Federal Agents Return to LOB.

FBI agents returned to the Legislative Office Building Wednesday in the continuing investigation of ties between a Florida-based Republican direct mail firm and former House Republican chief of staff George Gallo, Daily Ructions can report. Today’s visit included Senate Republican chief of staff Jack Shannon. Agents appear not to have set up shop in the LOB, an aggressive tactic employed for two jarring days in February.

Brett Cody, spokesman for the Senate Republicans, provided this statement:

“Two federal investigators met briefly with Senate Republican Caucus Chief of Staff Jack Shannon in the Legislative Office Building this morning as part of an inquiry first reported in the news last month when subpoenas were served on the House Republican Office, the House Republican Campaign Committee and the Office of Legislative Management. Jack answered the investigators’ questions and was told he is not a focus of the inquiry. No subpoenas have been served on the Senate Republican Caucus, or any entities related to the caucus. We will not be commenting further out of respect for the integrity of the investigation.”

The investigation, thought to be the seeds of the federal government’s inquiry into the intersection of campaign contributions and 2012 legislation on roll your own tobacco stores, continues.