True how can we believe what this guy says? Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), encumbered by a scandal since last summer, did not file for reelection by his state’s deadline Friday, keeping a promise he made and officially marking the end of his congressional career. Craig’s political future has been in doubt since his arrest and […]
A Minnesota judge has denied Craig’s attempt to reverse his guilty plea per MSNBC. Let’s see how he tries to blame the media for this one.
How much longer can Bush claim he knew nothing about this? An Interior Department official who has acknowledged receiving meals and tickets to sporting events from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been charged with filing a false financial disclosure report. Roger G. Stillwell, an employee of the department’s Insular Affairs Office, was charged with a […]
The Washington Post starts off with a nice description of Delay’s drop out: The pending resignation of former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), once one of the most powerful lawmakers in Washington, comes amid a federal criminal investigation that already has reached into his inner circle of longtime advisers. DeLay faces a trial later […]
DeLAY’S FORMER AIDE ADMITS TAKING BRIBES: Lawmaker says he didn’t know of the wrongdoing in his office that led to a guilty plea (via The People’s Republic of Seabrook) WASHINGTON – A former top aide to U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay admitted Friday to accepting bribes while on the lawmaker’s staff and has joined the circle […]
Today we get our first of hopefully many scoundrels going down in the Abramoff/Delay connection: A former top aide to Rep. Tom DeLay pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and promised to cooperate with the government’s investigation of lobbying fraud. Tony Rudy, DeLay’s former deputy chief of staff, was told by a U.S. District judge that […]
Since the guilty plea of Jack Abramoff there has been a lot of back and forth discussion in the White House Press room regarding the President’s acquaintances with Abramoff. Scott McClellan has tried hard to deny any such meetings yet reporters like David Gregory have been hard to fire back and try to get answers. […]
Here is the picture I promised earlier of Abramoff leaving the court house after entering his guilty plea. Most people’s entire wardrobes do not cost what his outfit today did. Have fun captioning it.
Jack Abramoff is to enter his guilty plea today in Florida clearing the way for federal investigators to go after some big names on Capital Hill. WASHINGTON – Lobbyist Jack Abramoff will plead guilty to federal charges in Washington and Miami, clearing the way for him to cooperate in a massive government investigation of influence […]
Roll Call is reporting that former Abramoff partner Michael Scanlon will turn himself in and has reached a deal to plea guilty in exchange for testimony against his former partner. Scanlon will also offer testimony against anyone else named in indictments from this investigation. There are numerous others under the microscope on this probe. They […]