This is an emerging story, so I'll keep this diary very brief. Today, the Justice Department reported that Alaska state Senator, and member of the Republican party, John Cowdery, was indicted on one count of bribery and one count of conspiracy.
My question is serious: does anyone know of any person or organization that keeps a detailed compendium of elected officials charged with wrongdoing?
I won't report the details of the Justice Department's press release (it's short). My question is this: does anyone keep track of the state and federal politicians who are arrested and indicted while in office? Senator Cowdery isn't the only elected guy in trouble with the law today: the sitting mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Frank E. Melton, was indicted today for illegally having a house torn down, allegedly at gunpoint (well, he's not accused of using a gun, but the police were).