According to this article in the Washington Post, Senator Mark Warner discussed with Senator Puckett possible job offers for his daughter in an effort to dissuade Puckett from resigning from the state Senate and throwing the Senate balance to Republican control.[read_more]
On June 6, three days before the state senator’s resignation became official, Warner called Puckett’s son, Joseph, and discussed an appointment to the federal bench as well as a potential corporate position for Martha Puckett Ketron, according to Joseph Puckett’s attorney, Charles E. “Chuck” James Jr. of Williams Mullen.
James said that Warner suggested a post for Ketron at CGI, at high-tech firm Warner helped lure to Southwest Virginia when he was governor a decade ago.“My client, Joseph Puckett, received a phone call from Senator Warner, in which there was discussion of a CGI [ job] or a federal judgeship for the sister,” James said Friday.”
For the first time in years, Senator Warner makes the news, and it’s not in a good way. Federal investigators are questioning everyone involved in Phil Puckett’s resignation including Phil Puckett and his son. This could be very bad for Mark Warner. Can you say “Game Changer”?
Stay tuned, there are more shoes to drop.
