Rep. Ken Calvert (CD-44), Official Member of the Republican Triangle of Corruption

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Conservative Blog Gathers Support to Oust Calvert from Approps Panel
The Hill (May 15, 2007
A popular conservative blog has intensified its call to pull Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) from the powerful House Appropriations Committee, launching a coordinated effort to target members of the GOP Steering Committee who voted to appoint him.  Erick Erickson, the editor in chief of www.Redstate.com, said yesterday that he had received encouragement from Hill staffers and some lawmakers who believe GOP leadership needs a wake-up call. At press time, several conservative websites and blogs, including the Club for Growth's site, had linked to Erickson's proposal to remove Calvert from the Appropriations panel. more

Calvert's Appointment Creates Concern
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (May 10, 2007)
Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Riverside, was temporarily appointed to the powerful House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, taking the seat of Rep. John Doolittle, R-Granite Bay, who stepped down after it was disclosed that FBI agents had raided Doolittle's home in a probe into his connections to lobbyist Jack Abramoff.  Calvert is expected to serve for the remainder of Congress or until Republican leadership decides otherwise. more

Sale of Park Site Draws Questions
Riverside Press-Enterprise (August 18, 2006)
A water and sewer district in northwestern Riverside County apparently circumvented state law when it sold 4 acres of public land to Inland Rep. Ken Calvert and his investment partners for $1.2 million this spring.  An investigation by The Press-Enterprise found no evidence that the Jurupa Community Services District first offered the land to other public agencies, a requirement of state law intended to provide more recreational land. more

FBI Reviews Calvert Links
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (June 17, 2006)
As Riverside Republican Ken Calvert seeks a seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, he finds himself on the periphery of investigations into his benefactor Rep. Jerry Lewis, an influential lobbying firm, and disgraced former Rep. Randy Cunningham.  The FBI pulled Calvert's publicly available financial disclosure forms in May. The scrutiny comes amid the federal investigation into the lobbying firm Copeland, Lowery, Jacquez, Denton & White and its relationship with Lewis, the Redlands Republican and chair of the appropriations committee.  more

Feds Eye Calvert Ties
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (June 9, 2006)
Ken Calvert, the Republican congressman who represents most of western Riverside County, has ties to a lobbying firm that is under scrutiny by federal investigators for its cozy relationship to other powerful lawmakers.  The influential Copeland, Lowery, Jacquez, Denton & White lobbying firm and its clients have been among the largest donors to Calvert's election campaigns since 1999. Federal investigators have been quietly probing the firm in recent months, looking specifically at its connections to another local congressman, Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands. more

Lewis, Calvert Records Eyed; FBI Also Looks at Aides' Filings
Roll Call (June 8, 2006)
The FBI is examining the personal financial records of House Appropriations Chairman Jerry Lewis, the California Republican's wife and two close advisers as part of its broadening lobbying-for-earmarks investigation that led to the imprisonment of ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.).  Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) has also come under financial scrutiny by the FBI, which sent a special agent from its office in Riverside, Calif., to the Cannon House Office Building to retrieve the records of the lawmakers and advisers.  more

Rep. Calvert's Land of Plenty
Los Angeles Times (May 15, 2006)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Corona) is an experienced investor in Riverside County's booming real estate market, so he's used to seeing prices change quickly. Last year, he and a partner paid $550,000 for a dusty four-acre parcel just south of March Air Reserve Base. Less than a year later, without even cutting the weeds or carting off old septic tank parts that littered the ground, they sold the land for almost $1 million.   Even for a speculator like Calvert, it was an unusually good deal.  more