My oh my... Michele Bachmann being investigated

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Office of Congressional Ethics Eyes Bachmann
By John Avlon, March 25, 2013

The Hindenburg. The Titanic. Michele Bachmann.

Eighteen months ago, the Minnesota House member was considered an unlikely but undeniable Republican rising star, winning the Iowa straw poll that unofficially begins the primary season. Today, she is embroiled in a litany of legal proceedings related to her rolling disaster of a presidential campaign—including a Office of Congressional Ethics investigation into campaign improprieties that has not previously been reported.

The Daily Beast has learned that federal investigators are now interviewing former Bachmann campaign staffers nationwide about alleged intentional campaign-finance violations. The investigators are working on behalf of the Office of Congressional Ethics, which probes reported improprieties by House members and their staffs and then can refer cases to the House Ethics Committee.
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Michele Bachmann's Presidential Campaign Investigated By Ethics Watchdog
By Russell Goldman, March 25, 2013

Federal investigators are probing allegations that Rep. Michele Bachmann, or members of her staff, inappropriately used money raised during her presidential campaign, her lawyer and former campaign staffers said today.
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Michele Bachmann Presidential Campaign Under Ethics Investigation: Report
The Daily Beast, March 25, 2013

Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) presidential campaign is under investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics for campaign finance violations, the Daily Beast reported Monday.
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Michele Bachmann’s Political Career Is a Parody of a Tragedy
By Doug Barry, March 25, 2013

If Michele Bachmann's congressional career were a House of Cards-style political drama, it would probably last for about six, one-hour episodes, Bachmann would be played by a tyrannical muppet, and every scene that didn't include her would feature real actors engaged in some variation of the following conversation:
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Michele Bachmann's political career, according to the Daily Beast's extensive litany of all her pending legal woes and rhetorical missteps, is like a mountain of dry tissue paper that someone has set fire to.
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