This just in from theAP Charges filed against Ohio coin dealer Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio – Prosecutors charged a prominent GOP fundraiser Monday with theft and money laundering in an investigation of a controversial state investment in rare coins that has embroiled Republicans in scandal during an election year. The charges against coin dealer Tom […]
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 […]
It is not only Democrats, the Press and 76% of Americans who think the White House should come clean on Abramoff. Republican lawmakers are also included in that bunch now: Republican lawmakers urged President George W. Bush on Sunday to release records of White House contacts with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the center of a […]
American Prospect commissioned a non-partisan research firm to investigate the allegations that Abramoff gave money to Democrats also. Their findings: in total, the donations of Abramoff’s tribal clients to Democrats dropped by nine percent after they hired him, while their donations to Republicans more than doubled, increasing by 135 percent after they signed him up; […]
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 […]
It sounds like the deal between Jack Abramoff and prosecutors has been struck and the paperwork could be done over this holiday weekend with the official announcement on Tuesday: Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff consulted briefly Friday with a federal judge in Miami as they put the finishing touches on a […]
Karl Rove gets to testify again. From the Associated Press: Rove Said to Testify in CIA Leak Case By JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writer Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th-hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer’s leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he […]
We already know there is tons of corruption and scandals surrounding the RNC, but how high can it go. A report released today says it could go all the way up to the newly appointed treasurer. The AP is reporting that federal prosecutors are investigating corruption of a Illinois state pension fund. They have subpoened […]