Filed under: MSNBC, Scandals, Congress, Chandra Levy, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Secrets, Lori Klausutis
The former Wonkette blogger and current TIME “trapped in 2003” online editor Ana Marie Cox will be filling in for a vacationing Mika Brzezinski on Joe Scarborough’s MSNBC morning show this week.
What better venue to discuss the mystery of Lori Klausutis’ 2001 death when she was an aide to the then-Congressman Scarborough in his Florida office? At the age of 28, Klausutis, previously known to be quite healthy by all of her colleagues, was found bloody and dead, slumped next to a desk within Scarborough’s office.
Scarborough released this statement hours after the discovery:
My staff and family are greatly saddened by the loss of Lori Klausutis. I know Lori will be missed by the thousands of citizens who regularly contact my office to seek assistance with a variety of problems. May God grant Lori’s family the grace, comfort and hope that will get them through this difficult time.
And that was it. Staffers moved on, and so did Joe — eventually becoming a star at MSNBC. The Klausutis story never really received much attention in the media, apparently because he Chandra Levy story was reaching an apex at the time.
But a medical examiner said in August 2001 that Lori had sustained a “scratch and a bruise” on her head — it was unknown if the injury was a result of her fall, or whether it occurred before her fall. It was also unknown if she had died when Scarborough was in Florida or Washington. An exact time of death, apparently, could not be determined.
So! This week Ana Marie Cox has an opportunity to shed some much needed clarity on the situation. She could bring in medical examiners; she could call Klausutis’ family; she could even ask Joe why more hasn’t been made of the mysteries surrounding the grisly death scene. She could get to the bottom of this important side note of Congressional history. Do it, Ana!
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