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FBI pursued Jack Kemp gay rumors
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Oct 05, 2010 12:44pm |
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| Category | Investigation |
| Author | Justin Elliott |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 5, 2010 01:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The FBI looked into rumors that Jack Kemp, then a long-serving Republican member of Congress, was gay as a potential source of concern during a 1989 background check. The agency finally concluded that the chatter -- which haunted, and hindered, Kemp's attempts to advance in national politics for years -- was unsubstantiated.
Kemp, who died in May 2009, started his professional life as a quarterback in the National Football League and the old American Football League before throwing himself into politics. He won a Buffalo, N.Y.-area House seat in 1970, sought the 1988 GOP presidential nomination, and served as a Cabinet secretary under George H.W. Bush and as Bob Dole's running mate in 1996. His FBI file was obtained by Salon through the Freedom of Information Act. |
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