Filed at 4:30 pm, Friday October 06th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Karl Rove’s personal aide has resigned over ties to Jack Abramoff, recently uncovered in a Congresional report that concluded Abramoff’s contacts with the White House numbered in the hundreds… which is hundreds more than previously known. TPM Muckraker says:
Ralston was Abramoff’s personal assistant until she moved over to Rove’s office in 2001. Abramoff reportedly bragged […]
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Filed at 9:30 pm, Thursday September 28th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
More on this tomorrow…
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Filed at 6:45 pm, Thursday September 28th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
I’ll have more details as the night goes on… check back later. Something big is going to be revealed regarding Abramoff’s contacts with the White House. Rumored to be a ‘bombshell’ … Stay tuned…
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Filed at 2:30 pm, Wednesday September 20th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Even without the support of Repubican House Majority Leader John Boehner (who says that admittedly-corrupt and soon-to-be-pleaading Ney can stay), the call among Republicans for the tainted lawmaker to step down is growing. Associated Press reports that:
When reporters asked some GOP leaders Wednesday whether Ney should resign, House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier, R-Calif., responded, […]
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Filed at 8:30 pm, Tuesday September 19th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Almost a week after Republican Congressman Bob Ney’s secret agreement to plead guilty to multiple felony counts related to Jack Abramoff’s corruption (he is expected to actually formally plead in court in mid October), some Republicans are slowly calling for his resignation. But it’s not as clear-cut as it should be. At all. AP reports:
“He […]
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Filed at 3:30 pm, Sunday September 17th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
As predicted not long ago, former Representative Bob Ney (R-OH) will be responsible for keeping the Abramoff case in the news ahead of the midterm elections, after he plead guilty last week to related corruption charges. The Associated Press says that the guilty plea, which may involve Ney turning over evidence or testifying against other […]
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Filed at 5:27 pm, Friday September 15th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Bob Ney, now disgraced former Republican Congressman, gave almost a half million dollars to his party’s candidates and affiliated organizations. Democrats are now calling for Republicans to return or donate to charity the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of “tainted” donations, some of which may have come from disgraced Republican mega-lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s clients. […]
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Filed at 2:44 pm, Friday September 15th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Disgraced gormer Republican Representative Bob Ney has reportedly checked into a faccility for help with an alcohol problem, after pleading guilty to three counts of Abramoff-corruption related charges. The Washington Post provides few details on this new development, but this much is known:
Ney checked into an alcohol rehabilitation clinic Wednesday and apologized in a statement […]
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Filed at 9:17 am, Friday September 15th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
As rumored and expected, Bob Ney has plead guilty early this morning to three counts…. AP just sent a writeup out:
Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record), R-Ohio, pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements and conspiracy to commit fraud and violating post-employment restrictions for former congressional aides.
Update soon…
By the way, I beat the […]
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Filed at 10:04 pm, Thursday September 14th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Well I guess everybody has already heard about it now or will have very soon. I was planning to write about this tomorrow when more details were available (and the rumor had been confirmed), but since the AP filed a story on it tonight then I guess everyone will have the story in a hours […]
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Filed at 6:30 pm, Tuesday September 12th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Major Bush-Cheney Campaign donor and prominent Republican Thomas Noe has been convicted and sentenced.
He had pleaded guilty to three charges, including exceeding federal campaign contribution limits, and was sentenced to two years and three months in prison. He was also fined $136,200.
Noe is also charged with embezzling at least $1 million from an ill-fated $50 […]
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Filed at 4:30 pm, Thursday September 07th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
ed-note: tagged under Abramoff because it’s corruption related in general
I’m living in Chicago, so of course I have to at least mention this. Former Republican Illinois Governor George Ryan was sentenced late yesterday to six and a half years in federal prison late yesterday after being convicted of corruption charges.
He got rid of the death […]
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Filed at 1:35 pm, Saturday August 19th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
If Joe Lieberman, who lost his Connecticut Senate Primary fair and square gets to have a do-over, then so should convicted felon David Safavian. And that’s exactly what he wants. Safavian, formerly the chief White House procurement officer, was found guilty of being under the corrupt hands of convicted Republican mega-lobbyist Jack Abramoff back in […]
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Filed at 2:30 pm, Monday June 26th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
A bit of background on this here.
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Filed at 1:30 pm, Monday June 26th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Tagged under Abramoff for no apparent reason
The wonderful thing about Democracy is that everybody can get a piece of the pie of the bribe. Newsweek reports in their upcoming issue:
As Congress debatees a crackdown on members’ and their staffs’ accepting travel paid for by outside interests, newly filed records show Capitol Hill lawmakers aren’t Washington’s […]
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