care where they are in vegas or anyone where else, in order to get their business done do they really need to have these big parties? that is a separate question. if you were listening to the gsa hearings the other day the western regional conference held in las vegas that created all of these problems was the only conference. other parts of the country don t have the regional conferences, and it sounds as if this was a pretense to go and have a great time. they d had a western regional conference previously in new orleans which doesn t make a heck of a lot of sense. martha: i think a lot of people would feel for harry rhode to say, bring all the business we can to my home state, every representative certainly wants to see business come to their home state, but make sure you do it on the up and up and you re not wasting any taxpayer dollars. that would have been an opportunity for him to say that. that is not what he said. i want to ask you about this story as well when it comes to t
against mr. neily, the gentleman in charge of the gsa conference, that s what we learned yesterday is that miller is recommended to look into whether or not there was criminal things that occurred, possible instances of bribery, possible kickbacks. while there are light hearted moments and members of congress are going to push the folks to make them look bad and embarrass them the american taxpayer s money could have been wasted in a serious way. and then also what is happening in the press. the new york post has a photo of jeffrey neily. he pleaded the fifth six times yesterday. it really is an amazing piece of congressional history using his constitutional right not to incrimnate himself on the simplest of questions eecven wh
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his job title was. what is your title at gsa. mr. chairman on the advice of council i respectfully decline to answer. did you attend the 2010 western regional conference in las vegas. on advice of my council i decline to answer based on my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. six times. what is behind that? he can t answer his own title? it is remarkable and obviously he hawse following the advice of his council which is saying nothing you gain a lot. however, it definitely to the general public appears extremely suspicious. it reeks of scandal that someone cannot even answer the question of what they did in their previous job because they are worried about the legality of it. and that is really what chairman
underway in capitol hill. lawmakers are grilling former officials aboutt the conference. earlier they asked gsa expecter brian miller about appetizers. we think the appetizers were expenses. how do you get around the rule to have appetizers? there is a rule that says if you have an award ceremony and food is necessary for the performance of the award ceremony you may have food. fresh off the daily run down luke joins us now. we can start a segment starting about appetizers you know it is not going to be good for the folks getting asked these questions on capitol hill. not at all, richard. while that is sort of a light hearted moment about lawmakers trying to press the expecter general about what the gsa was doing at this event in las vegas spending money there are possible criminal charges filed