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Steven Griles
Steven Griles, an energy lobbyist who served as the No. 2 official at the Interior Department, will plead guilty today to obstruction of justice in the Jack Abramoff corruption probe
Robert Coughlin, a former Justice Department attorney who admitted that he provided assistance to Jack Abramoff’s lobbying team and its clients while accepting free meals, drinks and tickets to sporting events and concerts from Abramoff lobbying partner Kevin Ring, was sentenced in Washington, D.C., to a month in a halfway house and three years of probation and was fined $2,000.
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A former Department of Justice official was sentenced today to a month in a halfway house, three years probation, a $2,000 fine and 200 hours of community service, but no jail time, after he pleaded guilty in April 2008 on one count of conflict of interest for taking tickets and meals from former Jack Abramoff lobbying associate Kevin Ring while Ring lobbied him on issues that would benefit his clients.
Robert Coughlin, a former liaison in...
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From undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com
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It's hard to read this Washington Post profile without some seriously conflicted feelings about Emily Miller, the Republican press secretary turned gossip blogger who found herself at the center of stories about the Abramoff scandal. Miller's ex-fiance, Michael Scanlon, pled guilty to conspiracy charges relating to his business partner, Jack Abramoff, and the man they had both worked for, former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. By...
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From gawker.com
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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.
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.
