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  • Iraq war veteran Raymond Morua had two DUIs, a hit-and-run and a grand theft conviction when Rep. Lois Capps hired him as her chief district aide
  • Capps, a Democrat in Congress since 1998, never vetted him with a criminal background check
  • Her political director allegedly forged the defendant's signature on VA paperwork in a bid to move him from jail to an alcohol treatment program
  • When his victim Mallory Dies was taken off life support, however, the Capps camp dumped him – claiming he had been fired days earlier
  • Family is suing Capps, the U.S. government, and Morua for wrongful death, saying text messages show he was on duty when he drove drunk

 

The top aide to a congresswoman in her California district sits in jail awaiting sentencing for the drunk-driving hit-and-run death of a 27-year-old woman whose parents are now suing the lawmaker, blaming her for failing to vet the staffer – who had two DUIs in 2006 and 2007, and a 2010 grand theft conviction – before she hired him.

Their daughter's killer, they say, was officially on the job the night of December 6, gladhanding in Rep. Lois Capps' stead at a private holiday party thrown by a local newspaper.

Capps, a 76-year-old Democrat, is named along with the U.S. government in a wrongful death federal lawsuit filed near her Santa Barbara district.

 


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