Lewis hires legal team amid investigation
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer
11 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., under federal investigation over his ties to a lobbyist, has hired a high-profile legal team from a Los Angeles-based law firm.
Lewis has denied wrongdoing and has said he has not been contacted by federal investigators in the probe, which became public last month and is being run by the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.
The team includes former Solicitor General Ted Olson; Robert Bonner, who once led the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles and was once head of Customs and Border Protection; Mel Levine, a former Democratic congressman from California; and Joseph Warin, a former federal prosecutor.
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Comstock previously has acted as spokeswoman for lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff.
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