News Corp. Investigation Fever Sweeping Congress

Push for DOJ, SEC to investigate gains bipartisan support

What a difference a day makes: News Corp.'s scandal was barely on the congressional radar screen early in the week, but by midweek, investigation fever was spreading fast on Capitol hill. Four Democratic senators dashed off letters to Attorney General Eric Holder and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro requesting the Department of Justice and SEC investigate whether News Corp. broke any laws in the U.S. And now that Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., has joined the growing congressional chorus, the call for the feds to get involved took on some extra, bipartisan heft.

"It is horrifying to consider the possibility that the victims of the 9/11 tragedy would be victimized again by an international newspaper seeking information about their personal suffering," King said in a letter he wrote to the FBI asking for an investigation. 

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