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20070831
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 Neil
Volz -  Bob
Ney
-  Jack
Abramoff
-  Michael
Scanlon
- Tony
Rudy
-  David
Safavian -  Money
-  Law
-  Politics
-  Ohio
- "Document
details Volz’s cooperation in Abramoff case." ...
"A new court document details the extent to which Neil Volz, who at one
point was the top aide of former [Ohio Republican Representative] Rep.
Bob Ney (R-Ohio) before going to work for lobbyist Jack Abramoff, assisted
federal authorities in building a case against the lawmaker that resulted
in a guilty plea on charges of bribery and public corruption last year."
... "Volz was one of the first people to begin to explore cooperating with
federal prosecutors in its investigation of the wide-ranging corruption
scheme Abramoff and others perpetrated. According to a “substantial assistance
memorandum” filed in the D.C. district court Wednesday, his cooperation
was both “timely and substantial.”" ... "In May of last year, Volz pleaded
guilty to a charge of conspiring with Jack Abramoff, Michael Scanlon, Tony
Rudy and others to commit honest services fraud and to violate the federal
one-year lobbying ban, For his help in bringing down Abramoff, Ney and
others, prosecutors are recommending home confinement as punishment." ...
"In February 2006, he began providing “unlimited cooperation in dozens
of debriefings, and his cooperation was substantial, especially in connection
with the investigation and prosecutions of Ney, [William] Heaton and [General
Services Administration chief of staff] David Safavian,” according to the
document." -By Susan Crabtree
-TheHill.com
20060906
-
Tom
DeLay
-
 Texas
- Money
- Politics
- Jack
Abramoff
- Edwin
Buckham
- "Lobbying
Probe Looks at Payments To DeLay's Wife." ... "The
Justice Department's congressional lobbying-and-bribery investigation is
looking into whether former House Majority Leader [Texas Republican] Tom
DeLay's wife received money from a lobbying firm for a no-show job, recent
FBI interviews indicate." ... "The two-year investigation is examining
whether lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others sought legislative favors for
their clients by offering expensive meals, sports tickets, golf outings
and other gifts to about a dozen lawmakers and congressional aides." ...
"In the last few weeks, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have interviewed
several people at the Alexander Strategy Group lobbying firm to determine
if Christine DeLay was being paid $3,200 a month -- a total of $115,000
over three years -- but not earning it." ... "Alexander Strategy was run
by a pair of Mr. DeLay's former aides: Tony Rudy, who pleaded guilty to
bribery charges in March; and Edwin Buckham, who remains under investigation.
The firm also shared clients with Jack Abramoff." -By
Brody Mullins -WSJ.com
20060620
-
David
Safavian
- Abramoff
-
 Government
- Money
- Politics
- Bob
Ney
- Ohio
- Tom
DeLay
- Texas
- "Former
Bush official convicted of lying about ties to Abramoff."
... "A federal jury convicted a former Bush administration official Tuesday
of lying about his relationship with a high-powered Washington lobbyist
who's at the center of a broadening investigation into influence-peddling
on Capitol Hill." ... "David Safavian, former chief of staff of the General
Services Administration, the federal government's procurement agency, was
found guilty of four charges of making false statements and misleading
investigators who were looking into Jack Abramoff's dealings with other
public officials and lobbyists." ... "Four other former Abramoff associates,
including a former chief of staff for Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, and two former
aides to former Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, have pleaded guilty in the scandal.
Ney and DeLay have denied any wrongdoing." ... "Neil Volz, Ney's former
chief of staff, pleaded guilty in May to conspiring with Abramoff. Former
DeLay aides Michael Scanlon and Tony Rudy have pleaded guilty to committing
fraud and violating the federal one-year lobbying ban. Volz testified on
behalf of the government during Safavian's trial." -By
Marisa Taylor -KnightRidder
via -RealCities
20060419
 Pete
Sessions -  Jack
Abramoff -  John
Ashcroft -  Gale
Norton -  Dana
Rohrabacher -  Curt
Weldon - Tony
Rudy - Michael
Scanlon - Money
- Politics
- Law
-  Military
-  Technology
- TX
- San
Francisco -  CA
-  Louisiana
-  NY
-  PA
-  US
-  Malaysia
"CREW
Files DOJ Complaint Against Texas Rep. Pete Sessions."
... "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today
filed a Department of Justice (DOJ) complaint against [Texas Republican
Representative] Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX [Republican-Texas]) for official
actions he may have taken on behalf of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff,
as well as possible bribes he may have accepted from a San Francisco [California]
defense technology company. The complaint asks for the DOJ to immediately
begin an investigation into Rep. Sessions." ... "Abramoff Ties"
... "CREW’s complaint alleges that Rep. Sessions co-signed two letters,
one to former Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2001 and another to former
Interior Secretary Gale Norton in 2002, which benefitted Mr. Abramoff’s
client, the Louisiana Coushatta. One month after his 2002 letter was sent,
Rep. Sessions’ political action committee, PETE PAC, received $3,500 from
the Louisiana Coushatta and another $3,500 from other tribes with casinos.
