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Ex-DOJ official pleads guilty in Abramoff lobbying scandal (04/23)
A high-powered lobbying campaign on behalf of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians led a former Department of Justice official to plead guilty on Tuesday. The tribe wanted $16.3 million in federal funds to build a detention facility. DOJ officials...
Ex-Justice official charged in Abramoff probe (04/22)
A former Department of Justice official was charged on Monday in connection with the Jack Abramoff scandal. Robert Coughlin was deputy chief of staff of the criminal division at DOJ. He is accused of accepting gifts from one of Abramoff's...
Rep. Cole aids outgoing lawmaker's legal fund (04/16)
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), the only Native American in Congress, donated $5,000 to outgoing Rep. John Doolittle's (R-California) legal fund. Cole is the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. He donated the money to Doolittle through his leadership political...
Blog: Sen. McCain withheld Choctaw e-mail (02/26)
"On the stump, Sen. John McCain often cites his work tackling the excesses of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff as evidence of his sturdy ethical compass. A little-known document, however, shows that McCain may have taken steps to protect his Republican...
Ex-Rep. Ney to be released early from prison (02/13)
Former Congressman Bob Ney (R) is being released early from his 30-month prison term for his role in the Jack Abramoff scandal. Ney pleaded guilty to conspiracy and making false statements. He admitted accepting campaign contributions, trips, event tickets and...
Rep. Doolittle to retire amid Abramoff probe (01/11)
Rep. John Doolittle (R-California) dropped his re-election plans on Thursday amid scrutiny over his ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Doolittle said he wanted to retire so that he and his wife, Julia, can return to a private life....
Ex-Rep. Pombo urges Rep. Doolittle not to run (01/09)
Former Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), who won over many tribes during his time on Capitol Hill, is urging Rep. John Doolittle (R-California), who is under scrutiny for his ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, not to seek re-election. The...
Appeals court hears Abramoff conviction case (01/09)
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Tuesday in the case of a former Bush administration official who was sentenced for his role in the Jack Abramoff scandal. David Safavian worked at the General Services Administration and the...
Rep. Doolittle subject of re-election rumors (01/08)
Rep. John Doolittle (R-California) has called his supporters and aides to a meeting on Thursday for "news" about his re-election plans. Doolittle has been under scrutiny for his ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He inserted comments into the...
Editorial: Open White House logs to public (12/21)
"Now that a federal judge has ruled that visitor logs for the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's residence are public documents, it's high time the Bush administration let the sunshine in. The records are kept by the Secret...
Editorial: Attorney's ties to tribe are troubling (12/20)
"When Bobby Jindal was running for governor, he promised an ethical administration far above the standards of the past. But Jindal’s pick for executive counsel, an enormously influential position as the Governor’s Office attorney, hopes to retain some interest, of...
Lamberth orders disclosure of White House records (12/18)
Judge Royce C. Lamberth on Monday ordered the Bush administration to release logs of visitors to the White House. Lamberth said the logs created by the Secret Service are public records. He said they should be released under the Freedom...
Abramoff associate sentenced for role in scandal (12/17)
Italia Federici, a former associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was sentenced to two months in a halfway house and four years of probation, plus $77,243 in restitution, for her role in the scandal. Federici was the head of...
Abramoff associate to be sentenced for scandal (12/14)
Italia Federici, a former associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, is being sentenced today for her role in the scandal. Federici, the former head of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy, pleaded guilty to tax evasion and obstructing the...
Ex-Rep. Hayworth says Abramoff probe axed (12/07)
Ex. Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Arizona) says the Department of Justice is no longer investigating his ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Hayworth was defeated last November amid reports of his Abramoff connections. He received $101,620 from Abramoff, nine of...
White House asked for more Abramoff documents (11/01)
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-California), the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asked the White House on Wednesday to turn over more documents related to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The White House has turned over 3,700 documents to the...
Alabama governor sued over Choctaw connections (09/26)
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R) is being sued by a former supporter who wants to know whether the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians contributed money to the governor's campaign. John Goff, who owns an insurance company, says his corporate jet...
Griles serving prison term for lying to Congress (09/26)
J. Steven Griles, the former deputy secretary of the Interior Department, began serving his 10-month prison sentence for lying to Congress about his relationship with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Griles, 59, reported to Petersburg Federal Correctional Institution in Petersburg, Virginia,...
Former Abramoff associate given probation (09/13)
Neil Volz, a former associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a former aide to imprisoned ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), was sentenced to probation for his role in the scandal. Volz pleaded guilty to conspiracy but federal prosecutors said he...
Former Abramoff associate faces sentencing (09/12)
Neil Volz, a former associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a former aide to imprisoned ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), is being sentenced today for his role in the scandal. Federal prosecutors say Volz deserves leniency for cooperating with...
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