Steven Griles

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

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Former Senate help charged in Abramoff scandal The ongoing review in to a Jack Abramoff lobbying liaison has resulted in a rapist assign opposite a former help to Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran. Ann Copland, who worked upon Capitol Hill as a legislative partner traffic with Native American tribes, was charged with swindling for reception thousands of dollars value of tickets as well as dishes in sell for assisting an Abramoff client, a Mississippi clan of Choctaw Indians. Copland is charged with swindling to dedicate handle fraud. Go here to review a rest Former Senate help charged in Abramoff liaison - CNN.com Abc News: Jack ... Read Full Story
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Among 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 is nearly two years into a six-year prison sentence in a criminal case out of Florida, where he pleaded guilty in January 2006 to charges of conspiracy, honest services fraud and tax evasion in the purchase of gambling cruise boats. _David Safavian, the government's former ... Read Full Story
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October 12, 2009 Former CNMI Secretary of the Department of Labor and Immigration, Mark Zachares has had his sentencing date moved up once again because he is "cooperating with government agents and prosecutors." A status conference that was scheduled for October 16, 2009 was postponed until January 8, 2010. From the joint motion to continue the status conference : As part of his plea agreement, Mr. Zachares has agreed to cooperate with the government in any and all matters when required. In conformity with this agreement, Mr. Zachares has been cooperating with government agents and prosecutors, including in several ongoing investigations . The government ... Read Full Story
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Ann Copland AP photo Today in the US District Court of the District of Columbia Ann Copland pleaded guilty to trading legislative favors in return for tickets, meals and other gifts from Jack Abramoff's former lobbying firm between 2002 and 2004. Cochran was a staffer for Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran for 29 years from 1978 to 2008. From an AP article : Ann Copland wiped away tears as she admitted to U.S. District Judge Richard Roberts that she took $25,000 to $30,000 in gifts in exchange for helping one of Abramoff's top clients, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Copland, 52, pleaded guilty to ... Read Full Story
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2002 Abramoff-sponsored Scotland trip participants pose outside the plane. David Safavian is 4th from the right. Photo from US District Court, AP. December 19, 2008 Former Bush Administration official, David H. Safavian, was convicted on an obstruction charge and three counts of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms and to investigators from the GSA and FBI. He was acquitted on a charge of making a false statement to Senate investigators. US District Judge Paul L. Friedman read the verdict from the jury and will be sentencing Safavian. (This is the same judge that will decide the CNMI vs US case). The ... Read Full Story
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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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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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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