The American Spectator

home
ADVERTISEMENT
Print Email
Text Size

Special Report

The Rest of Murtha's FBI Tape

It doesn't sound good for Jack -- and did he lie to John McLaughlin?

(Page 2 of 2)

br>
MR. MCLAUGHLIN: ...Murtha was approached by an undercover FBI agent, and you're on tape telling the agent, quote, unquote, "I'm not interested." Is that true?

REP. MURTHA: Not only that, John; they pulled a drawer out and they had $50,000 there and I said, "I'm not interested." I said, "I'm interested in investment in my district, period."

br> Not interested, period? The only "period" that Anderson reported Murtha using in the conversation was, "I want to deal with you guys awhile before I make any transaction at all, period." No wonder Murtha has kept a generally low profile through most of his political career.
Page:   12

topics:
Mainstream Media, Business

About the Author

David Holman is a reporter for The American Spectator.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (17) | Leave a comment

Rhoda R| 1.22.09 @ 3:11PM

I remember when Arabscam first went public. I remember how proud I was that at least ONE senator had the honesty to turn down the deal. These new revelations make me sick. Murtha makes me sick.

Pingback| 7.16.09 @ 9:54AM

Oh John…Another Shoe Drops on Murtha | THE D.C. WRITEUP links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…to corruption controversies either.  The PMA Group, a lobbying firm with heavy connections to Murtha, was raided by the FBI in February of 2009 and Murtha been connected to corruption scandals dating back to the 1980s. The second, is that no Congressman has an excuse to be surprised by the cesspool of waste in defense contract appropriations given all we know about how the system works.  Murtha sponsors…

Pingback| 2.8.10 @ 4:16PM

Twitter Trackbacks for The American Spectator : The Rest of Murtha's FBI Tape [spect links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…American Spectator 2 Show more Tags #usmc #teaparty #gop Topsy Retweet Button Add Topsy Retweet Button to your Blog or Web Site. WordPress  Web Sites   3 tweets tweet The American Spectator : The Rest of Murtha's FBI Tape spectator.org/archives/2006/07/12/the-rest-of-murthas-fbi-tape – view page – cached What is on the rest of Congressman Jack Murtha's now infamous FBI tape? Much more…

mili8951| 5.10.10 @ 2:22AM

http://www.edhardycawholesale.com/

Leave a Comment

N.B. We encourage readers to share and discuss their thoughtful and relevant comments about this Spectator article. Comments are routinely monitored and will be deleted if profane, bigoted, or grossly impolite. Please be respectful. (And don't feed the trolls!) Thank you.

Related Articles

More Articles by David Holman

More Articles From Special Report

http://spectator.org/archives/2006/07/12/the-rest-of-murthas-fbi-tape
ADVERTISEMENT

Clip of the Day

Most Popular Articles

Who Castrated Ann Coulter?

David Catron | 2.6.12

The Delousing of a Movement

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.9.12

Bigoted Barack, Red in Tooth and Clause

George Neumayr | 2.10.12

Justice Ginsburg Should Resign

William Tucker | 2.8.12

Coulter Care

Peter Ferrara | 2.8.12

Unsafe at Any Smoke

Eric Peters | 2.10.12

Middle-Aged Man Takes a Holiday

Christopher Orlet | 2.9.12

ADVERTISEMENT