Posted on 01/04/2006 10:36:33 AM PST by SmithL
Washington -- The plea deal Tuesday by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his agreement to cooperate with prosecutors has top lawmakers fearing they could face charges in an expanding Justice Department investigation into bribery and influence-peddling in Congress.
Legal experts predict that Rep. Bob Ney, a Republican from Ohio, could soon be indicted. Lawyers have identified him as "Representative No. 1," who, according to the complaint filed against Abramoff, accepted a golfing trip to Scotland, lavish meals and free tickets to sporting events and concerts in return for pushing legislation and carrying out other official acts that helped Abramoff's clients.
Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, also faces possible legal jeopardy because of his close ties to Abramoff and Michael Scanlon, a former DeLay aide and Abramoff's admitted partner in crime who also has agreed to help prosecutors. The new plea deal also appears to identify DeLay's former deputy chief of staff, Tony Rudy, as an unindicted co-conspirator in one allegedly fraudulent scheme.
"They should be nervous," said Melanie Sloan, a former assistant U.S. attorney who now directs Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group. "It won't be long before Bob Ney is indicted. It will probably take a little while longer for them to build their case against Tom DeLay."
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Where is Bruce Babbit. He luvs Injuns!
I've been very busy...you mean to tell me he hasn't yet!? LOL
Watch for Dad to kill the investigation.
Undoubtedly!
I am soooo glad I read to the end of your post, before I fired off a response!! LOL
Rush was talking today that many, many democrats are involved but the MSM will never publish that fact and we will be left to believe it's only Republicans. He said even Dirty Harry was involved. I HOPE SO. I want to see these people brought down and down hard.
How sweet it is! Oooweee.
when the white house announced it was giving those Abramoff monies to charity, it should have also demanded both Democrats and Republicans who received it do the same.
Boy am I glad too! I have been flamed more than enough over the past few years.
Amazing what a little sarcasm tag can do for a post :)
HAH! Hillary says she will but she only got $1,000 supposedly. Dirty Harry insists that this is a republican scandal and that he's done nothing wrong. How can these people sleep at night? Such deception. Arggghhh.
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