Posted on 06/23/2010 9:36:28 AM PDT by Chet 99
By MATTHEW MOSK and BRIAN ROSS June 23, 2010 —
A trusted aide to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter resigned Wednesday morning after ABC News reported that he had been arrested for attacking his ex-girlfriend with a knife, and had an open warrant for his arrest in Baton Rouge on a drunk driving charge.
The aide, Brent Furer, worked on the Republican senator's last campaign, and has spent the last five years posted in his Washington office to handle, among other things, women's issues.
An ABC News investigation out this morning revealed that Furer had repeated brushes with the law dating back to the 1990s. Those who have had encounters with Furer told ABC News that his presence on Vitter's payroll raised serious questions about the senator's judgment. Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said it concerns her that the senator has talked so forcefully as an advocate for women and an opponent of drunk driving, and yet would keep someone with Furer's background on his staff.
"It says something terrible about Senator Vitter's judgment that this is the kind of guy he wants to keep in his office," said Sloan, who first alerted ABC News to the assault case. "The people of Louisiana should be asking, 'What does this guy do for Senator Vitter to keep him around?'"
Furer's resignation was reported at 10:30 Wednesday morning by the Associated Press. Vitter spokesman Joel DiGrado told AP that Vitter's office was aware of Furer's arrest for attacking his ex-girlfriend two years ago, but said Vitter was unaware of any other legal issues until the ABC News report. "Senator Vitter accepted the employee's resignation today after learning of the other incidents," spokesman Joel DiGrado said.
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Look for many more hit jobs on GOP candidates leading up to November.
Zero’s media looks to be replaying the Foley strategy again.
Look for many more hit jobs on GOP candidates leading up to November.
Zero’s media looks to be replaying the Foley strategy.
Sensationalist nonsense. Fire the guy and move on. Oil spills, property prices, Afghan war, unemployment, budget deficits . . .
There’s enough real news without this $#!+.
When will the media investigate Obama’s past? (A rhetorical question only, of course.)
Unfortunately when Larry Flint whips out his checkbook there be more of the infidelity scandals too. I know that for a fact.
Vitter ought to reasign for having a staffer that covers “womens’ issues”. How pathetic.
Yawnnnnnnn
More important things to worry about like OBAMA and the oil that
is poisoning our food chain for starters.
Vitter is teflon. He would get away with murder. He is a cheat (as far as marital vows) and people don’t care. I thought he was a Democrat at first. He is one Republican that could be in a hotel room with young children and still get away with it. I don’t know what he has on folks but Louisiana could do much better than Vitter.
The Democrats have 100x as many miscreants in nice cushy Congressional staffer jobs...all over 100 thou a year. Gays have tons of these jobs. They are all over DC
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