Who's Tan Nguyen's Mystery Staffer?
At his press conference yesterday, Tan Nguyen said he was sorry for making a rush to judgment and firing the un-named female staffer whom he initially blamed for the "immigrants can't vote" letter.
Who is she?
Only one person, Tan's friend Ryan Flynn, shows up on the campaign reports as recieving a salary -- which left me wondering who the mystery female staffer was, because I assumed the office manager (as Tan has described her) would also be a salaried job).
After looking through Tan's FEC reports again, I think it may well be a person named Chi Dinh, who shows up on the reports being re-imbursed for various tasks. For example, here's a record for July 28, 2006 re-imbursement for a CD-ROM from the OC Registrar of Voters.
At least, that's my best guess.
Tan still hasn't explained how the letter was written on phoney letterhead, has he?
Posted by: redperegrine | October 23, 2006 at 11:14 AM
I bet the mystery staffer is the same person Rush Limbaugh blamed when he attacked a 13 y/o girl.
Posted by: Elroy El | October 23, 2006 at 01:47 PM
No, he still hasn't explained the letterhead because "there's an investigation going on."
Where have I heard that before? Let's see: it rhymed with "blame game."
Bueller? Bueller?
(For those of you who watch Fox News, the answer is 'Valerie Plame.')
Posted by: rebecca | October 23, 2006 at 05:38 PM