by Mindy Aguon, KUAM News Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Subscribe to Mindy's newsfeed   E-mail this article Printable version KUAM Toolbar Web Widgets Get RSS headlines

Two House committee chairmen are calling for a broader investigation into former powerhouse and now convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his dealing's with Guam. California congressman George Miller has requested a congressional probe along with Virginia delegate Nick Rahall into the recent terminations of eight U.S. Attorneys and Abramoff's work with Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

While the U.S. Department of Justice previously determined there was nothing improper about former acting U.S. Attorney Fred Black's replacement, the two congressmen want to know whether high level Bush Administration officials tampered with the investigation of Abramoff. The two said in a press release that in light of more recent revelations about political interference, it is now necessary to reexamine the case, as it may represent the beginning of a pattern of behavior by some members of Congress and officials in the Bush Administration to politicize the work of U.S. Attorneys and quash their independence.