Vivek Kundra

It seems a week doesn't go by without someone connected to Barack Obama being involved in some sort of scandal or crime.

From the New York Times:

Federal authorities found $70,000 in cash in the home of a city official who was charged Thursday with bid-rigging, taking bribes, money laundering and wire fraud.

The official, Yusuf Acar, 40, is an information systems security officer for the city’s technology office and is paid $127,468 a year. He was arrested at his Washington home and held without bond pending a hearing on Tuesday.

Mr. Acar had worked for Vivek Kundra, the city’s former chief technology officer who was recently named by President Obama to be the federal government’s chief information officer. Mr. Kundra has not been tied to the federal investigation, the authorities said, but was put on leave from his new job on Thursday until details of the investigation became clear.

Also arrested Thursday was Sushil Bansal, president and chief executive of the Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation, which has contracted with various city government agencies since 2004 to provide information technology services and equipment.

Mr. Bansal was charged with bribery and money laundering, and was released on the condition that he not conduct overseas financial transactions or leave the Washington area. He is due back in court on April 21, and prosecutors said they were hopeful that a plea agreement could be reached in his case.

Mr. Acar is accused of having sought and received bribes from Mr. Bansal and of having awarded contracts to Mr. Bansal’s company.

Kundra wasn't arrested. He's just "on leave from his new job... until details of the investigation became clear."

If it was certain that Kundra's hands were perfectly clean, there would be no reason for him to be put on leave. It appears that there are some questions that still need to be answered.

This may just be a formality but it still looks bad.

The problems with Obama's picks never stop.

Case in point: H. Rodgin Cohen

H. Rodgin Cohen, chairman of the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, has withdrawn his name from consideration for deputy Treasury secretary, becoming the fourth pick for a prominent Treasury Department post to pull out in recent weeks.

A prominent attorney who has advised many of the top Wall Street firms, Cohen dropped out after the White House found an issue during his vetting process, two sources familiar with the matter said. The sources declined to identify the reason. Cohen did not respond to messages seeking comment.