Remember J.D. Hayworth? The Congressman who was
BFFs with Indian Country until his non-Indian constituents voted him
out of office when he was
linked to everyone's favorite lobbyist,
Jack Abramoff?
Well, he's got bills to pay from that legal brouhaha! From his
blog (yes, he actually has a blog, you can stop laughing now):
At any rate, I had to retain legal counsel in Washington , D.C. to communicate with the Justice Department and co-ordinate compliance with the DOJ’s requests for documents. Whatever remained in the campaign treasury went to cover those fees–and they did not cover them completely.
As a result, I still have outstanding legal bills that total in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
That’s why “The Freedom in Truth Trust” has been established. Its name comes from holy scripture (”You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”–John 8:32), and its acronym (FIT) is accurate, since this entire episode has given us fits!
So, tribes, if J.D. Hayworth ever wrote a
bill for you (and there were quite a few of you), you better pony up and write a bill for him! Someone has to pay for that
plastic surgery legal aid.
P.S. That's J.D., his lovely wife, Mary, and
Famous Dave Anderson at the
National Congress of American Indians annual conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2004. Good times.
