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...TIME ENID WALDHOLTZ WAS elected to Congress last year, two things about her campaign had people amazed. Where did she get so much money? And, some wondered, how come she still couldn't pay her bills? To beat the Democratic incumbent in her Salt Lake City district, Waldholtz spent $1.8 million in personal funds, more than any other House freshman, $1 million of it in a last-minute media blitz. Though she never gave a detailed account of where it came from, Waldholtz insisted the money belonged to her and her husband Joe, a political consultant from Pittsburgh...
...that score Joe Waldholtz did a pretty good job. Even now, no one is sure how much he has, or ever had, or how much he may have got by manipulating family, friends and creditors. But everybody wants some answers. Joe, 32, is under federal investigation in an alleged check-kiting scheme that may involve as much as $1.7 million. And Enid, 37, who last week filed for divorce and custody of their infant daughter, now faces questions about what she knew or should have known about her tangled finances...
...earnest on Saturday, Nov. 11, when Joe disappeared from National Airport in Washington. He had gone there with his wife's brother-in-law, ostensibly to meet the trustees of a $5 million family trust fund he claimed to have. Once there, the over-6-ft., almost-300-lb. Waldholtz slipped away, beginning six days on the run with the FBI in pursuit. After he surrendered on Friday in Washington, Waldholtz was released into the custody of a lawyer friend until he is called before a federal grand jury...
...During Waldholtz's disappearance, several other possible scams came to light. His wife said he may have had access to $2 million from their joint accounts. His family has gone to court in an attempt to find out what became of $600,000 that belonged to Joe's step-grandmother, 87, whose money Joe was supposed to be investing. As for the existence of a family trust, the elder Waldholtz, a Pittsburgh dentist, says it's news to him. That's bad news for Enid's father, who, according to Enid's statements to investigators, allegedly turned over $4 million...
...Where's Joe Waldholtz?" saga ended Friday when the missing husband of Utah Representative Enid Greene Waldholtz turned himself in to federal authorities in Washington. Waldholtz, who mysteriously vanished from the city's National Airport, will be questioned about apparent personal and campaign financial irregularities. During his absence, Representative Waldholtz announced that she planned to divorce her husband (and close political aide), citing his "incredible level of deception...