Legal Opinion
Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 11, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2011-1021PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
As Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, former Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-CA) had substantial say over the fate of billions of federal dollars. When some of those funds landed in the hands of clients of Lewis’s close friends— and when those friends and clients donated some 37 percent of the $1.3 million that Lewis’s political action committee received from 1999 to 2005 — a federal investigation followed. See Jerry Kammer, A Steady Flow of Financial Influence, San Diego Union Tribune (Dec. 23, 2005), available at…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
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