So, this story is in a couple of places today, including the San Diego Union Tribune and Last night's Scarborough Country.

 

It seems that as part of the Duke Cunningham case, the Feds discovered that Defense Contractor Brent Wilkes, one of the bribers-in-chief in that case, had also rented a bunch of limos and hotel rooms for Mr. Cunningham, and potentially other Congresspeople as well.

 

Of course, the real meat is what they may have been doing with those hotel rooms.

Federal investigators are trying to determine whether Cunningham and other legislators brought prostitutes to the hotels or prostitutes were provided for them there, according to a report in yesterday's Wall Street Journal  and confirmed by the Union-Tribune.

 

A source close to the bribery case, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, told the Union-Tribune  that Mitchell Wade, who pleaded guilty in February to bribing Cunningham, told federal prosecutors that he periodically helped arrange for a prostitute for the then-congressman.

 

A limousine would pick up Cunningham and a prostitute and take them to the ADCS hospitality suite, Wade reportedly told investigators. Federal agents are investigating whether other legislators had similar arrangements with Wilkes or Wade, a business associate of Wilkes who ran his own defense contracting company, MZM Inc.

According to Scarborough last night, the rumor they've heard is that there were up to 6 Congressmen who may have found themselves having an extra good night at the Watergate thanks to the lobbyists.

 

This should be a fun one to follow.

Why the nickname Duke? Turns out Randy was appropriate after all! *rimshot*