Tisei: ‘People recognize he’s not telling the truth’

SALEM – Republican Congressional candidate Richard Tisei is this morning calling for U.S. Rep. John Tierney to return roughly $235,000 in checks the congressman’s wife allegedly made out to herself from the proceeds of her brother’s illegal gambling enterprise.?He turned a blind eye to it,” Tisei said this morning, hours before Tierney is scheduled to hold a press conference to address allegations made by his recently convicted brother-in-law, Daniel Eremian, that the Sixth District Congressman “knew everything” about the gambling operation.Asked if Tierney’s effectiveness has been hurt by the allegations and Patrice Tierney’s guilty pleas in October 2010 to four federal charges of aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns related to her fugitive brother, Robert Eremian, Tisei said, “I do believe it has, because as an elected official all’s you have is your credibility ? people recognizer he’s not telling the truth.”Tierney’s campaign manager, Grant Herring, said Tierney has continued “to do his job,” in Washington despite the “false allegations,” made by his brother-in-law and is ready to answer any and all questions during the press conference.Visit www.itemlive.com for updates on the story and see Thursday’s Daily Item for complete coverage.