Feds Raid House of Weldon Daughter

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By Paul Kiel - TMP Muckraker

Oct. 16, 2006 -- Just this weekend we learned that the FBI was investigating the relationships between Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) and his daughter's lobbying clients.

Today, federal agents raided the home of Karen Weldon, who launched her successful lobbying career at age 28, and whose clients reportedly enjoy remarkable attention from her father's office.

Weldon sought to cast doubt on the reports' veracity that there was an investigation. There can be no more doubt.

From The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Federal agents raided the home of the daughter of U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) this morning.
The agents departed Karen Weldon's three-story brick home on Queen Street in Philadelphia with arms loaded with boxes.
A government car pulled into the alley to the back door of the house and loaded boxes into it. Three agents standing in an alley declined to identify themselves.