Lamp - In fairness, I was the one that didn't like the Wiki.
I still don't like the way this one is written.
For example,
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In 1985 Frank hired Steve Gobie, a male prostitute, for sex.
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Opinions aside. (no I don't really care.) This is still illegal.
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In 1987 Frank kicked Gobie out
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So ... for two years he knew nothing about what Gobie was doing?
Ignorance, is highly unlikely and almost worse than knowing.
Then the shit hit the fan with Gobie going public ...
Frank was not the best judge of character apparently.
Yet he still paid for his psychiatrist and attorney out of his own pocket.
Yes, thats better than using tax dollars, but still smells fishy.
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Frank asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate his relationship
"in order to insure that the public record is clear."
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IIRC Frank was all but forced to do so.
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Frank used his congressional office to fix 33 of Gobie's parking tickets.
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Abuse of power?
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and for misstatements of fact in a memorandum relating to Gobie's criminal probation record
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could also have been stated as "Frank lied to the court/congress/whatever."
Simply put - He lied. Yes he was punished for it with a reprimand which we all realize is not a damn thing in the long run.
I'll stop now.