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Tribal Money Linked to GOP Fundraising; Skybox Events Were Not Always Reported to FEC
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| Publication : | The Washington Post- Washington, D.C. |
| Author : | Susan Schmidt and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum |
| Date : | Dec 26, 2004 |
| Abstract (Document Summary) |
| Federal investigators are examining tens of millions of dollars in lobbying and public relations fees [Jack Abramoff] obtained from the tribes. They are also looking into his dealings with members of Congress and their staffs, lawyers involved in the inquiry said. Senior prosecutors in the Justice Department's fraud and public integrity sections are poring over hundreds of thousands of e- mails, computer files and bank records subpoenaed from Abramoff and former associates, including records of campaign contributions and trips, meals and gifts such as the use of skyboxes that Abramoff lavished on members of Congress. Abramoff not only lobbied staffers, he regularly hired them. Three former aides to [Tom DeLay] worked as lobbyists for Abramoff at Greenberg Traurig: former deputy chiefs of staff Tony Rudy and Bill Jarrell; and former DeLay spokesman Michael Scanlon, who formed a public relations company that worked in tandem with Abramoff. One member of the House leadership already under scrutiny for his ties to Abramoff, House Administration Committee Chairman Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio), used the MCI Center box, and his chief of staff was later hired by Abramoff. A Senate panel investigating Abramoff released e-mails last month showing that Abramoff directed a Texas tribe to contribute $32,000 to Ney in 2002, days after Ney took steps to sponsor legislation sought by the tribe. hide... | | Federal investigators are examining tens of millions of dollars in lobbying and public relations fees [Jack Abramoff] obtained from the tribes. They are also looking into his dealings with members of Congress and their staffs, lawyers involved in the inquiry said. Senior prosecutors in the Justice Department's fraud more... |
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