Chabot to donate Abramoff-related money
Rep. Steve Chabot said Friday he’ll give the $5,000 his campaign received from Indian tribes represented by former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff to Cincinnati’s Joseph House for Homeless Veterans.
Read more from Enquirer Washington Correspondent Malia Rulon in Saturday's Enquirer.
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at 8:45 PM, January 06, 2006 
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Post a Comment*Chabot did more than simply "receive" $5,000 from Indian tribes that just happened to be "represented" by Jack Abramoff. Chabot was on of 27 Federal legislators that signed a letter that urged the Department of the Interior to reject a proposal to build a new Indian casino in Louisiana. This casino would have directly competed with casinos run by the three Indian groups represented by Abramoff. Chabot then received $5,000 in contributions from those three Indian groups over the next year. The other twenty-six signatories of the letter received similar contributions. It was this type of practice that led to the indictment, and ultimately guilty plea, of Jack A. Abramoff.
On its face, this smacks of an influence-peddling scheme and raises serious questions about Chabot's ethical fitness for office. Is this the only time that Chabot sold the powers of his office to Abramoff? Is Chabot only coming forward now because he's been caught with his hand in the cookie jar? Is it because Abramoff is ready to talk? What is Chabot's relationship with the Abramoff influence-peddling apparatus? All these questions and more should be answered by Rep. Chabot before he is lauded for returning this money, especially when many of his GOP colleauges were returning Abramoff connected money, with no appearance of impropriety, as early as November.
Chabot will retire this year to avoid getting caught. He will say he is retiring to keep his term limit promise that he campaigned on in 1994 and voted for in 1995. The reality is that he just doesn't want to be exposed.
Good for you Malia! It is about time The Enquirer started covering what Chabot has been doing in Washington. We all know he hasn't been doing squat for the Westside.
Why is there a blog previewing a blog previewing a story? If it's such a big deal, where was the enquirer on this story three days ago?
They don't cover corupption because they are usually in on it or covering it up anyway. Chabot and Cranley are two crooks that should be ridin out on a rail.
This is all a non-issue. Chabot is stepping down and keeping his term limit promise.
Chris Monzel will announce in February.
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