Don't know nothing about nothing

It sure is something that the three most powerful men in the House don't know nothing about the FBI investigation.

• Speaker Ron Richard: "I'm sure there's chairmen who’ve done a lot and chairmen who haven’t done zip. I just go on how they handle themselves around here, their professionalism, their interests (and) seniority.”
• Majority Leader Steve Tilley: "We don't know anything. I haven't talked to the FBI, and I haven't talked to anybody who's talked to them."
• Speaker Pro Tem Bryan Pratt Pratt: "We're not aware that a crime has occurred."

And, just in case you were wondering, here's the denial from former Speaker Rod Jetton:

• "I've never heard of anybody out there trying to do anything like that -- you do this and I'll do that. If there had been, I would have definitely jumped in and done something about it and shut it down pretty quick."

The reports have said that the investigation centers on cash for things like committee assignments, which I immediately assumed meant people close to the office that actually get to make committee assignments (remember Ron "I'm in Charge" Richard from a few weeks ago?). But I guess that was a mistake on my part.

Now that we've cleared that up, can we get back to picking on poor people already?