6.25.07
By ERICA WERNER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Doolittle's former chief of staff and campaign adviser is cooperating with federal prosecutors investigating Doolittle and his wife in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal, the aide's attorney told The Associated Press on Monday.
The aide, David Lopez, who was Doolittle's longtime chief of staff until 2005 and continued to work on his campaigns after that, has turned over campaign finance records to the Justice Department under subpoena, said his attorney Bill Portanova.
A different former Doolittle staffer, Kevin Ring, who went on to work as a lobbyist with Abramoff, was already known to be under investigation in the wide-ranging probe. Portanova's comments marked the first public confirmation that prosecutors have been interviewing other former Doolittle aides.
"Our client has been contacted like many other former staffers," said Portanova. "We have provided documents pursuant to government request in the form of a subpoena which we gladly complied with."
Doolittle, a Northern California conservative, relinquished his post on the powerful House Appropriations Committee in April after the FBI raided his home in the wide-ranging probe.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Doolittle's former chief of staff and campaign adviser is cooperating with federal prosecutors investigating Doolittle and his wife in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal, the aide's attorney told The Associated Press on Monday.
The aide, David Lopez, who was Doolittle's longtime chief of staff until 2005 and continued to work on his campaigns after that, has turned over campaign finance records to the Justice Department under subpoena, said his attorney Bill Portanova.
A different former Doolittle staffer, Kevin Ring, who went on to work as a lobbyist with Abramoff, was already known to be under investigation in the wide-ranging probe. Portanova's comments marked the first public confirmation that prosecutors have been interviewing other former Doolittle aides.
"Our client has been contacted like many other former staffers," said Portanova. "We have provided documents pursuant to government request in the form of a subpoena which we gladly complied with."
Doolittle, a Northern California conservative, relinquished his post on the powerful House Appropriations Committee in April after the FBI raided his home in the wide-ranging probe.
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