Vitter accepts resignation of aide after report of repeated brushes with the law
By APWednesday, June 23, 2010
Vitter aide resigns amid report of run-in with law
WASHINGTON — Louisiana Sen. David Vitter has accepted the resignation of a longtime aide after a news report disclosed repeated brushes with the law dating to the 1990s.
The Republican’s office announced the resignation on Wednesday. ABC News reported that the aide, Brent Furer, pleaded guilty in 2008 to charges stemming from a knife-wielding altercation with an ex-girlfriend and still is wanted on an open warrant in Baton Rouge stemming from an unresolved misdemeanor DWI charge.
The report said Furer eventually pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges, including threatening harm and destruction of property, in connection with the altercation with his ex-girlfriend.
Vitter, a 49-year-old first-term Republican, is up for re-election in November.
