Posted on 12/31/2005 2:32:42 AM PST by leadpenny
Thanks for the ping.
Happy New Year
This will be an interesting week. Hopefully, if people did break the law, they will be taken down, regardless of political party.
Between the Alito hearings and this, a person should make sure they have enough popcorn.
I had clicked on the wrong C-SPAN box. Here is the Wednesday segment (8pm):
Call-In
Jack Abramoff & the Tribal Lobbying Investigation
C-SPAN
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
ID: 190544 - 01/04/2006 - 1:00 - No Sale
Continetti, Matt, Correspondent, [Weekly Standard, The]
Crowley, Michael, Senior Editor, [New Republic]
The fundraising, political lobbying efforts, and the practices of Jack Abramoff in lobbying on behalf of Indian tribal interests will be discussed. Jack Abramoff's trial in Florida for wire fraud is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 9, 2006. Video clips from the Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearings will be shown.
Michael Crowley and Matthew Continetti will explain the charges of influence peddling that have stemmed from the investigation. They will respond to questions and comments from viewers.
Thanks, I've marked it on the calender.
http://theintelligencer.net/edit/story/013202006_edt01.asp
Today's "Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register:"
Demand Facts From Abramoff
The Intelligencer
Jack Abramoff may be close to signing off on a plea agreement that at least could begin the process of answering a lot of questions about several members of Congress. Specifically, the questions involve whether lawmakers who received favors and money from Abramoff were merely gullible - thinking there were no strings attached to his largess - or aware that the ex-lobbyist was attempting to buy influence.
The sooner those questions are answered - or at least addressed - the better. One of the congressmen involved is U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio. He benefited from donations and favors bestowed by Abramoff and another lobbyist, Michael Scanlon. Ney has insisted that he was as much a victim as anyone else of the lobbyists' underhanded dealings.
Cases involving Abramoff, Scanlon and others are extremely complicated. They include allegations that Abramoff defrauded Indian tribes of millions of dollars while he was representing their interests. Allegations that Abramoff and Scanlon influenced members of Congress improperly also have been heard. Scanlon pleaded guilty to some charges in November.
It was reported last week by The Associated Press that federal prosecutors and Abramoff may be near to a deal whereby the ex-lobbyist would enter a plea to some criminal charges. In exchange, of course, prosecutors would expect Abramoff to cooperate in their investigation of any others, including congressmen, involved in wrongdoing.
We hope such a deal is arranged quickly. And we hope that prosecutors insist on full disclosure by Abramoff concerning his ties to lawmakers. The sooner the facts of the case are known, the better.
I suppose the columnist wrote that with a straight face.
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