Investigation of Rep. Jerry Lewis (CA - R)

Speaking of Rep. Jerry Lewis, the investigation took an interesting twist last November. The investigation was being run by Los Angeles US attorney Debra Wong Yang. Apparently she felt the heat. Laura Rozen at War and Piece has the story.

Perhaps the most interesting recently departed US attorney to hear from would be one who left ostensibly voluntarily. Former Los Angeles US attorney Debra Wong Yang, who had been heading up the investigation into former Appropriations committee chairman Jerry Lewis. And where did Yang go on January 1st? To the law firm representing Lewis. The fact that Yang resigned her office November 10 -- just after the elections - is interesting. It's no secret that the decision to retire and a decision informed by knowledge one is going to be dismissed are sometimes the same thing. Is Yang the exception that proves the rule, or no exception at all? Among the powerful partners at Gibson Dunn, the firm that offered Yang a golden parachute, you will remember, is Theodore Olsen, the Bush White House former solicitor general.

Rozens source is a local Los Angeles paper, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise.

[H/T to Calitics.]

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[03 18 2007] Mea Culpa
Apparently Debra Yang, the US attorney for Los Angeles was NOT investigating Rep. Jerry Lewis. Based on the map, Rep. Lewis represents the 41st District of California, which covers the area East of San Diego. Based on the map, Carol Lam, the US attorney for San Diego would have investigated that.

I didn't properly fact-check that. My apologies.