Double Whammy for House Democrats: Ethics Investigation of Pelosi Approved as Kwame's Mom Subpoenaed

The Corner relays news of a double whammy to hit House Democrats today. First, the House of Representatives has approved an ethics investigation of Nancy Pelosi.

This afternoon, by a vote of 402 to one, the U.S. House approved a resolution calling for the House Ethics Committee to investigate House Democratic leaders and their handling of ethical allegations concerning former Rep. Eric Massa (D., N.Y.). House Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) offered the privileged resolution.

In the resolution, Republicans urge the ethics committee, based on recent media reports, to probe into allegations of sexual harassment made by Massa’s former congressional staffers...

Inaction by House Democratic leaders “may have exposed employees and interns of Rep. Massa to continued harassment,” the resolution reads. The resolution also asks the committee to investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.), and their staffs...

Second, Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's mom -- Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI) -- has been subpoenaed.

...On Tuesday, Kilpatrick’s office manager in Detroit, Andrea Bragg, let the Speaker’s office know she had been subpoenaed as well before a grand jury... The topic of the subpoenas is not known. Kwame Kilpatrick has been fighting in state court over restitution to be paid on a perjury plea. The Free Press also has reported that a contractor who pleaded guilty in a federal corruption probe has told investigators he handed over bribes to the former mayor in 2002.

Cheeks Kilpatrick – Michigan’s only member of the powerful Appropriations Committee – has not been publicly implicated in any of those probes but has been a loyal defender of her son.

Don Rickles could not be reached for comment.


Update: Question: Could the Eric Massa scandal bring Nancy Pelosi down?

Hat tip: Larwyn.