Calvert Caught In The Act With Prostitute, Lied, Attempted To Run From Police
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), recently appointed by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) to the House Appropriations Committee, has a history of ethics violations that is stirring up battle cries even from his own conservative base. His ethics violations also extend into attempts to dodge the law and lie to the public about his behavior.
In 1993, Calvert was caught by police with a prostitute in a parked car in California. Subsequently, Calvert repeatedly attempted to cover up the incident for nearly a year, publicly denying that it ever occurred.
But a year later, a court order forced the release of the police report, which revealed how Calvert was clearly caught in the act and attempted to run from the police. From the police report:
I observed a male subject in the driver seat
As I made my way to the driver door, a female immediately sat up straight in the front passenger seat. It appeared as if her head was originally laying in the drivers lap.
I noticed that the male subject was placing his penis into his unzipped dress slacks, and was trying to hide it with his untucked dress shirt.
As the male subject covered up crotch area with his left hand and shirt, he started his vehicle and placed it into drive and proceeded to leave. I ordered him three times to turn off the vehicle, and he finally stopped and complied
The male identified himself as Kenneth Stanton Calvert.
That wasnt all Calvert tried to cover up. Were just talking, thats all. Nothing else, he nervously explained to the police as he continued to cover his unzipped pants with his hand.
Calvert has since held onto his Congressional seat but only through smear tactics. Representing a conservative district, he put out campaign literature implying that his Democratic opponent was gay after the prostitution incident and was subsequently re-elected.
Read the full police report HERE.