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Respond Mississippi - House Ethics Committee Investigates Bennie Thompson Caribbean Trip

The Hill reports the House Ethics Committee is investigating a Caribbean Trip made by several Congressmen including Bennie Thompson that may have violated House Ethics Rules against corporate sponsorship.

We've been talking about this for a while here, starting with a report from Kingfish, then this story about how the a complaint had been filed with the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) for a formal review of the sponsorship by Citigroup of the Caribbean junket, and then a piece from - believe it or not - the Clarion Ledger. A New York paper described the trip as "shameful" and the Madison County Journal made connections between Bennie Thompson's Caribbean trips and Allen Stanford. Still, the story has yet to get much attention in Mississippi.