Abramoff gets 70 months for Florida fraud (SunCruz Casinos fraud case)

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 3/29/06 | Reuters

[NormsRevenge]

Former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff leaves the courthouse in Miami in this August 18, 2005 file photo. Abramoff, a disgraced Washington lobbyist at the heart of an influence peddling scandal that has rattled top Republicans, was sentenced to 70 months in prison on Wednesday for fraud in the purchase of a Florida casino cruise line. (Carlos Barria/Files/Reuters)

[Red Badger]

My daughter's car loan is longer than that!..........

[Jaded]

They forgot to mention his payoffs to the dems. How could THAT have happened? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

[george wythe]

That's 6 years in federal years, right?

[Mo1]

later read

[jern]

federal time is real time, not getting out early

[NormsRevenge]

5 years 10 months on my abacus... urrr, calculator. ;-)

[edcoil]

Do congressman have Pardon authority? Can a Governor give a Pardon for a Federal Crime?

[MineralMan]

No and no.

[george wythe]

Can a Governor give a Pardon for a Federal Crime?

I don't think so. Only the US President can.

[infidel29]

I'm sooooo sick and tired of this kind of journalism. Republicans were named three times, including singling out Tom DeLay and Bob Ney. Not once was it mentioned that HARRY REID among others from the demonrat side were also connected and recieved payoffs.

Urinalism I tell you.

[NormsRevenge]

Top of the hour ABC radio news mentions Abramoff as being involved in a influence peddling scandal with Republicans .

Rat Bastards!

[NonValueAdded]

Compared to Soros, Abramoff got an amazing return per contribution dollar invested. I hope they give him a trustee job in the prison procurement office; they'll be running at a profit in no time.

[LoveDoc]

This whole 'scandal' is the biggest example of brazen mainstream media obfuscation in memory.

I can't believe, with Drudge, the Internet and Fox that it was allowed to go on this long.

I had NO IDEA until today what he was actually being sent up the river for.

It was for lying to get money for a loan.

It had NOTHING to do with Republicans (or Democrats for that matter.)

But, because he (legitimately) is a Republican lobbyist the dems/media tried to use this to smear President Bush and republicans.

But our response was pathetic too (although it may have been the ONLY thing that would have gotten traction.)

Our response being that he was in cahoots with Dems too.

The LEGITIMATE response however is 'This is about a fake wire transfer.' Period. End of discussion.

No politics involved other than the liberals trying to exploit it as such.

Again..it's just AMAZING to me that until TODAY I had no idea what crime he had committed.

One...long...disinformation campaign.

And I do blame our side, given the voices we DO have at this point, to not make this point much clearer.

[azhenfud]

Let's see, President Bush has two more years and, as is customary, can pardon or commute sentencing for criminals before leaving office.

BillyBoy Clinton pardoned Marc Rich.

[edcoil]

It is more like three and Pardons (like these) are done on the 19th of January 2009. I belive Clinton pardoned over 450 people during his term of office.

[drjimmy]

You need to chill and read the article again. What he was sentenced for today is a completely different case from the one involving his lobbying work:

"Abramoff also pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy and fraud charges in Washington, admitting he showered golf trips, meals, sports tickets and other gifts on lawmakers in return for actions that would help his clients."

It is that case that has so many Republicans nervous, because Abramoff is presumably cooperating with the Feds in order to reduce his sentence for those crimes.

[Daytyn71]

I believe there were a total of 88 Democrats who took money from Abramoff including Reid and Hillary Clinton but according to the MSM its a Republican scandal.

[jujigatami]

It IS a Republican scandal, but that doesn't imply that the Dems are clean by any means.

If you want to bribe a Dem, you just have to call his/her office, wine and dine them, and make a hefty contribution.

If you want to bribe a Republican, you need to hire a connected lobbyist to call his/her office, wine and dine them, and make a hefty contribution.

Abramoff is a connected lobbyist.