The fallout from former congressional staffer Ernest B. Moore's guilty plea to fraud has continued over the past few days.
Moore, who pleaded guilty last week to charges that he'd used aliases to rack up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, was fired from his visiting professor job at Williams College, the Bershire Eagle reported today.
Williams College also had to postpone a Congressional Black Caucus symposium that Moore had organized and was scheduled to take place on the campus Monday. The college's interim president William Wagner sent a letter to the college community Friday saying the event would not happen this week because of questions regarding Moore's involvement.
Wagner said the House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct told Williams College it would need to refile certification forms for the event to show that Moore was no longer involved. However, since the deadline for the paperwork is usually 14 days before an event, Wagner said, the symposium was postponed. Wagner's letter did say the college hoped to reschedule a similar event "in the near future."
Moore's guilty plea previously opened up questions about his working relationship with Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.). Moore claimed to represent Davis as an aide even though he hasn't officially been on the payroll since 2006. House ethics rules prohibit unofficial employees to supplement official staff.
On Capitol Hill, Moore went by the aliases Bernard Glenn-Moore and Bernard Moore. He worked for Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) as a fellow and then moved onto Davis' payroll for a few months in 2006. After that, no official record ties him to Davis's office, despite public evidence that Davis knew Moore was claiming to represent Davis as an aide.
