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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...
Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
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.
AP | PETE YOST | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
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...
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
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...
HuffingtonPost | Jenna Staul | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
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 ...
Posted 09.23.2009 | Business
A former congressional staffer testified Monday that gifts received from former lobbyist Kevin Ring made "life a little easier" and "a little more fun...
Jane Smiley | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Associated Press | Jenna Staul | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business
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...
The Hill | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
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...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A former top official for Voice of America was indicted Friday on corruption charges, accused of taking thousands of dollars in con...
Michael Winship | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Think Progress | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
Last night, ThinkProgress attended Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-VA) town hall in Ruckersville, Virginia. Inside, many people were holding signs provided by...
Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
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.
Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics
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.
Atlanta Journal Constitution | Aaron Gould Sheinin | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics
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...
Gary Cohan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.
Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics
Essentially, honest-services fraud makes prosecutors omnipotent, because they can charge anybody they want with a federal felony.
Tom Cosgrove | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media
In America the Internet provides an important platform of dissent for the "little guy."
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.
deadlinehollywooddaily.com | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment
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...
Harry Hanbury | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics
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.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics
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.
AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A longtime former aide to Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran has been charged in the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal, accused of accept...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and ERICA WERNER | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — An ex-aide to Commerce Secretary nominee Judd Gregg is under investigation for allegedly taking baseball and hockey tickets from a ...
Ira Forman | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
At the House GOP retreat this weekend Minority Whip Eric Cantor made the following crack about Health and Human Services designee, Tom Daschle. "It's...
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The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business