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December 21, 2005

Jack Speak

by AltHippo @ 5:43 pm. Filed under Uncategorized

Prosecutors listen. From the Washington Post:

Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, facing trial on fraud charges Jan. 9 in Florida, is negotiating a possible deal with the Justice Department, in which he would agree to plead guilty and cooperate in the wide-ranging political corruption investigation focused on his dealings with members of Congress and executive branch officials, people familiar with the talks said last night.

Abramoff would provide testimony about numerous members of Congress and their staffs if he and the Justice Department reach an agreement, the sources said. Negotiations have been ongoing for several months, people knowledgeable about the discussions said, but pressure is mounting because of the pending trial.

Now, I know that some want to tar Democrats with the same brush. As this account from Bloomberg points out, Democrats received bubkis from Abramoff directly between 2001-2004, while Republicans received $127K. If you include Abramoff associates and clients (and this is where things get fuzzy) Republicans are far in the lead.

The big money involves Abramoff’s tribal clients. As the Bloomberg article points out, emphasis mine:

Abramoff’s tribal clients continued to give money to Democrats even after he began representing them, although in smaller percentages than in the past.

The Saginaw Chippewas gave $500,500 to Republicans between 2001 and 2004 and $277,210 to Democrats, according to a review of data compiled by Dwight L. Morris & Associates, a Bristow, Virginia-based company that tracks campaign-finance reports. Between 1997 and 2000, the tribe gave just $158,000 to Republicans and $279,000 to Democrats.

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One Response to “Jack Speak”

  1. Linna Says:
    April 3rd, 2007 at 4:46 am

    Great post, very interesting to visit your site, thanks.

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