Last week, we pointed out that since Election Day, when it became clear Rep. Darrell Issa would ascend to the chairmanship of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the media has largely ignored a series of allegedly criminal actions committed by Issa:

Rep. Darrell Issa's past includes arrests for weapons charges and auto theft, suspicions of arson, and accusations of intimidation with a gun, but you'd hardly know it from the media's recent coverage of the new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. While Issa was substantially mentioned in 15 articles in the nation's largest newspapers since the last election -- including several major profiles -- only one of those articles mentioned any of these allegations. Likewise, interviewers did not ask Issa about his alleged criminal past in any of the cable or network interviews he sat for during that period.

In a profile released yesterday, The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza goes there:

Many politicians have committed indiscretions in earlier years: maybe they had an affair or hired an illegal immigrant as a nanny. Issa, it turned out, had, among other things, been indicted for stealing a car, arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, and accused by former associates of burning down a building.

Lizza's piece extensively reviews the charges against Issa and provides Issa's responses (he largely dismisses the claims, blames his brother, or attacks his accusers).

It remains to be seen whether the rest of the media will begin following up on the questions about Issa's past, or continue to ignore these charges.