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January 20, 2005

Jack Kemp Questioned in Oil-For-Food Probe

Say it ain't so, Jack:

Former Republican vice-presidential candidate and New York Congressman Jack Kemp has been questioned by the FBI in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, it was revealed last night. Newsweek magazine reported on its Web site that the ex-Buffalo Bills quarterback faces scrutiny about his dealings with Virginia-based oil trader Samir Vincent, who earlier this week became the first figure to be formally charged with criminal wrongdoing in the $21.3 billion global scandal. The magazine identified Kemp as the former senior U.S. government official whom the feds said Vincent contacted on behalf of Saddam Hussein in an attempt to weaken and repeal sanctions on Iraq. Former White House lawyer Lanny Davis, speaking on Kemp’s behalf, confirmed to The Post that Kemp was interviewed by the FBI in October, but, “as far as we are aware, he is not a target. He is not a subject of any kind of investigation.” Davis, a Kemp pal who was President Bill Clinton's White House counsel, said Kemp never took any money or had any business relationship with Vincent — and was not aware that Vincent was an Iraqi agent.

posted by Ace at 03:53 PM
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Oh shit, Lanny Davis is his mouthpiece? I knew there was something I didn't really like about that guy. Forget Oil for Food for a second- I'm sure that will shake out one way or the other (and Kemp will be the front page posterchild, marking the first time the scandal reached the headline if he's dirty) Lanny Davis is a scumbag, a hair-splitter, a shyster. Anyone who hires him as their lawyer is automatically guilty of consorting with known trash.

Posted by: AndrewF on January 20, 2005 04:06 PM

Isn't the Kemp/Davis connection proof enough that these people are all in bed together and are in it only for themselves?

Posted by: Leopold Stotch on January 20, 2005 04:47 PM

Eh. A Republican involved in Oil-For-Food. Had to happen sooner or later. Don't really care, myself. If he knowingly was doing things not on the up-and-up, nail him to the wall with the rest of 'em. This thing is about a thousand times bigger than partisan politics.

Posted by: Russell Wardlow on January 20, 2005 05:32 PM

You'll know that Kemp is really in trouble when he no longer has Lanny Davis, political spin-meister, speaking for him, but a lawyer with real experience in criminal law. So long as Kemp has Davis, assume this is mostly a P/R problem, not a criminal matter...

Posted by: steve sturm on January 20, 2005 05:46 PM

Saw the article in the Post this morning, too, and read it with great interest, since Kemp was an early favorite political influence. Anyway, while this Samir Vincent guy is really an unknown factor, it seemed to me that Kemp was meeting with him because they shared a common interest in Kemp's proposals to lower the sanctions on Iraq in exchange for a return of the UN / US inspectors. So, on Kemp's part, it could be his optimism (and egotism for coming up with a solution) overwhelming his common-sense decision making.

Of course, if it turns out there was a little payola or something else going on, then throw this out the window and JK needs to be hang out to dry for his actions. Who knows at this point what really happened, but you know the media will spin it as "GOP Big-Whig Behind Oil for Food!!!"

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