The Renzi indictment is still a rumor, but the investigation isn't...

From AP (via KOLD in Tucson):

A land deal involving Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi reportedly is being scrutinized by the U-S attorney's office in Arizona.

A law enforcement official in Washington says the inquiry is ongoing, the investigation has been under way for a few months and is still in its very early stages.

Serious props to Lofty Donkey for being on this well before anyone else, and also to Tedski, both for being on it early on and for the info about Grant Woods being his defense attorney, confirmed here.

Side note: JD has tried to make political hay against Harry Mitchell because he was endorsed by the same Grant Woods that Renzi has hired. Will JD support his embattled, soon-to-be-ex colleague, or is he going to throw Renzi under the bus?

Inquiring minds want to know. :)

Either way, expect the AZ blogosphere to erupt into dancing in the cyber-streets over this confirmation from AP. Whooooo Hooooo!!

On edit: I called both the Mitchell and Hayworth campaigns to see if they had any comment about the story.

Seth Scott, spokesman for Harry Mitchell, said that they have no comment about the story.

A spokesman/phone answerer for the Hayworth campaign declined comment stating that they did not know anything about any story, and he also declined to give his name, citing the same reason.

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