He said that the House sergeant-at-arms would no longer intervene and take care of House members parking tickets.

When Donaldson showed up at the state capitol, he was denied admission by the House sergeant-at-arms.

In a statement released on Thursday, the House sergeant-at-arms, Wilson Livingood, said he had been behind the call for the long-distance airplane.

And, as previously announced, the House sergeant-at-arms will no longer fix parking tickets for House members.

Only hours later, the fallout from the affair widened when the House sergeant-at-arms, Jack Russ, who had run the bank, suddenly quit.

A19 Man in the News: Jack Russ, former House sergeant-at-arms.

The bank was supervised by the House sergeant-at-arms and the bank's own director, as well as five other House employees.

The political fallout widened Thursday evening, when the House sergeant-at-arms, Jack Russ, suddenly quit.

A source told me that the House sergeant-at-arms, a casher of mysterious checks, was the protege of a powerful committee chairman.

That woman said that only the House sergeant-at-arms had authority to answer the question.