Over at his new gig, TPM alum Paul Kiel has some more on our new friend Harry Sargeant, the top McCain bundler who was alleged to have relied on a Jordanian connection to swing a huge contract delivering fuel to the U.S. military in Iraq.
As Paul reports, Sargeant is also being probed by Dem Rep. Henry Waxman, the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, over allegations that his company, IOTC, overcharged the U.S. military for the fuel his company sold.
In June, Waxman wrote a letter to Sargeant, raising his concerns about a previous press report that noted the potential overcharging.
Waxman demanded a range of documents to enable him to probe the potential overcharging. The letter also says Waxman is looking at the broader allegations over how Sargeant got the contract, even though he was not the lowest bidder, by being the only firm to secure the right to deliver the fuel by way of Jordan.
At the time no one knew that Sargeant was a major McCain bundler. Now that we do, this backstory is suddenly very relevant.
This really bears watching. I know that any results from Waxman's probe will immediately be dismissed as a partisan hit job, but if Waxman's committee finds that one of McCain's top bundlers overcharged the U.S. military for fuel in Iraq, that might be, you know, news or something.
Late Update: I should note that today's big WaPo piece on Sargeant had a bit on this part of the story.
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