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You remember Bob Ney, right? Republican House Representative rumored to be indicted soon (Abramoff fallout). TalkLeft (a popular law-politics blog) has a rather lengthy and rather interesting post updating us on Ney’s situation. Included is NYT reportage, and original analysis. Apparently Ney is cooperating to some extent with with Federal Investigators. But what’s going to happen?

I think Ney’s efforts to convince prosecutors he did nothing wrong is going to backfire. The feds have already picked the horse they intend to ride home on, and it’s Abramoff. Ney is just going to dig himself into a deeper hole and end up being a corroborating witness against himself.

Keep reading here.

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