WASHINGTON (AP) -(Via KOMO) A former aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., was in federal custody after being arrested on a charge of attempting to sexually exploit a minor.
James Michael McHaney was fired Friday from his job as a scheduler for Cantwell, hours after he was arrested by FBI agents. The FBI said in court papers that McHaney is accused of trying to set up a meeting with a witness posing online as a teenage boy.
McHaney, who appeared in federal court on Saturday, was being held without bond pending a court hearing on Wednesday, said Channing Phillips, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.
Hmmm.
Surber (Via Memeorandum)
Cantwell has no party when an aide is arrested, but had one when she went to Cambodia.
Alicia Mundy of the Seattle Times filed a dispatch on an aide of Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state being arrested on pedophile-related charges — after the Smoking Gun broke the story. In 296 words, Mundy never mentioned Cantwell’s party, although in the final paragraph she hinted that the aide might be a Democrat.
You wouldn’t expect them not to dodge that point, would you Don?
No matter how this can be sliced, the double standard has been well established over the years. This is merely one more example of such.
And note the wording in the AP story I linked:
A former aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., was in federal custody after being arrested on a charge of attempting to sexually exploit a minor.
The guy was on a lunch break from Cantwell’s office when arrested. Miswording it to create a little separation and cover for the Democrat?
And they wonder why the press isn’t trusted, anymore.
Oh… another conenction, from Redstate:
Hey, this guy was John Kerry’s travel coordinator in 2004. Imagine the fun he probably had on the road!
No, thanks. I think I’d rather not.
Memeorandum has a pretty good list of reax.
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