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In an earlier statement issued on Thursday, Kennedy denied consuming alcohol and said that he was under the influence of two medications that had been prescribed to him by the Capitol physician -Phenergan, an antinausea medication, and Ambien, a sleep aid which recent studies have shown may be linked to...
But numerous reports are already surfacing that cast some doubt on that explanation. Roll Call quoted a letter from a Capitol Police union official who urged an investigation into whether Kennedy had received preferential treatment. According to the letter, officers approached Kennedy after the crash, in which he reportedly swerved...
This isn't the first embarrassing public episode for Patrick Kennedy, who several years ago admitted that he had battled addiction and undergone therapy and taken medication to help treat depression, In March of 2000, he was videotaped shoving a Los Angeles airport security guard, and in August, the Coast...
But a Kennedy car crash could change that, especially if there are indications he received any special deference because he's a Congressman or a Kennedy. After all, Kennedy-bashing is in the DNA of many conservatives and this incident even echoes some aspects of the deadly 1969 Chappaquiddick episode...
On television, Robert Novak, the conservative columnist, was already raising the possibility that Kennedy may have abused a little-known constitutional provision that forbids members from being detained or arrested if they're on their way to a vote. Kennedy initially said that he was doing just that, since he...