Embattled Florida Rep. Trey Radel has been trying to set up face-to-face meetings with some Capitol Hill colleagues to apologize for his cocaine bust, according to several people who have spoken to him.
Radel, who returned to D.C. Tuesday evening after a several-month absence, is also meeting this week with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
This all comes as the first-term Republican congressman returns to the Capitol after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine. He spent a few weeks in a rehabilitation facility in Naples, Fla., and said he intends to continue treatment in D.C. Radel has already drawn a primary challenge in his southwest Florida district.
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In a brief statement to reporters Tuesday, Radel apologized and said he “let down our entire country, I have let down my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and I’ve let down my family.”
Radel declined to say if he will run for re-election in 2014.
Radel returns, seeks Hill meetings
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