Group asks ethics probe of Sensenbrenner

The Alliance for Justice, a DC-based advocacy group, has asked the House Ethics Committee to open an investigation of Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, alleging that the Wisconsin Republican violated ethics rules by attempting to influence a decision in an appeals court case in Chicago.

In a letter dated Wednesday, Nan Aron, president of the group, requested the investigation, the Appleton Post-Crescent reports.

As you may recall, the Chicago Tribune reported July 10 that Sensenbrenner had demanded that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago give a longer prison sentence to a drug courier. Earlier post.