Yet another federal investigation. From USA Today:
The FBI is investigating whether a member of Sen. Arlen Specter’s staff broke the law by helping her husband, a lobbyist, secure almost $50 million in Pentagon spending for his clients, the senator acknowledged Tuesday….
The federal probe stems from a February report by USA TODAY about Siegel. Specter helped direct $48.7 million in Pentagon spending over the past five years to clients of her lobbyist husband, Michael Herson.
Specter has acknowledged he used his position on the Senate Appropriations Committee to put special-interest language in Pentagon spending bills directing the money to clients of Herson’s firm, American Defense International.
Specter says he didn’t know of the link to Siegel, who was one of his top advisers on spending issues until last fall.
This morning, Roll Call reported that the FBI reviewed Specter’s financial disclosure records this past April.
