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20070424
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Abramoff
- Mark
Zachares
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 Money
-  Government
-  Politics
-  Alaska
- Transportation
- "11th conviction
in Abramoff-lobbying probe: Fifth congressional staffer
to admit guilt in Capitol Hill lobbying scandal." ... "A former [Republican]
congressional aide pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting tens of thousands
of dollars in gifts from lobbyist Jack Abramoff in an influence-peddling
scandal that has touched the White House, Interior Department and congressional
Republicans." ... "Mark Zachares was the 11th person to be convicted in
the Justice Department probe." ... "Zachares admitted engaging in official
acts on Abramoff's behalf while working for [Alaska Republican Representative]
Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, who chaired the Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee." -AP
via -MSNBC
20070423
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Abramoff
- Mark
Zachares
- Government
- Money
- Politics
- Sports
- Alaska
- Transportation
- "Ex-Congressional
Aide Charged in Probe of Abramoff (Update2)." ...
"A former [Republican] U.S. congressional aide was charged with using his
position to help disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for food,
tickets to sporting events, a golf trip to Scotland and the promise of
future employment." ... "Mark Zachares, 49, was charged with conspiracy
in a criminal information filed in federal court, which indicates the defendant
has agreed to plead guilty." ... "Court documents said Zachares used his
post as staff director of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's
Coast Guard and Maritime subcommittee to help Abramoff land clients and
obtain favorable congressional action. Zachares agreed to use his committee
position to retaliate against companies that hired other lobbyists, the
document said." ... "Abramoff, once one of the Republican Party's best-connected
and most powerful lobbyists, is in jail for fraud after pleading guilty
in two separate cases." ... "Steve Hansen, a spokesman for Representative
Don Young, an Alaska Republican who was chairman of the House Transportation
committee when Zachares worked for the panel, didn't immediately return
a call seeking comment." ... "Zachares is the 10th person charged in the
Abramoff investigation and the fifth former congressional aide." -By
Jonathan D. Salant and Cary O'Reilly -Bloomberg
20060707
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Secret
- Abramoff
- Reed
- Mark
Zachares
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 Rove
- Political
- Money
- Government
-  Mississippi
-  Alabama
-  Labor
- Northern
Mariana Islands - "Reed
In The Rough." ... "Just days before [Republican
President] George W. Bush took office in 2001, lobbyist Jack
Abramoff was busily working with Ralph Reed, his longtime friend,
political sidekick, and business associate, to place a key ally in the
Interior Department." ... "Reed, an elite "Pioneer" fundraiser for the
Bush campaign and a campaign adviser, had already helped Abramoff land
his own plum slot on Bush's Interior transition team. Abramoff coveted
the slot because Interior was overseeing the lobbyist's two biggest clients
at the time -- the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians." ... "Now Abramoff, who had hired
Reed in 1999 and 2000 to run anti-gambling drives in Alabama to fend off
threats to the Choctaws' casino profits, was looking for more help. This
time, Abramoff was trying to secure a job at Interior for Mark Zachares,
a former secretary of labor in the Marianas government." ... "On January
11, 2001, Abramoff e-mailed Reed. "I was thinking about this appointment"
to the Office of Insular Affairs at Interior, Abramoff wrote. "I know it
is perhaps a bizarre request, but considering how quickly I was named to
the transition advisory team thanks to your request, perhaps it would be
possible to ask Karl [Rove, the president's chief political
adviser]... that they should appoint Mark Zachares to head the Office
of Insular Affairs.... Do you think we could get this favor from Karl?
It would be my big ask for sure."" ... "Reed replied quickly: "It never
hurts to ask. What's the next move?" Later that day, Reed sounded even
more eager. "Just let me know who to call, when to call, and what to say.
And while you're at it get me another client! NOW!"" ... "On March 6, Abramoff
met with Rove for about half an hour and pushed for Zachares, according
to Abramoff's former lobbying colleagues at the firm Greenberg Traurig
and to Secret Service logs released earlier this year." -By
Peter H. Stone -NationalJournal
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