When congressional staffers get in trouble, newspapers often cite LegiStorm. Aides rarely do good in the media - if they do, their elected bosses take the credit.
The Washington Post cited our employment data in reports that one such aide, Jeffrey Rosato of Sen. Barbara Boxer's (D-Calif.) staff, was arrested last Friday on charges of receiving and distributing child pornography. Boxer fired him immediately upon learning of the charges.
The past year has led to several other such news announcements about congressional aides, minors and pornography.
Another aide, James Michael McHaney of Sen. Maria Cantwell's (D-Wash.) office, was sentenced last month to three years in prison on similar child pornography charges.
Earlier this year, Eric Feltner, who served eight years as district director for Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo.), was charged on two counts of furnishing pornography to a child. He was fired as chief of staff to Missouri's lieutenant governor after he was charged. He was no longer a congressional aide at the time of the alleged incidents.
Late last year, Jeffrey Ray Nielsen, a former aide to Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-Calif.) pled guilty to two charges of molesting teenage boys. He fell under suspicion when police found thousands of images of child pornography on his computers at home and his law office.
