FBI chief orders internal probe

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III ordered an internal investigation into whether bureau agents interfered with midterm congressional elections by disclosing a corruption probe that undermined the re-election bid of Republican Rep. Curt Weldon weeks before the Nov. 7 vote.

Political influence in the FBI? Where could THAT be coming from? Wouldn’t you know…a Clintonista:

The federal investigation of Mr. Weldon and his daughter was requested by Melanie Sloan, a former assistant U.S. attorney during the Clinton administration, who heads the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Miss Sloan said in an interview that her request was sent after a Los Angeles Times report in 2004 suggested Mr. Weldon, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, helped steer defense contracts to his daughter’s business consultancy.

The outcome of the whole thing?

He was later cleared of the charges by the House Standards of Official Conduct Committee.

Of course, he also lost his re-election bid, so the efforts of Ms. Sloan were successful from the point of view of the Clintonian Donks, to whom political triumph is the ultimate goal of the universe.