Speaker 1: I have a swamp story for you, which could only
Speaker 1: happen in the swamp. According to Roll Call, the U. S.
Speaker 1: Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced last week
Speaker 1: that a congressional staffer faces a five year stretch in
Speaker 1: prison for falsifying a security clearance form. Isaac Avant has
Speaker 1: been serving as chief of staff from Mississippi Congressman Benny Thompson,
Speaker 1: highest ranking Democrat in the House Committee for Homeland Security. Mr.
Speaker 1: Avant has been staff director for that committee during the week.
Speaker 1: On weekends he had to go to jail. Now. That's
Speaker 1: because last January he was convicted of failing to file
Speaker 1: federal income tax returns. He was senced to four months
Speaker 1: in jail and find one fifty thousand dollars, but being
Speaker 1: a high ranking figure in the Washington establishment, he was
Speaker 1: allowed to serve his time on weekends. Now, apparently Mr
Speaker 1: Avant failed to mention any of this on his security
Speaker 1: clearance form for the Homeland Security Committee, so again he
Speaker 1: faces charges. This time he could get five years behind
Speaker 1: bars if convicted, and there's no talk about doing time
Speaker 1: on weekends. Now. For a while, nobody, including Roll Call,
Speaker 1: could find out if he still works for the Democrat congressman.
Speaker 1: Or if he had been terminated, well we now know
Speaker 1: he still has his job. And that, my friends, is
Speaker 1: how they roll in the swamp. Jail, what jail not
Speaker 1: for me,