Dulles Rail board member H.R. Crawford defends nepotism

With congressional watchdogs set to grill Dulles Rail officials on contracting and hiring practices that are under scrutiny by the FBI, at least one board member remained defiant about giving family members agency jobs.

H.R. Crawford, a member of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board, admitted he has referred a friend of his family who is also a tenant, as well as his daughter-in-law, for jobs at the airports authority. He felt sorry for the tenant because her grandchild was on one of the planes hijacked on 9/11, he said.