By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It was TV mobster Tony Soprano who once muttered: “‘I dunno about morals, but I do got rules.’ Certainly the same could be said for some of the politicians and lobbyists on the Capitol Hill, who never seem to let us down when it comes to perpetuating the unsavory…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is finishing off his prison term in a halfway house in Maryland, has got a new gig: It’s with a kosher pizza joint in Baltimore. The Baltimore Jewish Times reports that he is working at Tov Pizza with owner Ron Rosenbluth “in almost all areas of…
“Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.” Ray Charles, 1961. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Crooked lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who epitomized all that was wrong with official Washington, is close to seeing daylight. The Associated Press reported that Abramoff, 51, was released Tuesday from…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The ghost of crooked lobbyist Jack Abramoff continues to rear its head in this town which once treated him as a king — that is before he became radioactive and went off to prison. The latest came Wednesday when Horace M. Cooper, 44, of Lorton, Va., pleaded guilty in…
Details of the ruling have not been released, but it appears it has potential to create more problems for investigators looking at public corruption cases involving members of Congress. Lately, this issue seems to be a recurring one in FBI probes involving Congressional members. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — A…
The ghost of Jack Abramoff continues to cast a cloud over this wheeling-and-dealing city. He was the poster boy of the ugly side of Washington. Here’s the latest fruits of his labor. By NEDRA PICKLER The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A former deputy to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty Friday to lavishing congressional staffers…
You just know President Bush will pardon some big names just before he exits 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The question now is simply Who? By Scott Horton The American Lawyer For George Washington there was an obvious time for potentially controversial pardons, and that was the day he left office. Washington pardoned the instigators of the…
