WaPo: Is Montana Republican Senator Conrad Burns under investigation?

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An Investigative Target? A Subject? A Fine Line.

...{Burns Campaign Manager} Iverson announced that the senator's criminal lawyer had confirmed with the Justice Department that "Burns is in fact not the target" of its investigation.

But what exactly does that mean?

Not much, said Stanley M. Brand, a lawyer in Washington with decades of experience in defending prominent officials charged with corruption. He represented former White House aide George Stephanopoulos in the Whitewater investigation and former representative Dan Rostenkowski, the Illinois Democrat who pleaded guilty to mail fraud in 1996.

Brand said that distinctions in a federal criminal manual between a "target," someone the Justice Department has decided to seek charges against, and a "subject," someone under investigation who could be upgraded to a target, are largely meaningless in a practical sense.

"You can't take these distinctions to the bank, because the Justice Department can change your status whenever it wants to," Brand said. "To me, it is academic. Burns is under investigation."

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[babylonsister]

1. We can hope!

:bounce: :bounce:

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3. Yeah. Regardless, his corrupt Republican ass got smoked by

Jon Tester in that last debate.

Burns was sputtering and speechless at several points.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Big wig republican = investigation.

[Independent_Liberal]

4. Burns! He's Senator #1 in the Abramoff case!

I want this little turd to go down and I hope he takes Frist, Roberts and Cornyn with him!

[AtomicKitten]

5. he's knee-deep in Abramoff money

in fact, has received more than any other member of Congress

http://www.beyonddelay.org/summaries/burns.php

Hey Conrad. Careful dropping the soap in the shower.

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6. I like this line from the Post article.

"Abramoff himself told Vanity Fair that he and his clients received "every appropriation we wanted" from a subcommittee chaired by Burns."

[aquart]

7. Cool. Has he lost any weight, yet?

Developed any nervous tics?

[peacetalksforall]

8. Doesn't it seem that crime makes you cocky? Think about the

arrogance, prancing, attitude of DeLay, Cunningham (before). Burns and Stevens are really cocky. Is Stevens in trouble. I'm going to observe this a little closer.