Chicago Sun-Times
October 14, 2006
Federal prosecutors in Arizona have opened a preliminary investigation into a camping trip that Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) took with two former pages and others in 1996, according to a law enforcement official. Kolbe, 64, is the only openly gay Republican in Congress.
Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) took the former pages as well as staff members and National Park Service officials on a rafting trip in the Grand Canyon in 1996, said his spokeswoman, Korenna Cline, on Friday. Cline said the rafting party included five current staffers, two former pages and Kolbe's sister. Nothing inappropriate happened on the trip, she said.
An allegation related to the trip was given to the U.S. attorney's office in Phoenix, but it was not clear whether it concerned any contention of improper activity by Kolbe. A second law enforcement official said the 1996 trip may be too old to investigate as a criminal action.
October 14, 2006
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