Of today’s news regarding the indictment of William Jefferson: House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio said Jefferson should be expelled from Congress if he is found guilty and refuses to resign. “The American people rightfully expect the highest ethical standards from their elected leaders,” Boehner said. Oh how 8 1/2 months changes things. What […]
Just in the last 24 hours: Calif. candidate’s office, home raided Roll Call: Rep. Rodney Alexander’s office sued for sexual harassment CREW asks DOJ to investigate Weldon for e-mails outlining possible threats of retaliation against his opponent’s contributors Submitted by CREW Congresswoman on page board buried file on husband’s child abuse allegation Every single headline […]
A large number of these contacts were with Karl Rove and Ken Mehlman. Roll Call has much more on this bomb shell.
So I am going through the Vanity Fair (pdf file) article on Abramoff and all I can say is WOW. It really shows us more into the connections this slime has. Here are some interesting excerpts from it: …the head of the Republican National Committee, Ken Mehlman, said in an interview, “Abramoff is someone who […]
Today, the L.A. Times takes us through a part of Abramoff that we haven’t heard much about, his abuse of charities. WASHINGTON  In his own way, disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff engaged in many charitable endeavors over the course of his decade-long career as a Washington insider. There was the time he laundered money through […]
Think Progress blew the story wide open on the emails between Abramoff and Bush. Of course the mainstream media seems to be ignoring the fact that it was a blogger who cracked the lid on this huge story but the fact remains none the less that it was a blog. They have numerous stories from […]
The evidence of Abramoff and Bush together isbeing scrubbed. Bush is sounding alot more like Nixon now. David Gregory won’t back down even when he is questioning the President himself. MYDD has released a new design with a new feature called E-Wire. If you can help out Jesus General then please head on over there. […]
With such things as Abramoff, Cunningham and the NSA wiretapping story, it seems that the Valerie Plame leak case has taken a back seat. Thankfully we have people like Jason Leopold to keep us up to date: Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is said to have spent the past month preparing evidence he will present to […]
The deal is done. Abramoff has officially pleaded guilty to a federal court in Washington D.C. and is expected to head to Florida tomorrow to do the same with the charges he is facing there in the Sun Cruz deal. Abramoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy, tax evasion, fraud, and violation of lobbying laws. Reporters described […]