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Jack Abramoff Spills the LOOT on Congressional Lobbyist | 60 Minutes

By SG2 on  From 3chicspolitico.com
This practice is still prevalent in the halls of congress, can’t you tell? And Jack should know JACK, hmmm? Jack Abramoff ( pronounced  /ˈeɪbrəmɒf/ ; born February 28, 1958) is an American former lobbyist and businessman. [1] Convicted in 2006 of mail fraud and conspiracy , he was at the heart of an extensive corruption investigation that led to the conviction of White House officials J. Steven Griles and David Safavian , U.S. Representative Bob Ney , and nine other lobbyists and...Read Full Story

Former Lobbyists Get New Jobs

By wdoromal on  From unheardnomore.blogspot.com
June 22, 2010 Earlier this month Jack Abramoff, former CNMI lobbyist, was released from jail to spend the remaining six months of his sentence in a halfway house near Baltimore, Maryland. He served 43 months in federal prison. Now it seems he has landed a job in the restaurant business. Mr. Abramoff is reportedly working at a Baltimore pizzaria called Tov's Pizza where he will be helping the Jewish owner, Ron Rosenbluth, with marketing. From  Jewish Times executive editor Phil Jacobs: Mr...Read Full Story

Abramoff Scandal Updates

By wdoromal on  From unheardnomore.blogspot.com
February 11, 2011 Michael Scanlon Gets Jail Time Today another Abramoff co-conspirator was sentenced.  Michael Scanlon , who served as an aide to former House Majority Leader Tom Delay and then became one of Abramoff’s most corrupt lobbyists, was sentenced to 20 months in prison. The LA Times reported: Scanlon's lawyers had asked for supervised release or house arrest but Huvelle turned them down. She asked Scanlon for his plans after he gets out of prison. "I'm in such a dark place I don't...Read Full Story

Cooper Pleads Guilty

By wdoromal on  From unheardnomore.blogspot.com
April 9, 2010 Horace Cooper one time aide for former Rep Dick Armey, pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count yesterday in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia. His plea agreement indicates that Cooper's other felony charges will be dismissed. Cooper pleaded guilty to falsifying his disclosure form by failing to report gifts. He will be sentenced July 1, 2010 and the charge carries up to six months in prison. From the Washington Times : Horace M. Cooper, 44, was indicted...Read Full Story

People caught in up the Abramoff corruption probe

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The lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe: ___ _ Abramoff was sentenced in September 2008 to four years in prison on charges of mail fraud, conspiracy and tax evasion. Since pleading guilty in 2006, the once-powerful lobbyist has cooperated with the federal investigation of influence-peddling in Washington . He was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence in a criminal case out of...Read Full Story
On Monday afternoon, he performed the Washington equivalent of donning a hair shirt: He appeared before the liberal advocacy group Public Citizen to field questions from reporters and campaign-finance-reform activists. WASHINGTON — Fallen ...  
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RALEIGH (AP) — Disgraced Washington influence-peddler Jack Abramoff is telling a North Carolina audience about the Capitol Hill corruption in which he played a role.The once powerful and notorious lobbyist suggests ways to reform the political system when he speaks Thursday at William Peace University in Raleigh.read more  
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Charlotte School of Law will host Jack Abramoff, former lobbyist and Washington ... Guests include:     Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow/manager, Civil Justice Reform Initiative, Heritage Foundation, and a former Federal Election Commission ...  
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This week, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign announced it was encouraging donors to support the super PAC Priorities USA Action. Previously Obama had criticized the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC that made...  
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Republic Report has hired convicted felon and former corruptor Jack Abramoff to be part of their team, which includes Matt Stoller. It just launched and the content is already excellent. I’m definitely keeping an eye on Republic Report.  
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I couldn't help myself Monday afternoon. I clicked over to Public Citizen's website for the livestream of Jack Abramoff's appearance there. During the time I tuned in, Abramoff came across as personable, and dare say, likeable. He even made a few wisecracks.  
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WASHINGTON -- I got a chance to ask former lobbyist Jack Abramoff yesterday whether he was expecting to testify in the public corruption trial getting underway in Montgomery. Here is Kim Chandler's full story, including the comment from Abramoff.  
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This was his official bio from his former law firm. The source was originally discovered here .

Steve Griles brings to Lundquist, Nethercutt & Griles LLC, a wide range of expertise in business management and the fields of energy, the environment, and natural resources. Before joining the firm he was Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Interior from July 2001 to January 2005. Mr. Griles served the Secretary of Interior as the chief operating officer for a department that manages one-fifth of the United States and employees more than 70,000 employees. He was formerly a principal with National Environmental Strategies, Inc., providing advice to companies, trade groups and others on policy and regulatory issues at the federal and state levels. Mr. Griles previously was a senior vice president for the United Company, a diversified natural resources company. And he additionally served as assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary of the Interior for Lands and Minerals Management, and as executive assistant director at the Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development. Mr. Griles is a member of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies National Advisory Council at the University of Richmond.

Mr. Griles received a Bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in economics from the University of Richmond. He has four children and two grandchildren.
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