Rivera Investigation Expands

Financial dealings of congressman probed

Authorities have expanded the investigation into South Florida U.S. Rep. David Rivera.

A Miami-Dade Police Department spokeswoman confirmed Thursday her agency's Public Corruption Bureau is investigating Rivera's financial dealings, but that the State Attorney's Office has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to take the lead.

The freshman Republican congressman was elected in November. He has been criticized for not disclosing his work on behalf of a pro-gaming campaign in Miami-Dade County. He says he was not paid anything, but his contract was arranged through a company run by his mother out of her condo. And her company gave him $132,000 in loans.

FDLE officials did not immediately respond to a telephone request for comment.

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