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MICHAEL SCANLON News:
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
20060712
-
 Texas
- Money
-  Abramoff
- Ralph
Reed
-  Georgia
- DeLay
- Ney
- Ohio
- Politics
- "Texas
Tribe Names Abramoff, Reed in Suit." ... "A Texas
Indian tribe filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging that ex-lobbyist
Jack Abramoff, former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed [Republican
running for Lt. Governor in Georgia] and their associates engaged in fraud
and racketeering to shut down the tribe's casino." ... "The Alabama-Coushatta
tribe of Livingston, Texas, alleged the defendants defrauded the tribe,
the people of Texas and the Legislature to benefit another of Abramoff's
clients _ the Louisiana Coushatta tribe _ and "line their pockets with
money."" ... "The lawsuit also names Abramoff's ex-business partner Michael
Scanlon, a former aide to former Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas; Neil Volz, a
former aide to Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio; and Jon Van Horne, Abramoff's former
colleague at his law and lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig." ... "Abramoff,
Scanlon and Volz have pleaded guilty in a public corruption probe involving
Abramoff's former tribal clients and possibly members of Congress. The
Alabama-Coushatta never hired Abramoff." (1, 2)
-By Suzanne Gamboa -AP
via -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
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
20051121
-
Tom
DeLay
- Money
- Politics
- "Former
DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty." ... "Michael Scanlon,
a former partner to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring
to bribe public officials, a charge growing out of the government investigation
of attempts to defraud Indian tribes and corrupt a member of Congress."
... "Scanlon, a former aide to Rep. Tom DeLay, entered the plea before
U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle and agreed to pay restitution totaling
more than $19 million to the tribes." -AP
via -CBSNews
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,
7)
-By Michael Crowley -NYTimes
20040327
-
 Rove
- Abramoff
-  Ralston
- DeLay
-  Norquist
-  Reed
- Scanlon
- Money
- Religion
- Government- Law
- Politics
- Texas
- 2004
Election -  History-
"K
Street Stumble." ... "As [Republican] presidential
adviser Karl Rove set up shop in the West Wing in 2001, he was looking
for an assistant to serve as the trusted gatekeeper of his new fiefdom.
Superlobbyist and Republican fundraiser Jack Abramoff was happy to lend
a hand. Abramoff knew just the right person for the job: his own assistant,
Susan Ralston. She interviewed with Rove and got the position." ... "For
a staunch conservative and smooth GOP operative like Abramoff, losing a
valuable aide was well worth the opportunity to ingratiate himself with
the president's senior political adviser." ... "An active fundraiser for
George W. Bush's 2000 election race, Abramoff has done even better in the
2004 campaign, raising more than $100,000 and becoming an elite "Pioneer"
in the president's re-election drive. For years, Abramoff has been a generous
donor and key fundraiser for powerful GOP members of Congress, notably
House Majority Leader [Republican]
Tom DeLay, R-Texas. In the 2004
election cycle, Abramoff and his wife, Pam, have contributed $83,000 to
Republicans, landing themselves at No. 93 on the nationwide list of individuals
who have donated to either political party, according to the nonpartisan
Center for Responsive Politics. Nine other Washington lobbyists are higher
on that list." ... "For almost a quarter-century, Abramoff has counted
among his friends and allies anti-tax activist Grover Norquist and grassroots
strategist and former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed. An Orthodox
Jew, Abramoff has moved easily in conservative circles since the early
1980s, when he was chairman of the College Republican National Committee."
... "On March 2, Abramoff abruptly resigned from [lobbying law firm] Greenberg
Traurig, and now he's embroiled in what's shaping up as a legal and political
fight to salvage his reputation." ... "When asked about Abramoff's troubles,
DeLay distanced himself, telling reporters, "If anybody is trading on my
name to get clients or to make money, that is wrong and they should stop
it immediately."" ... "One reason for the touchiness is that the controversy
has also ensnared Michael Scanlon, a former aide to DeLay who worked with
Abramoff at Greenberg Traurig before setting up his own grassroots firm,
Capital Campaign Strategies." -By Peter H. Stone
-NationalJournal
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