Calvert Caught In The Act With
Prostitute, Lied, Attempted To Run
From Police

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), recently appointed by House
Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) to the House
Appropriations Committee, has a history of ethics violations
<http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ken-calvert-background/>
that is stirring up battle cries
<http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/11/conservatives-on-calvert/>
even from his own conservative base. His ethics violations
also extend into attempts to dodge the law and lie to the
public about his behavior.


In 1993, Calvert was caught by police with a prostitute
<http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200610/moderates>
in a parked car in California. Subsequently, Calvert
repeatedly attempted to cover up the incident for nearly a
year, publicly denying
<http://www.croftononline.com/calvert.html> that it ever
occurred.

But a year later, a court order forced the release of the police
report, which revealed how Calvert was clearly caught in the
act and attempted to run from the police.

From the police report
<http://www.croftononline.com/calvert.JPG> :


I observed a male subject in the driver seat. As I made
my way to the driver door, a female immediately sat up
straight in the front passenger seat. It appeared as if
her head was originally laying in the driver's lap. I
noticed that the male subject was placing his penis into
his unzipped dress slacks, and was trying to hide it with
his untucked dress shirt.

As the male subject covered up crotch area with his
left hand and shirt, he started his vehicle and placed
it into drive and proceeded to leave. I ordered him
three times to turn off the vehicle, and he finally
stopped and complied. The male identified himself as
Kenneth Stanton Calvert.



Calvert has since held onto his Congressional seat but only
through smear tactics. Representing a conservative district,
he put out campaign literature implying that his Democratic
opponent was gay
<http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200610/moderates>
and after the prostitution incident and was subsequently
re-elected.

Read the full police report HERE
<http://www.croftononline.com/calvert.JPG> .

Filed under: Ethics
<http://thinkprogress.org/?tag=Ethics>


5/12/07
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/12/calvert-prostitute






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