Incest Desk: Pickering, Telecom and RCP
Former U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering has a sordid history with the telecom industry. After all, it was a secret love affair with Elizabeth Creekmore Byrd, whose family owns Cellular South, that ended the Mississippi congressman’s political career and marriage. A very public divorce exposed his sexscapades and brought into question thousands of dollars in donations he received from his mistress’s menage while serving on the U.S. House Telecommunications Subcommittee. Adding insult to incest, Pickering picked up a gig lobbying for Cellular South in 2009 after “retiring” from Congress.
One might think Chip’s will to shill would have subsided now that his torrid telecom relationships have been exposed.
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