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Court Overturns Abramoff-Related Conviction for Ex-Bush Official
abc news ^ | 06.17.08 | By JASON RYAN

Posted on 06/17/2008 7:18:27 PM PDT by Perdogg

The Washington, D.C., Circuit Court of Appeals today overturned the conviction of former Bush administration official David Safavian, who was entangled in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, and ordered that he should be given a new trial.

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abramoff; davidsafavian; jackabramoff; lobbying; ruling; safavian; scandal

1 posted on 06/17/2008 7:24:03 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

(Recalls something about not being tried twice for the same offence by the same jurisdiction.) So what jurisdiction will this guy be railroaded in now?


2 posted on 06/17/2008 9:34:44 PM PDT by Old Flat Toad (Pima county- Home of the single vehicle accident with 40 victims.)
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