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Emily Miller: Jack Abramoff Scandal Still Hurts

The Washington Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Abramof, Lobbying, Jack Abramoff Scandal, Scanlon, Media News, Washington Post, Media, Emily Miller, Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff, Emily Miller Jack Abramoff, Media News

She claims to be well past the events that turned her into a pawn in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, but as she talks about each twist and turn, t...

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New Trial Date Set for Former Abramoff Lobbyist

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Kevin Ring, Jack Abramoff, Lobbyblog, Lobbying, Business News

The Hill reports that ex-Jack Abramoff associate Kevin Ring will again face trial on June 21, 2010. U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle set the n...

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The Ring of Truth

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Main Justice, Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff, Col. Oliver North, Kevin Ring, George W. Bush, David Safavian, Department of Justice, Federal Prosecutors, Honest-Services Fraud, Judge Ellen Huvelle, Brendan Sullivan, Judge Antonin Scalia, Judge Dennis Jacobs, Suborning Perjury, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News

A judge in D.C. reluctantly declared a mistrial for Kevin Ring, one of Abramoff's trusted lieutenants. It may be a sign that the reign of honest-services-fraud terror by federal prosecutors is ending.

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Kevin Ring Trial: Jurors Deadlocked, Judge Likely To Declare Mistrial

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of a former lobbyist caught up in the Jack Abramoff affair, the biggest setback in...

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Former Aide Embroiled In Abramoff Scandal To Fight Charges

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jack Abramoff, Lobbyblog, Crime, Politics News

Horace Cooper, a former staffer for then-House Majority Leader Dick Armey, said he will go to trial to fight charges that he accepted gifts from ex-lo...

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Washington Examiner: Lobbying Not A Crime

HuffingtonPost | Jenna Staul | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jack Abramoff, Kevin-Ring, Lobbyblog, Politics News

The Washington Examiner's Timothy P. Carney weighed in today on the trial of Kevin Ring -- a former lobbyist and associate of Jack Abramoff who faces ...

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Former Aide: Lobbyist Gifts Made "Life A Little More Fun"

Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Jack Abramoff, Kevin-Ring, Lobbyblog, Thad Cochran Lobbying, Thad Cochran, Ann Copeland, Business News

A former congressional staffer testified Monday that gifts received from former lobbyist Kevin Ring made "life a little easier" and "a little more fun...

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HuffPost Book Review: Republican Gomorrah

Jane Smiley | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ralph Reed, Charles Colson, Jack Abramoff, Republican Gomorrah, Ted Haggard, Max Blumenthal, Sarah Palin, Entertainment News

Republican Gomorrah is full of crimes--both those we've already heard of, such as Abramoff's and Ted Haggard's, and those we haven't.

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Study: Lobbyists Exploit Loophole In Ethics Law On Fundraising

Associated Press | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Jack Abramoff, Lobbyblog, Business News

Despite new ethics laws passed in the wake of the Jack Abramoff scandal, the Associated Press reports today that only about two dozen lawmakers have d...

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Horace Cooper, Conservative Pundit And Former Armey Aide, Charged In Abramoff Scandal

The Hill | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abramoff Scandal, Jack Abramoff, Armey Aide, Dick Armey Abramoff, Horace Cooper, Politics News

Horace Cooper, a legal commentator, active conservative writer and blogger who served as a top aide to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texa...

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Former Voice Of America Official Tied To Abramoff Indicted On Corruption Charges

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, U.S. Labor Department, Dick Armey, Jack Abramoff, Voice of America, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A former top official for Voice of America was indicted Friday on corruption charges, accused of taking thousands of dollars in con...

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Tom DeLay and the Woodstock Nation

Michael Winship | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ang Lee, Politics, Jack Abramoff, Woodstock Now and Then, James Schamus, Woodstock, Tom Delay, Dancing With the Stars, Barbara Kopple, Woodstock Anniversary, Taking Woodstock, Entertainment News

It's wistful to reflect on a Woodstock Nation that never really materialized, its moment of rhythm and harmony trumped by the heavy-footed dance stylings of men like Tom DeLay.

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Lobbyist-Run Group Provides Birther With Talking Points For Town Hall

Think Progress | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Jack Abramoff, Obama Birth Certificate, Tom Delay, Town Hall, Birth Certificate, Lobbyists, Tom Perriello, Americans for Prosperity, Glenn Beck, Townhall, Politics News

Last night, ThinkProgress attended Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-VA) town hall in Ruckersville, Virginia. Inside, many people were holding signs provided by...

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Occam's Razor Can Cut Down the Health Care Lobbyists

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Health Insurance, Electronic Medical Records, Sweden, Jack Abramoff, Cigna, President Obama, OpenSecrets.Org, Catastrophic Health Insurance, Canada, The Health-Care Industry, Aig, General Motors, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Krugman, Pharmaceutical Industry, Aetna, Federal Deficit, Occam's Razor, Lobbyists, United Health Group, The National Debt, Cyberounds.com, Peter Orszag, Single Payer, Cookbook Medicine, Single Payer Health Care, Japan, Blue Cross Blue Shield, France, Chrysler, Dow Jones, Great Britain, Wellpoint, Max Baucus, Medicare, Health Care Reform, Cuba, Holland, Scandanavia, Politics News

Private health-insurance and pharmaceutical industry lobbyists are threatening the health and stability of America. Some argue that this is equivalent to crimes against humanity.

