Last fall, then-Congressman Jim Gibbons made news when he was involved in an altercation with a woman who claimed he had assaulted her. No charges were filed.
Fast forward, now Governor Jim Gibbons is under federal investigation for his actions as a member of Congress. The FBI is trying to figure out if Gibbons got gifts for performing favors. There are emails:
Reporting yesterday on the investigation, the Wall Street Journal published a series of alleged e-mail exchanges about Gibbons's dealings with Warren Trepp, the software entrepreneur whose company won millions of dollars' worth of classified military contracts during the time Gibbons served in Congress.The culture of corruption reigned when the GOP controlled D.C. The FBI has plenty of work to do sorting it all out.
Among the dozens of e-mails is one allegedly sent days before Trepp and his wife prepared to set sail on a Caribbean cruise with Gibbons and his wife. In it, Trepp's wife allegedly wrote to her husband: "Please don't forget to bring the money you promised Jim and Dawn." Trepp's reply, according to the Journal report, was: "Don't you ever send this kind of message to me! Erase this message from your computer right now!"
The gifts allegedly included the cruise and travel on Trepp's private jet, as well as some suggestion of a payment that Trepp made to Gibbons, the Journal reported. Gibbons was first elected to the House in 1996 and served five terms.
