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FBI Probes Rep. Mahoney

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The Associated Press

Published: October 17, 2008

WEST PALM BEACH - The FBI is investigating whether Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney broke any laws or misused federal money when he hired a mistress to work in his office, a senior federal law enforcement official said.
Federal agents also are examining whether a second affair Mahoney was having with a high-level official in his Florida district was behind his decision to push for federal emergency funds for her county, the official said.

Mahoney has called for a House Ethics Committee investigation of his own conduct and said he would be cleared of wrongdoing. The FBI is looking into whether Mahoney hired the first mistress so she wouldn't reveal their affair, the person said. The woman, Patricia Allen, has not returned repeated calls.

Mahoney, 52, is married with a child.

The FBI is also looking into whether Mahoney helped Martin County secure a $3.4 million reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for hurricane damage in exchange for sex with a county official in 2007, the federal law enforcement official said.

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