The former Sergeant at Arms, Jack Russ, pled guilty to three felonies.

Mr. Rostenkowski has released a letter from Jack Russ, who oversaw the House Bank, saying there was no problem with the Representative's checks.

But Jack Russ, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, who is in charge of maintaining security, has a a different viewpoint.

Late Sunday night, the House sergeant-at-arms, Jack Russ, was shot in the face in a robbery near the Capitol building.

"Jack Russ served this House for 25 years," said Representative Don Young of Alaska.

It is very wrong to have Jack Russ blamed for what happened down in the payroll office.

Only hours later, the fallout from the affair widened when the House sergeant-at-arms, Jack Russ, who had run the bank, suddenly quit.

A19 Man in the News: Jack Russ, former House sergeant-at-arms.

The political fallout widened Thursday evening, when the House sergeant-at-arms, Jack Russ, suddenly quit.

Last October, Jack Russ, whose mentor could no longer protect him, pleaded guilty to embezzling $75,000 and concealing from Congress $221,000 in check-cashing chicanery.