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Manufactured Protesters Are Killing Democracy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Stimulus Money, Boston Patriots, Keith Olbermann, Don Young, Sarah Palin, Tea Baggers, Americans for Prosperity, Brett Gibson, Alaska Bar, Mccain-and-Greenberg-Traurig, Socialist, Bernie Madoff, Tarp, Tim Phillips, Arctic Paws, Freedom Works, Pebble Mine, Vanity Fair, Duane Gibson, Kenai River Classic, Alaska Legislature, Brooks Brothers Riot, 2000 Florida Recount, Livingston Group, Fake Outrage, Rachel Maddow, Thomm Hartmann, Ponzi Scheme, Fox News, Birthers, Stimulus Funds, Astro-Turfing, Politics News

The "Tea Party" movement flies in the face of what the true patriots in Boston stood for. Corporate lobbying-run groups are creating the illusion of grass roots protests at the health care town hall meetings.

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Ralph Reed, Gambling Scandal Tainted Conservative Leader, Wants To Restart Christian Coalition

Atlanta Journal Constitution | Aaron Gould Sheinin | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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One of the most controversial and successful figures of late 20th century politics wants to expand his brand to the 21st. Ralph Reed believes conserv...

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The Republican Summer Olympics of 2009

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Mark Sanford, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Ann Coulter, Olympics, Lobbyists, Blue States, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Adultery, Condoleezza Rice, John Edwards, Michael Savage, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Manchurian Candidate, Constitution, Republican Party, Bob Ney, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Jim McGreevey, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Ted Haggard, Rush Limbaugh, Lobbying, Scandal, Barack Obama, Red States, Homosexuality, John Ensign, Sean Hannity, Oxycontin, Neocons, Hypocrisy, Homophobia, New York Times, Neoconservatives, Alberto Gonzales, Bill O'Reilly, David Vitter, Conspiracy, Contract With America, Prostitution, Mail-Fraud, Big Tent, Tax Evasion, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Tom Delay, Teenage Pregnancy, Divorce, Internet Porn, Fox News, Phil Gramm, Hal Turner, Al Gore, Summer Olympics, Pilonidal Cyst, Vietnam Draft-Dodger, Draft-Dodging, Vietnam War, Politics News

Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.

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The Fraud of Honest-Services Fraud

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mortgage Brokers, Tribal Casinos, Salvatore DiMasi, Michael Scanlon, Lawyers, John McCain, Jack Abramoff, Referral Fee, Lobbying, Congressional Record, Quid Pro Quo, Antonin Scalia, Native Americans, Bribery, Suborning Perjury, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Plea Deal, Kickback Scheme, Orthopedic Surgeons, Public Relations, Tom Delay, Honest-Services Fraud, Title Insurance, Constitutional Law Professors, Defense Attorneys, Politics News

Essentially, honest-services fraud makes prosecutors omnipotent, because they can charge anybody they want with a federal felony.

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Slots for Tots 2009

Tom Cosgrove | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Massachusetts, Mccain-Indian-Gaming, Jack Abramoff, Slot Machines, Predatory Gambling, Teacher Unions, Media News

In America the Internet provides an important platform of dissent for the "little guy."

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The GOP Deserves Its Current State of Isolation

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

A loyal opposition would be a great thing; an opposition that added constructive ideas to the nation's political debate. But that's not where the GOP is today.

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Kevin Spacey Visits Jack Abramoff In Jail

deadlinehollywooddaily.com | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Jack Abramoff, Kevin Spacey, Entertainment News

My sources tell me that 2-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey and film director George Hickenlooper (Factory Girl, Hearts of Darkness) are right no...

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Capitol Hill: Parties All the Time

Harry Hanbury | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abramoff, Capitol Hill, Federal Election Commission, Fundraising Events, Fundraising, Capitol Hill Party, Jack Abramoff, Politics News

You do not show up to a Congressional fundraiser with a video crew and ask to speak to a member of Congress or their staff. Even just for two minutes. But that's what I did.

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, US Attorneys Scandal, Jack Abramoff, Karl Rove, Greg Craig, George W. Bush, Bush Memos, Valerie Plame, House Judiciary Committee, Barack Obama, Politics News

Despite Karl Rove's concerns that his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee could become a "show trial," the deal he cut assures that his testimony, at least initially, will be conducted in private. John Conyers promises to get to the bottom of Rove's role in the US Attorneys scandal, but will Bush's Brain be asked about the outing of Valerie Plame? The prosecution of Don Siegelman? His cozy relationship with Jack Abramoff? The Rove deal allows Obama to sidestep weighing in on Bush's very broad claims of executive privilege. White House Counsel Greg Craig says Obama is "very sympathetic to those who want to find out what happened," but doesn't want to "do anything that would... weaken the institution of the presidency." After reading the chilling secret Bush memos released this week, the idea of a less unbridled executive branch doesn't seem like such a bad thing.

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Ex-Senate Aide Charged In Abramoff Scandal

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ann Copland, Thad Cochran, Jack Abramoff, Abramoff Scandal, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A longtime former aide to Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran has been charged in the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal, accused of accept...

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Former Gregg Aide Caught Up In Lobbying Scandal

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and ERICA WERNER | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judd Gregg, Obama Judd Gregg, Jack Abramoff, Abramoff Scandal, Staffer F, Kevin Koonce, Bob Ney, Bob Ney Scandal, Politics News

WASHINGTON — An ex-aide to Commerce Secretary nominee Judd Gregg is under investigation for allegedly taking baseball and hockey tickets from a ...

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