Senators Harry Reid and Sheldon Whitehouse want some answers. Aids to the two Democrats have been busy in recent days making phone calls around the country (several to yours truly) trying to round up people who know what the hell they are talking about and are willing to testify about the inner-workings of Warren Jeffs' FLDS church. (I politely declined--can't really cover an event and testify at it at the same time--doesn't look good.)
Very well placed sources, however, tell me the two Senators are looking to investigate the FLDS church's for a lot more than just forced underage marriages. They also want to see if any federal laws (i.e. RICO and the Mann Act etc.) may have been broken by Mr. Jeffs and company. A hearing is slated for Washington D.C. this coming Thursday morning.
Meanwhile in Texas, a grand jury is probably going to start slinging out some criminal indictments pretty darn soon. The Lone Star State couldn't hang on to the confiscated kids but its investigation following its ill-fated raid continued and that now-four-month-old probe will certainly lead to the indictment and prosecute of some of the adult FLDS men--and maybe even some of the adult FLDS women--and mark my words that could certainly include polygamous prophet Warren Jeffs himself and some of Jeffs' closest allies....stay tuned....mw

1 Comments

Sandy said:

Great Work: Harry Reid, Terry Goddard, and Greg Abbott!

July 24, 2008 11:52 PM

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