U.S. Attorney's Office Seeks CA Rep. Duke Cunningham's Home

Now we're talking! You know it is serious when the U.S. Attorney's Office takes time out of schedule to go after you.

As the San Diego Union-Tribune reports:

The U.S. Attorney's Office has filed a secret lawsuit against Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham that contends he should forfeit his Rancho Santa Fe home to the government because it was purchased with illegally obtained money.

Notice of the lawsuit and the government's interest in the property was filed with the San Diego County Recorder's Office.

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The home – a five-bedroom, eight-bath Spanish colonial estate on Via Del Charro – was listed for sale yesterday for $3.5 million. However, the U.S. attorney's declaration that it has a claim on the property makes a sale difficult if not impossible for the time being, local real estate agents said.

Why would the USAO want the Duke's house? Because he violated 18 U.S.C. 201 (the anti-bribery statute), perhaps? If they can get Cunningham, they can get DeLay. It is only a matter of time.

Can anyone say competitive race in CA-50?

For more info on Rep. Cunningham, see this previous post.