Within 18 months, PETE PAC received $20,500 from tribes associated with
Abramoff." ... "Rep. Sessions also traveled to Malaysia on an Abramoff-arranged
trip with indicted public relations executive Michael Scanlon, two lobbyists
from Abramoff’s firm Greenberg Traurig, one of which, Tony Rudy has been
indicted, and two other Members of Congress, [California Republican Representative]
Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA [Republican-California]) and [New York Democratic
Representative] Gregory Meeks (D-NY [Democratic-New York]). Prior to the
trip, Rep. Sessions had shown no public interest in Malaysia, but four
months after the trip, Rep. Sessions became an advocate for Malaysia by
forming the Malaysia Trade, Security and Economic Cooperation in the House
with trip-mate Rep. Meeks." ... "Promia Ties" ... "Additionally,
Rep. Sessions promoted the interests of Promia, a firm based in San Francisco
that hired Session’s former communications director, Adrian Plesha, as
vice president and director of its Washington office. Mr. Plesha pleaded
guilty to felony charges related to FEC [Federal Election Commission] offences
shortly after he began working for Promia." ... "Promia was able to garner
a nearly $800,000 Navy research and development contract in May, 2000 and
Rep. Sessions, along with [Pennsylvania Republican Representative] Rep.
Curt Weldon (R-PA [Republican-Pennsylvania ]), publicly worked to get an
additional $8 million for Promia through a Department of Defense grant."
... "In October 2000, the same month that Promia received $2 million from
Trautman Wasserman & Co., a New York venture capital firm, Rep. Sessions
received the maximum allowed — $1,000 each, from eight Promia executives
for his re-election campaign. In 2002, Promia gave $30,000 to PETE PAC.
In total Promia and its executives have contributed nearly $55,000 to Rep.
Sessions since 2000 – by far the largest contribution Promia has made to
any Member of Congress." ... "“Why would Rep. Sessions, who represents
a northern Texas district, work so hard for and receive so much cash from
a San Francisco firm?” Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW asked
today. “The Department of Justice should open a criminal investigation
to determine whether the campaign contributions Rep. Sessions received
from Abramoff, the tribes and from Promia executives were a quid pro quo
for official actions.”" -CitizensForEthics.org
20060106
-
Tom
DeLay
- Money
- Politics
- Jack
Abramoff
- Randy
Cunningham
- "`DeLay
Inc.' Lobbying Firm Has Links to Three Capital Scandals."
... "Representative Tom DeLay's campaign to get Republicans to dominate
Washington lobbying may have worked too well for Alexander Strategy Group."
... "The firm has links to no fewer than three of the scandals convulsing
the U.S. capital. One partner, former DeLay aide Tony Rudy, is now a focus
of a federal investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The group's founder,
former DeLay chief of staff Ed Buckham, set up a South Korea junket for
his old boss that violated ethics rules. And the firm represents a company
whose owner, prosecutors allege, bribed former Representative Randy Cunningham."
... "Alexander Strategy's links to lawmakers are an outgrowth of a decade-long
effort by DeLay, 58, to force lobbying firms to hire more Republicans,
who can direct corporate money to the party. The system, known as ``DeLay
Inc.'' or ``the K Street Project,'' has fueled a surge of money in politics,
and critics say it has also created the potential for greater corruption."
-By Michael Forsythe -Bloomberg
20050501
-
- Tom
DeLay -
"A
Lobbyist in Full." ... "Early on, Abramoff made friends
who would be vital to his future success. His College Republican campaign
had been managed by Grover Norquist, who is now one of Washington's most
influential conservative activists. Joining the team as a $200-per-month
intern was a baby-faced college student, Ralph Reed. Together, the three
of them shaped the organization into a right-wing battle machine. ''It
is not our job to seek peaceful coexistence with the Left,'' Abramoff was
quoted as saying in the group's 1983 annual report. ''Our job is to remove
them from power permanently.''" ... "As his business and reputation grew,
Abramoff was becoming a vital cog in the G.O.P.'s money machine. He played
a major role in ''The K Street Project,'' a Norquist-designed initiative
that pressured lobbying firms to slant Republican in their hiring and donations.
Public-interest watchdogs were appalled at the new level of coordination
between Congress and business lobbyists, but Abramoff makes no apologies
for it. ''It was my role to push the Republicans on K Street to be more
helpful to the conservative movement,'' Abramoff told me. Partly to that
end, Abramoff hired several former senior G.O.P. Congressional aides onto
his lobbying team, including [Tom] DeLay aides like Michael Scanlon and
Tony Rudy, now a prominent lobbyist. He also sent his associates in the
other direction; in 2001, for example, his personal assistant, Susan Ralston,
took the same job under Karl Rove, effectively making her Rove's gatekeeper.""
(1, 2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
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