Jack Abramoff
Abramoff Lobbyist Kevin Ring Gets 20 Months
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The ugly era of Jack Abramoff — the evil lobbyist — resurfaced Wednesday inside the Beltway. Kevin A. Ring, 41, a former lobbyist who worked with Abramoff, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in D.C. to 20 months in prison for his role in a scheme to corrupt public officials by…
Watchdog Group Sues Justice Dept. For Failing to Release Investigative Documents on Tom DeLay
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A government watchdog group — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) — wants to figure out why ex-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) was never prosecuted federally. CREW filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in D.C. against the Justice Department for failing to release records of the…
Ex-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Gets 3 Years in Prison; Remains Free On $10,000 Bond
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The once powerful U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who had been under FBI investigation in connection with the Jack Abramoff scandal, but was never charged, was sentenced in state court Monday in Austin, Tex., to three years in prison for a scheme in which he illegally helped funnel corporate contributions…
Jack Abramoff Finishes Sentence; Stops Working at Baltimore Kosher Pizzeria
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who made his fair share of doe working politicians on the Hill, is finished working at a kosher Baltimore pizza joint now that he’s finished his sentence and is on supervised release, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that Abramoff, who was convicted on…
Jack Abramoff Associate Kevin Ring Convicted of Corruption
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – A reminder of much that is wrong with Washington reared its ugly head Monday when a federal jury in the capital convicted Kevin A. Ring, who worked with corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff, on five counts related to a scheme to corrupt public officials by providing a stream of gifts…
Lawyer Says Justice Dept. Dropping Probe of Ex-House Leader Tom DeLay
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It doesn’t look like the Justice Department will be filing any criminal charges against former House leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex). Mike Allen of Politico reports that the Justice Department is dropping its six-year probe into Delay and his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Allen attributed his information to…
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