ongoing.

Andy Stern stops by TPMCafe.

Remember coingate? Well, Ohio voters won’t have much of a chance to forget — the trial of alleged coin fund embezzler and GOP big wig Tom Noe started yesterday… and will likely go through Election Day. That and other news of the day in today’s Daily Muck.

Is this what got national Republicans to pull the plug? Quinnipiac has Sherrod Brown up by 12 over Mike DeWine in Ohio.

When word leaked on Friday that Curt Weldon, his daughter and his top political supporter were the subject of a DOJ investigation, his campaign insisted none of it was true. That became a bit harder yesterday when FBI agents raided multiple locations in Pennsylvania and Florida as part of the investigation. But you’ve got to see this interview Weldon gave (I think yesterday) in which he explains how all his troubles are the product of a conspiracy between Sandy Berger, Jamie Gorelick, possibly Bill Clinton and especially Melanie Sloan of CREW. It’s really must-see Youtube.

TPM Reader PT on the Five Stages of Republican Scandal …

5 stages of Republican scandal:

1. “I have not been informed of any investigation or that I am a target”
2. “I am cooperating fully, but this whole thing is a political ploy by the Democrats”
3. “I’m SHOCKED by the mistakes made by my subordinates”
4. “I’m deeply sorry for letting down my friends and family. I now recognize that I am an alcoholic. I will be entering rehab immediately, so I have no time for questions”
5. “Can I serve my time at Eglin Federal Penitentiary (aka Club Fed)?”

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross would roll over in her grave.

NRCC pulling the plug on the challenger to Rep. Chet Edwards (D) down in Texas.

Watch endangered Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY) go postal in a debate at the ed. board of the local paper when her opponent brings up Foleygate (Kelly sat on the Page Board from 1999-2001).

Kelly also, improbably, claims there is no evidence that Foley was on the prowl between 1999 and 2001 when she was a member the chair of the Page Board. I think we pretty much know that’s false, right?

Click the image to see the video. Click here for the transcript of the piece de postalstance.

A reader passes on word that just moments ago on MSNBC, they did a spot on congressional ‘ethics’ which compared the non-story John Solomon is pushing with Harry Reid to the criminal investigation of Curt Weldon and his allegedly corrupt dealings with Russian oil and arms conglomerates.

Balance.