lancelot14466 wrote:

Newly-elected Congressman Under Investigation

The Miami Herald reports investigators are looking into more than $500,000 in secret payments from the owners of a dog track to a company tied to Rep-elect David Rivera (R-FL).

"Most of the money was paid in early 2008, weeks after Rivera -- then a member of the Florida House of Representatives -- helped run a political campaign backed by the dog track to win voter approval for Las Vegas-style slot machines at parimutuel venues in Miami-Dade County."
http://politicalwire.com/
This is a dangerous situation for a newly-elected Republican Congressman.  If he were an egregiously dishonest tax cheat and long time Representative or Senator---like Charlie Rangel---nothing would happen but a slap on the hand.