Star: Feds Investigating Blunt Administration's Awards Of Fee Offices

Submitted by Roy Temple on Sat, 04/15/2006 - 5:48am.

Bud Cummins, the man who may take down the Blunt administration.
The Kansas City Star reports today that the FBI is investigating the Blunt administration for their scheme of appointing fee agents.

The investigation is being handled by Bud Cummins, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Cummins has been a U. S. Attorney in Arkansas since 2001.

Let's hope that Cummins is a man of high integrity. He is a former legal counsel to Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas. Hopefully that experience will give him insight into just how unique and outrageous the Blunt administration's schemes are.

Here's Cummins' bio:

Bud Cummins was born in Enid, Oklahoma. He came to Arkansas in 1977 to attend the University of Arkansas. He later moved to Little Rock, and after several years in the construction business obtained a law degree from the UALR Bowen School of Law.

Mr. Cummins served as a law clerk to the United States Magistrate Judge John F. Forster, Jr., and later had the privilege of serving as a clerk to Chief United States District Judge Stephen M. Reasoner. After his clerkships, Mr. Cummins set up his own private law practice. Mr. Cummins entered public life in 1996 as an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Congress. Mr. Cummins later served as Governor Mike Huckabee's Chief Legal Counsel.

In December of 2001 Mr. Cummins was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and was quickly confirmed by the Senate. He took office December 26, 2001.


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