The Justice Department is conducting an inquiry into the financial disclosures of Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV), the Wall Street Journal reports today. The National Legal and Policy Center, a right-wing Virginia political watchdog group, brought the matter to investigators’ attention, flagging “at least 200 misrepresentations or omissions in Mr. Mollohan’s disclosure forms over the years,” according to the newspaper.
When TPMmuckraker called the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington, their spokeswoman confirmed to us that there is an investigation, but refused to comment further on the nature or extent of it.
Late Update: DC-based government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington calls for Mollohan to step down from the Ethics committee.
