Dueling Jack Abramoff Flicks
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Paul Bedard
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Washington Whispers - June 26, 2009
Who knew the former lobbyist was so interesting?
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Misconduct in Ted Stevens Case Chills Other Justice Department Probes
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Paul Bedard
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Washington Whispers - May 20, 2009
The public integrity unit is now looking at “sure cases,” one insider says.
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Change Long Overdue: Ken Salazar Meets the Interior Department.
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John Aloysius Farrell
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John A. Farrell - December 18, 2008
Ken Salazar's appointment is opportunity for Interior...and the country.
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Rod Blagojevich Is Not the Political Norm
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John Mashek
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Opinion - December 16, 2008
Neither side is immune.
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Who Were Abramoff's Victims?
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Sam Dealey
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Sam Dealey - September 4, 2008
The Indian tribes aren't among Abramoff's victims.
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Abramoff Sentences Looming?
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Sam Dealey
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Sam Dealey - August 26, 2008
Buzz in Washington says the long-awaited Jack Abramoff sentences might finally be coming down.
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Jack Abramoff's Former Law Firm Pays $324,000 Civil Settlement in Guam
News Desk - April 14, 2008
The scandal seemed over until the attorney general of Guam indicted the now convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his former law firm last month on charges of theft, deception, and conspiring to unlawfully influence government officials. Today, the court dismissed all charges against the firm, Greenberg Traurig, in exchange for a $324,000 civil settlement covering the fees that the firm earned from Abramoff's improper lobbying contract with the Superior Court of Guam.
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Abramoff Scandal Is Back
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Paul Bedard
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Washington Whispers - March 12, 2008
Now it's Guam's shot at notorious former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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Ney and Abramoff: Covering Tracks
News Desk - August 13, 2007
Rep. Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican, took more than enough gifts from lobbyists to get himself in trouble with the feds. But Ney, who is now serving a 30-month sentence in federal prison, still tried to cover up his own actions when the notorious lobbyist Jack Abramoff first came under public scrutiny in 2004. According to recently filed court documents, Ney told his then Chief of Staff Will Heaton that he would begin paying for meals and drinks with a credit card at Abramoff's restaurant Signatures "in an attempt to establish a paper trail that Ney paid for bills there"—despite the fact that Ney and Heaton had dined there free for years, government documents state.
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Daily Doc: Jack Abramoff and the U.S. Attorney Flap
News Desk - March 13, 2007
Well before the current flap over fired U.S.
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