In a live press conference from California this afternoon, Hustler’s publisher, Larry Flynt, said that his bounty ad for sexploits by DC politicos published weeks ago in The Washington Post has helped him launch over twenty investigations of Congress members “that all look good.”

“[Hustler has] more investigations going than ever before in history,” he said. “I don’t know — there must be something in the air.”

To date, Hustler has taken credit for highlighting illicit affairs that led to both the resignation of former GOP House Rep. Bob Livingston and the embattled situation of GOP Sen. David Vitter, who Flynt said should think about resigning.

The Washington Post ad cost Hustler $106,000, which Flynt said was a small price to pay to reveal political hypocrisy: “If I get just a couple of phonies out of there, it will be worth it.”

It’s unknown yet whether Hustler has over $20 million to pay of his tipsters, if every lead comes through.

Big Head DC will soon present audio snippets from the conference.

Earlier: Hustler’s $1 Million Still Up for Grabs

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We recently told you about investigative reporter Wayne Madsen’s displeasure with Radar Online’s characterization of him as a “lonely” blogger in light of his reporting on a possible Dick Cheney connection to “Washington Madam” Deborah Jeane Palfrey. Now reporter Dan Moldea, who helped Hustler editor Larry Flynt expose former GOP House Rep. Bob Livingston’s extramarital affair, is taking the publication for to task for naming him as a slueth in Flynt’s new efforts to uncover sex dirt in DC.

After Flynt appeared on Hardball earlier this week and named Moldea as one of his detectives on the ground in Washington, Radar said Moldea was “fibbing” because he had previously told editors there that he had no role in the current investigation.

Moldea is now angry by what he considers false reporting by Radar.

“[T]here is a lot of confusion surrounding these matters, which has been exacerbated by Radar Online’s flat-out erroneous headline and conclusion about me,” Moldea told Big Head DC on Wednesday.

The reporter continues to deny being involved in the current investigation, but says he has no further comment at this time.

An interesting side note to the story: Moldea was seen by BHDC sources lunching in downtown DC with one Deborah Jeane Palfrey in late May.

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