Read the Abramoff indictment
Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges related to gifts - a trip to Scotland, campaign contributions and free meals - provided to Ohio Rep. Bob Ney in exchange for official favors.
- Here's the indictment:
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Post a Comment*Steve Chabot and his ethically challenged friends like Tom Delay must be very worried about Abramoff agreeing to help federal prosecutors identify corrupt members Congress. Chabot took money from Abramoff and then did Abramoff's bidding by urging Bush to reject a Louisiana Indian casino for a rival of Abramoff's client. Here is AP an AP article on the subject.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/17/AR2005111700789.html
Lawmakers Who Wrote Letters, Got Money
By The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Thursday, November 17, 2005; 12:58 PM
-- The 33 lawmakers who wrote letters urging the Bush administration to reject a Louisiana Indian casino as they collected political money from rival tribes, their lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates between 2001 and 2004.
SENATE
Trent Lott (R-Miss.) $92,000
Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) $82,500
Harry! Reid (D-Nev.) $67,441
Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) $62,500
Mary Landrieu (D-La.) $32,000
John Breaux (D-La.) $27,500
John Ensign (R-Nev.) $16,293
David Vitter (R-La.) $6,000 (Vitter refunded these donations on Feb, 18, 2002)
Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) $2,750
HOUSE
Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) $103,500
John Doolittle (R-Calif.) $64,500
Tom DeLay (R-Texas) $57,000
Chris John (D-La.) $56,625
Jim McCrery (R-La.) $36,250
Eric Cantor (R-Va.) $31,500
Ernest Istook (R-Okla.) $29,000
Pete Sessions (R-Texas) $22,500
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) $20,100
Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) $6,000
Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)$4,000
Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) $3,000
John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) $2,500
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) $2,500
Sue Myrick (R-La.) $2,000
Ronnie Shows (R-Miss.) $2,000
Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) $2,000
Melissa Hart (R-Pa.) $2,000
Sam Johnson (R-Texas) $2,000
Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) $1,750
Walter Jones (R-N.C.) $1,000
Virgil Goode (R-Va.) $1,000
Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) $1,000
Jim Ryun (R-Kan.) $500
That'll really hurt Chabot. I wonder if he's one of the 20 they're investigating.
Hey, Chabot cracked the top 20 on this list for most money given to by Abramoff. Way to go Steve! Very nice work.
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