Bad, Bad Senators
Flights to Cuba, Young ‘Women,’ and Elite Club’s Dark Legacy
In January of 2017, U.S. Senator and incoming Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a problem before he recused himself from possibly the largest case in modern history at the time, involving allegations of Russia Collusion, Operation Crossfire Hurricane and spying on an incoming president. That month, POLITICO reported that Sessions was a member of the 116 Club, a successor to the Quorum Club, home to a major sex scandal that involved dozens (possibly hundreds) of Senators years earlier.
Veteran CIA pilot and longtime intelligence-connected whistleblower Robert Tosh Plumlee already knew all about the exploits of Senators belonging to the Quorum Club, the predecessor to the 116 Club (BECAUSE HE TRANSPORTED THEM). He details his experience as a pilot for these compromised politicians, writing:
Ellen Rometsch was one of the women and underaged girls we cut-out pilots ferried to hotels and casinos in the Dominican Republic and Cuba for assignations with US politicians. Most of these arrangements were made through the Quorum Club, which was located on Capitol Hill and run by LBJ political advisor and crony Bobby Baker. – Deep Cover, Shallow Graves, p. 123
Yes, it involved U.S. Senators. Baker, already under investigation for matters related to influence peddling, jumped right into the fire from the frying pan when the sexual side of the scandal exploded. That came about when Ellen Rometsch’s affair with JFK went public. That sucked in the Quorum Club, and Baker to something much bigger; he resigned six weeks before JFK’s assassination. It was also a scandal that greatly threatened LBJ.
Baker was also the driving force behind the Quorum Club, an exclusive and highly secretive gathering place located inside the Carroll Arms Hotel on Capitol Hill. The club catered to senators, lobbyists, congressional staffers, and powerful insiders who wanted a private venue away from public scrutiny. Its reputation for excess and questionable behavior became the subject of scandal long before Washington's modern influence industry took shape.
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