Posted on 01/03/2006 6:38:25 AM PST by dogbyte12
Lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a close associate of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, to plead guilty to corruption, other charges, source tells CNN.
That is the teaser on CNN. CNN reported that Abramoff has agreed to a prison sentence of a maximum of 10 years, pending his full co-operation with the justice department.
Updates will follow.
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The spin has begun! Already heard this morning that DeLay & Co. are going down. Libs fail to admit that Harry "The Body" Reid and a host of Democraps were implicated too!
...and with the guilty (hopefully) will go the dirtbags: Reid, Delay, Cantwell, Patrick Kennedy, Dorgan, et al
Cross reference:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549732/posts
Lobbyist, Prosecutors Said Close to Deal (Abramoff)
Notice there are live programs on C-SPAN tonight and tomorrow night at 8PM re Abramoff.
CNN reporting that Abramoff actually has been co-operating with the justice department for a year. He likely won't do the full 10 years if he rats out a bunch of congressmen and hill staff members. Democrats are involved too. This is a bi-partisan scandal.
if they are guilty I don't care of they are republicans or democrats, throw them out of office
This sounds like the big break Juan Williams predicted two days ago during Fox News Sunday. He was positively drooling with anticipation.
When all the crooks are finally counted, I'll wager that MORE Dems than Pubbies are involved.
Certainly, the GOP isn't immune to wrongdoing-- Duke Cunningham a recent example. The Keating scandal hit both parties, too. They should all be weeded out.
This will become an interest event and impact the 06 elections on a national level I believe. No one knows at this stage what Abramoff is giving up to the prosecutors nor all those that are involved. It certainly has the potential to change some of the faces on Capitol Hill come Jan. 07, imo.
seriously....the radio was talking about the "biggest corruption scandal to ever hit Washington!"
Absolutely! It has become the norm for politicians main focus in congress to be raising money and getting reelected. It is time to try to rein them in, regardless of the party.
I listened to MSNBC last week and they made a point over and over of emphasizing that the Senator Dorgan returned money received from Abramoff, and made that point with other Dem elected officials.
Two words...
TERM LIMITS!
Yeah, it's only SERIOUS CORRUPTION AND SCANDAL when it implies our party...gosh I loathe the mediaWHORES!!
\ For last night I spent two hours reading up on Abramoff.
This story is so deep and, except for the murder, rather amusing.
As a world renown Blogger I must keep up on such things, insert wink here.
I suspect that Abramoff's plea of ten years is about the murder. No, he didn't exactly kill anyone but one of his buddies did and Abramoff was involved in the planning or the coverup.
Ladies and gems, Jack Abramoff is about as sleazy as they come. What's more disturbing is how easily he got congress critters to do the silliest stuff.
Heads up, folks. This is gonna be flying directly in the radar as, frankly, it should. And every congress critter involved with this guy should resign. Sorry if that includes Republicans.
Democrats don't have the lock on stupidity, sad to say.
"When all the crooks are finally counted, I'll wager that MORE Dems than Pubbies are involved."
Just like check kiting and Abscam, this will be swept under the rug.
"Two words...
TERM LIMITS!"
That is it in a nutshell. Two terms and out. Can't join a lobbying firm for five years after that.
I've been saying that for years. Too much dead wood in the Senate.....example: Senator Byrd, nutty as a fruitcake.
That's why I preach to only send a Congress person or Senator to Washington Doesn't Care for only ONE term...you prevent this type of stuff...
You look at Kennedy, how many YEARS has he been there??? And you can bet he has had his palm greased alot of times..
Send your people to ONE term, keep them honest and the Goverment will work for US like it's suppost to.....
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