House for Sale: more on Letitia White and Trident Systems

Posted on Friday, June 9, 2006. By Ken Silverstein.

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It looks like there might be more problems in store for Letitia White, a lobbyist and former staffer to GOP Representative Jerry Lewis of California. And there may be even more problems for Lewis, the head of the House Appropriations Committee who is under federal investigation for his ties to lobbyists and for possibly steering money to well-connected companies.

Shortly after leaving the Hill in early 2003, White became a lobbyist for Copeland Lowery Jacquez Denton & White and retained Trident Systems, Inc. as a client. Copeland Lowery's “name” partners include Bill Lowery, a former congressman who is extremely close to Lewis. Trident has since paid Copeland Lowery hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees, and both Trident and Copeland Lowery are major political contributors to Congressman Lewis.