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Lawmaker leaves panel after FBI search
WASHINGTON - Arizona Republic, , ), whose wifes business was searched by the FBI on Thursday, says he will temporarily step down from the House Intelligence Committee. House Minority Le, , ), R-Ohio, said Friday that Renzi told him of the search and volunteered to step down from the committee, which has some oversight authority over the FBI, "to avoid any unnecessary distractions on the panel and its critical work." Renzi has denied any wrongdoing. In a statement issued late Thursday, he acknowledged that the FBI had taken documents from the family business. Personal financial disclosure forms filed with the House last May show Renzis wife, Roberta, owned the Patriot Insurance Agency Inc. It was valued at between $1 million and $5 million. A reporter who knocked on the door Friday was directed to Tucson, Ariz., lawyer Mick Rusing, who was not immediately available for comment.
Renzi didn’t reveal $200K
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) failed to disclose a $200,000 payment he received from a business partner in 2005 in apparent violation of House ethics rules. Prosecutors could use the omission as evidence that Renzi intended to conceal a transaction he knew to be controversial or even improper. The $200,000 was a payment from James Sandlin to settle a debt related to a previous business transaction involving land in northeast Arizona, one of the lawmaker’s attorneys, Grant Woods, told a newspaper last week. .
Van Wilder's guide to being a UA alumna
With 12 days left in my college career, I head into this week with tears my eyes. What will I do without seeing the red brick, eating crappy Student Union Memorial Center food, hearing "Bear Down" at noon and hanging out at North Fourth Avenue? I guess I better learn how to be a great UA alumna. In my quest to seek out what it means to be a UA alumna, I realized it is harder than getting an alumni license plate and donating money. And so I wish to impart my new found wisdom to my fellow UA graduates: Book your trip for next year's homecoming. Did you know that homecoming is actually an event to honor UA alumni? So why give up drinking on the UA Mall, watching the parade and rushing the field after a homecoming upset just because you graduated? I, for one, have already reserved my flight and have alerted the media that I will be returning to T-town Nov.
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