Will Mississippi press report on Ethics investigation into Bennie Thompson's travel?

Will Mississippi press report on Ethics investigation into Bennie Thompson's travel? Find out tomorrow. But for today, here is some national press on it.

The Associated Press: Ethics committee investigating lawmakers' travel

The House ethics committee is investigating whether five Democratic lawmakers, including two committee chairmen, received improper gifts in travel to Caribbean conferences 2007 and 2008.

The committee said it was investigating: Charles Rangel of New York, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee; Carolyn Kilpatrick of Michigan; Donald Payne of New Jersey; Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee and Donna Christensen, the delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Avant, Thompson's top aide, said "Neither chairman Thompson nor I have any knowledge of any corporation or private entity that funds the Caribbean News Foundation. "The only sponsor, the sole sponsor of the trip Chairman Thompson took was the Caribbean News Foundation, to his knowledge."

Really? Then how do you explain the original trip forms signed and filed by Bennie Thompson (link to the PDF provided on this page)? The ones that list corporate sponsors of Thompson's appearances? One sponsored by HSBC and one sponsored by Macy's. Other corporate contributors included AT&T, Verizon, Pfizer, and American Airlines. We posted those documents at this post.

More journalists reporting on this:

The Hill - Ethics launches probe of CBC Caribbean trip

Politico - Caribbean trips under investigation

CQ Politics - House Ethics Panel Opens Probe of Lawmakers’ Caribbean Trips