Perhaps this from the WSJ Blogs gives a good reason: If there’s any doubt about the importance of getting a record of Senate investigative interviews, consider the case of J. Steven Griles. Griles, the former deputy Interior secretary, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Washington today to lying to Senate investigators when he […]
Like everyone else being investigated for their dealings with Abramoff, Bob Ney is no different. He has taken the same stance of “not remembering” key events like this one: Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Ney didn’t recall meeting with members of the Tigua tribe of Texas when Senate investigators questioned him during a probe of rogue […]
So today Gale Norton, the Interior Secretary, resigned abruptly from Bush’s cabinet today. For those who are not familiar with her ties to Abramoff, I thought it would be time to highlight some of them. First up is this nice article from the Boston Globe on 11/4/2005: WASHINGTON — Investigators have unearthed e-mails indicating that […]
A front page article in today’sNew York Times shows that Jack Abramoff’s dirty hands reached around the world. According to the article, in 2003 Abramoff lobbied President Omar Bongo of Gabon, a small African Nation, for $9 million in order to set up a meeting with President Bush. Ten months later that meeting happened. The […]
On October 18, the Senate judiciary committee will start hearings into the ties between Timothy Flanigan and Jack Abramoff. Flanigan was nominated by President Bush in May to become Deputy Attorney General at the Justice Department. Abramoff was a lobbyist for Tyco, where Flanigan became a senior vice president in 2002. Flanigan joined Tyco following […]