White House: Counsel finds no White House advance staff involved in Colombia improper conduct
Posted Apr 23, 2012 01:54:50 PM.
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WASHINGTON – The White House says President Barack Obama’s lawyers have concluded that no member of his White House staff engaged in improper conduct in Cartagena, Colombia.
Obama spokesman Jay Carney says the White House counsel’s office undertook a review as due diligence, even though there were no specific allegations of misconduct against advance White House staff. The Secret Service and the Pentagon are conducting investigations into allegations that agents and military personnel consorted with prostitutes in advance of Obama’s trip to the Summit of the Americas.
Last week, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, urged a broader investigation to include White House advance staff and communications personnel.
