Vice President Walsh under congressional investigation, Speaker Solace says
WASHINGTON DC, USA - It has only been eighteen days into the Russo administration. In this time, former Secretary of Homeland Security James Allen had resigned from his position, requiring former Secret Service Director Jack Rockwell to take his place, while Allen pursued a career in the Department of Housing and
Urban Development. This sparked some concern regarding the stability and finality of the positions of administration members, but to a very minimal degree.
As of the evening of January 18th, Vice President Terence Walsh has been called out by a congressional investigation into allegedly threatening a congressman, which falls under impeachable offenses by coercion and intimidation.
Speaker of the House (the bicameral legislature has been reinstated) Luke Solace was called into a closed-doors emergency session alongside an unidentified representative, most likely the one who filed the charges for the investigation. He shortly appeared afterwards for a public press conference in the Capitol Building, alongside Representative PearTime (Alexander Rodriguez).
Solace stated at the conference that a commission (also coloquially referred to as the "Rodriguez Commission") will be formed to investigate Vice President Walsh, to be chaired by Rodriguez. "The members of the investigation [committee] have been decided. Whom, will not be revealed. The investigation is still ongoing, and any further updates will be released as soon as possible," Rodriguez stated.
A small amount of questions were asked by attendees, after which Solace only stated that no evidence shall be released to the public unless required to. In essence, nothing is solid or anything more than a rumor on this affair, aside from the fact that the Vice President is undergoing investigation for unspecific threats to an unidentified congressman.
There has been no statement on whether the Chief Justice or Attorney General will be involved in the investigation process, though the former would be constitutionally required to preside over the impeachment trial if the investigation extends into that.
No comment has been made from the White House.
POLITICO Capitol Hill, White House (updated 9:50 PM EDT, 2014/1/18)
