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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
20061014
-
Ney
- Abramoff
-
 Doolittle
- Volz
- Money
- Politics
- Ohio
-  Montana
-  California
- "Ney
Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges: Lawmaker's Conviction
Is 8th in Abramoff Probe." ... "[Ohio Republican Bob] Ney is the eighth
person convicted in the continuing federal investigation into Abramoff's
activities. A federal task force that includes a dozen Justice Department
prosecutors is investigating Abramoff's dealings with other congressional
offices, including those of Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont. [Republican-Montana])
and Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif. [Republican-California]), according
to lawyers and witnesses involved in the probe." ... "The Ohio Republican
had been a target of the investigation for a year and came under increasing
pressure -- first in January with Abramoff's guilty plea and agreement
to cooperate in the investigation, then with the guilty plea in May of
his former aide Neil G. Volz, who admitted conspiring to corruptly influence
the congressman and others. Ney admitted encouraging Volz to violate the
one-year ban on lobbying by former staffers." ... "Earlier this year, Ney's
committee passed ethics legislation to strip convicted lawmakers of their
pensions, but the bill died in the House." -By Susan
Schmidt and James V. Grimaldi with contributions by Alice Crites
-WashingtonPost
20061013
-
Ney
- Abramoff
- Volz
- Money
- Politics
- Ohio
- "Rep.
Ney to enter guilty plea." ... "The Jack Abramoff
influence-peddling investigation claims its first member of Congress with
Rep. Bob Ney set to plead guilty to taking bribes." ... "Ney, an Ohio Republican
in his sixth term, faces up to 10 years in prison in a scandal that has
tainted the White House as well as Capitol Hill." ... "Ney, scheduled enter
his plea Friday, signed papers a month ago admitting to charges of conspiracy
and making false statements. He also acknowledged that he had deprived
the public of his honest services." ... "Ney's former chief of staff Neil
Volz, who left Capitol Hill to work with Abramoff, pleaded guilty in May
to charges that he conspired to corrupt his former boss and others."
-AP via -USATODAY
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
- Tom
DeLay - "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
20060508
-
Jack
Abramoff
- Political
- Money
- Bob
Ney
- Ohio
- Tom
DeLay
- Texas
- "Ney's
Former Aide Volz Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Case (Update2)."
... "Neil Volz, former chief of staff to U.S. Representative Bob Ney, pleaded
guilty in the corruption scandal surrounding lobbyist Jack Abramoff." ...
"The agreement may increase the pressure on Ney, an Ohio Republican who
accompanied Abramoff on a golf trip to Scotland in 2002. Papers filed as
part of Volz's plea and three others in the Abramoff case referred to ``things
of value'' Ney accepted from Abramoff and his team. Ney has denied wrongdoing."
... "Ney, 51, cited the allegations surrounding him in the Abramoff case
when he temporarily stepped down in January from his post as chairman of
the House Administration Committee, which oversees federal elections and
day-to-day House functions such as assigning parking places." ... "Abramoff,
47, was one of Washington's best-connected lobbyists and a major fundraiser
for the Republican Party and President George W. Bush. Before his downfall,
Abramoff's ties extended into the Bush administration and throughout Congress
to the office of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican
who on April 4 announced he will resign from Congress." -By
Kristin Jensen and Michael Forsythe -Bloomberg
-
Jack
Abramoff
- Political
- Money
- Bob
Ney
- Ohio
- "Update
6: Former Aide to Rep. Ney Pleads Guilty." ... "A
former top aide to Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, pleaded guilty Monday in the Jack
Abramoff influence peddling scandal, admitting he conspired to corrupt
Ney, his staff and other members of Congress with trips, free tickets,
jobs, meals and campaign events." ... "In a nine-page document that focused
on Ney's conduct, Volz enumerated 16 actions he said his old boss took
on behalf of Abramoff clients. During the period from January 2000 through
April 2004, Volz said Abramoff and his lobbyists gave Ney and members of
his staff trips to Lake George in New York state, New Orleans, the Fiesta
Bowl in Tempe, Ariz., in 2003, and a weeklong golfing retreat to the Old
Course at St. Andrews in Scotland." ... "In addition, Volz wrote, Abramoff
provided the congressman and his staff numerous tickets to concerts and
sporting events in the Washington, D.C., area; regular meals and drinks
at restaurants including Abramoff's restaurant Signatures, and unreported
use of Abramoff's box suites at the MCI Center Arena in Washington and
Camden Yards Stadium in Baltimore for political fundraisers for Ney and
for candidates and political organizations he supported." -By
Pete Yost with contributions by Mark Sherman and David Hammer
-AP via -Forbes
-
Jack
Abramoff
- Political
- Money
- Ohio
- Bob
Ney
- Texas
- "Ex-Aide
in House to Cooperate in Abramoff Inquiry." ... "Neil
G. Volz, formerly the chief of staff to [Ohio Republican] Representative
Bob Ney, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud before Federal Judge Ellen
Segal Huvelle." ... "Mr. Volz said in the court document that while he
was on Mr. Ney's staff from 1995 until early 2002, he accepted "a stream
of things of value" from Mr. Abramoff and others in return for taking official
action on their behalf, including introducing a bill to help an Indian
tribe in Texas with a gambling enterprise." ... "In early 2002, Mr. Volz
left his Congressional position to join Mr. Abramoff's lobbying firm. In
his new position, his role in the conspiracy changed to "providing a stream
of things of value to other public officials," including a lawmaker identified
as "Representative #1," the document states." ... "It has long been known
that "Representative #1" is Mr. Ney, who immediately denied any wrongdoing,
as he has since it emerged months ago that investigators were scrutinizing
his activities." -By David Stout
-NYTimes
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