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20070831
-
 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
20070704
-
 I
Lewis "Scooter" Libby
-  Dick
Cheney
- David
H Safavian - Jack
Abramoff
-  J
Steven Griles -  Government
-  Military
- Law
- Prison
- Politics
- "Libby's
sentence not unusually long: Though [Republican President]
Bush calls the 30-month prison term 'excessive,' records show defendants
convicted of similar crimes served jail time." ... "In commuting the sentence
of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, President Bush said that the former [Republican
Dick Cheney] vice presidential aide had suffered enough and that the 30-month
prison term ordered up by a federal judge was "excessive."" ... "But records
show that the Justice Department under the Bush administration frequently
has sought sentences that are as long, or longer, in cases similar to Libby's."
... "Three-fourths of the 198 defendants sentenced in federal court last
year for obstruction of justice — one of four crimes Libby was found guilty
of in March — got some prison time. According to federal data, the average
sentence defendants received for that charge alone was 70 months." ...
"Just last week, the Supreme Court upheld a 33-month prison sentence for
a decorated Army veteran who was convicted of lying to a federal agent
about buying a machine gun. The veteran had a record of public service
— fighting in Vietnam and the Gulf War — and no criminal record. But Justice
Department lawyers argued his prison term should stand because it fit within
the federal sentencing guidelines." ... "Former members of the Bush administration
have been sentenced to jail time in circumstances roughly analogous to
those of Libby." ... "A former federal procurement official, David H. Safavian,
was sentenced to 18 months in October for lying and concealing his dealings
with GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Late last month, a federal judge sentenced
J. Steven Griles, the former second-ranking official in the Interior Department,
to 10 months in prison for obstructing a Senate investigation into his
dealings with Abramoff." (1, 2)
-By Richard B. Schmitt and David G. Savage
-LAtimes
20061007
-
 Rove
- Abramoff
-  Ralston
-  Sports
-  Entertainment
- Money
- Government
-  Intelligence
- Northern
Mariana Islands - E-Mail
- Safavian
- "Rove
Aide Linked To Abramoff Resigns: Scandal Claims Its
First West Wing Job." ... "A top aide to White House strategist Karl Rove
resigned yesterday after disclosures that she accepted gifts from and passed
information to now-convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, becoming the first
official in the West Wing to lose a job in the influence-peddling scandal."
... "Susan B. Ralston submitted her resignation to avoid causing political
damage to President Bush a month before the midterm elections, officials
said. "She did not want to be a distraction to the White House at this
important time," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino." ... "A congressional
report showed last week that Ralston accepted sometimes-pricey tickets
to nine sports and entertainment events from Abramoff while she provided
him with inside White House information. The bipartisan report said there
is no evidence that Rove knew of or approved of Ralston's actions, and
sources said yesterday that the White House was surprised by the report's
revelations." ... "The only other White House official caught up in the
probe has been David H. Safavian, the procurement chief for the Office
of Management and Budget, who was convicted in June of lying about his
ties to Abramoff." ... "As a former Abramoff assistant, Ralston played
intermediary between the lobbyist and Rove. The congressional report found
66 Abramoff contacts with the White House, more than half of them with
Ralston. In addition, Abramoff's lobbying colleagues contacted Ralston
69 times." ... "On Oct. 21, 2001, Ralston e-mailed Abramoff that Rove had
read an Abramoff memo about a political endorsement in the Mariana Islands
governor's race, a little-noticed election but one important to Abramoff
because he had lucrative clients there. Ralston reported to Abramoff that
Rove had agreed, writing the next day: "You win :)."" (1, 2)
-By Peter Baker and James V. Grimaldi
-WashingtonPost
20060621
-
David
Safavian
- Abramoff
- Government
- Money
- Politics
- "Ex-Aide
To Bush Found Guilty: Safavian Lied in Abramoff Scandal."
... "A federal jury found former White House aide David H. Safavian guilty
yesterday of lying and obstructing justice, making him the highest-ranking
government official to be convicted in the spreading scandal involving
disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff." ... "Safavian, a former chief
of staff of the General Services Administration, was convicted in U.S.
District Court here of covering up his many efforts to assist Abramoff
in acquiring two properties controlled by the GSA, and also of concealing
facts about a lavish weeklong golf trip he took with Abramoff to Scotland
and London in the summer of 2002." ... "The jury found him guilty of obstructing
an inquiry by the inspector general's office of the GSA and of lying to
the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, a GSA ethics officer and the GSA inspector
general. He was acquitted of obstructing the Senate's probe. He faces up
to 20 years in jail and $1 million in fines; sentencing was set for Oct.
12." (1, 2)
-By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum-WashingtonPost
-
David
Safavian
- Abramoff
- Government
- Money
- Politics
- "Safavian
guilty in lobby scandal." ... "A former White House
aide was convicted Tuesday of lying to government investigators about his
ties to the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, in the first trial to result
from the influence-peddling inquiry centered on Abramoff." ... "The former
aide, David Safavian, who resigned from the White House budget office days
before his arrest last September, was convicted of four counts of lying
and obstruction of justice in his statements to investigators about Abramoff
and about a 2002 golf trip to Scotland that the lobbyist arranged for Safavian
and others. Safavian was acquitted on an additional obstruction charge."
... "The verdict was hailed by Justice Department officials as a victory
in their wide-ranging criminal investigation of the lobbying operations
run by Abramoff, a Republican fundraiser who pleaded guilty in January
to conspiring to bribe public officials, including members of Congress,
and is cooperating with prosecutors." -By Philip Shenon
-NYTimes via -RegisterGuard
-
David
Safavian
- Abramoff
- Money
- Government
- Law
- "Where
Did Safavian Work Again?" ... "You wouldn't know
it from the coverage of David H. Safavian's conviction yesterday for lying
and obstructing justice, but some of his criminal activity actually took
place while he was working at the White House." ... "Safavian managed to
avoid being frog-marched out of the White House by resigning three days
before his arrest." ... "And it's true that the underlying acts in his
case -- helping to assist corrupt super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff in acquiring
some properties and accepting a lavish weeklong overseas golf trip -- took
place while Safavian was the Bush-appointed chief of staff at the General
Services Administration." ... "But as so many others in Washington have
learned before him, it's not the crime, it's the cover-up. And for Safavian,
some of that cover-up was carried out from his White House office." -By
Dan Froomkin-WashingtonPost
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
20050921
-
Government
-
 Terrorism
- Law
- "Aide
Was Reticent on Lobbying for Foreign Clients." ...
"David H. Safavian, the Bush administration official arrested Monday, initially
failed to disclose lobbying work he had done for several controversial
foreign clients when he went before a Senate panel last year to be confirmed
as chief of the White House's federal procurement office." ... "The Senate
Governmental Affairs Committee held up Safavian's nomination for more than
a year, in part because of lawmakers' concerns about lobbying work for
two men later accused of links to suspected terrorist organizations, according
to committee documents. Safavian did not disclose his firm's representation
of the men until questioned in writing by the committee's staff, and initially
failed to tell the panel he had registered as a foreign agent for two controversial
African regimes." -By Susan Schmidt and R. Jeffrey
Smith -WashingtonPost
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