You’re never going to believe this, but someone remembered that Nancy Pelosi got caught violating travel disclosure rules. Washington Times reporter Charles Hurt:
Democrats have released a series of new political ads highlighting a new issue that Democrats see as a winner — accusing House Republicans of ethical lapses.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Campaign for America’s Future are running print and radio ads accusing several Republicans — including Majority Leader Tom DeLay — of running afoul of House ethics rules regarding travel paid for by outside organizations, as well as other charges.
The new ads come as Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, filed with the House clerk three new corrections on her own travel disclosure forms.
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But top Democrats are taking some fire of their own. Mrs. Pelosi filed three delinquent disclosure forms for three trips she took more than five years ago.
A December 1999 trip she took to Taipei, Taiwan, cost $8,040 and was paid for by the Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce.
She also filed delinquent reports for a February 1998 trip to New York to appear on “Meet the Press” and a November 1999 trip to deliver a speech in Florida. NBC paid the $200 cost of the New York journey, according to the report, and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee picked up the $340 tab for the Florida trip.
Hurt’s mention is the first since the San Francisco Chronicle ran this column about Pelosi’s ethical troubles last week. And of course, the New York Times has been doggedly ignoring this story.
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