Senator Vitter's Trusted Aide (on women's issues) Drove Drunk, Attacked Girlfriend, Still On the Job

[jefferson_dem]

EXCLUSIVE: Meet Senator Vitter's Trusted Aide – Drove Drunk, Attacked Girlfriend, Still On the Job
Senator Of DC Madam Fame Has Had Aide Working On Women's Issues; Brent Furer's Brushes With Law Go Back to 1990s

By MATTHEW MOSK and BRIAN ROSS

A longtime aide to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, who has been assigned by the senator to oversee women's issues, pleaded guilty in 2008 to charges stemming from a knife-wielding altercation with an ex-girlfriend.

Brent Furer, a longtime aide to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, pleaded guilty in 2008 to charges stemming from a knife-wielding altercation with an ex- girlfriend. Furer, who has been assigned by the senator to oversee women's issues, has had repeated brushes with the law dating back to the 1990s, an ABC News investigation has found. He is seen here in Washington, D.C.



The aide, Brent Furer, has had repeated brushes with the law dating back to the 1990s, an ABC News investigation has found. Yet Furer has continued to receive his taxpayer-financed senate staff salary in Washington, even as court records show he remains wanted on an open warrant in Baton Rouge stemming from an unresolved misdemeanor DWI charge.

Those who have had encounters with Furer say his presence on Vitter's payroll raises serious questions about the senator's judgment. Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said it concerns her that the senator has talked so forcefully as an advocate for women and an opponent of drunk driving, and yet would keep someone with Furer's background on his staff.

"It says something terrible about Senator Vitter's judgment that this is the kind of guy he wants to keep in his office," Sloan said. "The people of Louisiana should be asking, 'What does this guy do for Senator Vitter to keep him around?'"

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/vitter-aide-attacked-girlfriend-pleaded-guilty/story?id=10913025

[babylonsister]

1. Boys will be boys.

:eyes: Vitter is still in office; IOKIYAR.

[tanyev]

2. Ew. He looks like quite a piece of work.

[Selena Harris]

3. Bayou Brent

Check out this post form Bayou Brent,circa 2002.

The other comments are pretty interesting,too.

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