NRCC Probe Spurs Reviews

• By Lauren W. Whittington and David M. Drucker
• Roll Call Staff
• Feb. 11, 2008, Midnight

The FBI investigation into financial irregularities at the National Republican Congressional Committee was triggered when NRCC Audit Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (Texas) asked for an exit interview with the accounting firm that conducted the committee’s 2006 audit, according to a source briefed on the unfolding scandal.