Filed at 1:30 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
From today’s Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors signaled this week that they have decided to pursue a wide range of allegations about dealings between Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) and lobbyist Jack Abramoff, rather than bringing a narrowly focused bribery case against the congressman.
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Ney has been under investigation by federal authorities in Florida and the District for […]
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Filed at 5:39 pm, Monday January 23rd 2006
by Arlen Parsa
You might remember that we’ve been covering Ohio Republican House Rep Bob Ney in conjunction with Abramoff-guilty-plea fallout. Some say that due to his especially close connection with the disgraced lobbyist, he’ll be indicted soon. Today, Roll Call published a story which reveals that Ney held a fundrasider ‘earlier this month’ for many skiing guests– […]
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Filed at 5:46 pm, Sunday January 22nd 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Two items on Republican House Representative Bob Ney who may be facing upcoming indictments due to his close relationship with now confessed Republican mega-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. LA Times:
But there was nothing unusual about his cozy ties with the Washington lobbyist who helped arrange his tee time. The Ohio Republican has a history of close relations […]
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Filed at 9:08 pm, Friday January 20th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Check out this interesting little diary over at DailyKos which explains an exchange between the Republican House Rep and his party. BTW, Ney has officially stated that he will continue running for re-election this year, and will certainly not step down if he is indicted.
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For more on Bob Ney, and his legal problems due to […]
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Filed at 9:30 am, Wednesday January 18th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
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 […]
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Filed at 5:02 pm, Sunday January 15th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
AP:
Rep Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican implicated in a lobbying corruption investigation, will step aside temporarily as chairman of the House Administration Committee, his spokesman said Sunday.
Explained here. Read full article here.
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Filed at 6:45 pm, Friday January 13th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
I’ve covered Ney’s connections to Abramoff in the past, and noted that he might be indicted at any time. It’s looking right now as though he’s looking to resign his position as chairman of the House Administration Committee pretty soon as well. AP brings us:
mbattled Ohio Republican Bob Ney is in talks with House Speaker […]
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Filed at 4:14 pm, Friday January 13th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
While Tom DeLay and Bob Ney have yet to suffer directly from Abramoff-Fallout, Another Republican appears to be moving towards the under investigation status as well. AP writes:
California Republican Rep. John Doolittle secured a coveted spot in the House GOP leadership partly on the strength of his ties to
Tom DeLay, and he called lobbyist Jack […]
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Filed at 2:19 pm, Thursday January 12th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Democrat House Rep (and Minority Leader) Nancy Pelosi says Democrats will be expecting the launch of an investigation into widespread corruption in Congress in the House Ethics Committee. The investigation would examine the “alleged violations of criminal laws and the rules of the House,” focusing on former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas (soon […]
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Filed at 5:35 pm, Tuesday January 10th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Bob Ney Update
Yesterday, I blogged about Senator Bob Ney, and speculation that he was going to be indicted soon in connection with the Abramoff Scandal. Today, investigative blogger Brad Friedman has an in depth article concerning Ney, entitled “The Soon-to-be-Indicted Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio’s Connection To Electoral Fraud,” Here’s the first three paragraphs as […]
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Filed at 10:12 am, Tuesday January 10th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
An upcoming Abramoff-Fallout preview. This hasn’t really broken yet- but we know it isn’t nothing– and it certainly might be something.
Wonkette read Newsweek, and came up with a gave us a short summary:
Ney lobbied the State Department to sell airplane parts to Iran. Bad enough? Sure. But probably worth adding is his move came after […]
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