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Abramoff Still Cooperating, Say Feds
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For his continued cooperation with federal prosecutors, Jack Abramoff may get another delay in his bribery case.
Lawyers for the government and the disgraced former GOP superlobbyist are asking to postpone for another three months sentencing Abramoff for fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to corrupt public officials, to which he pleaded guilty more than 18 months ago.
During that time, Abramoff is expected to continue helping the government's investigators "for the foreseeable future," the two groups said in their request to U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle. The delay would be the fourth so far in Abramoff's bribery case and would push his sentencing date at least into December.
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A delay wouldn't keep Abramoff out of jail. Since last November, he has already been serving a five-year, 10-month sentence in a federal prison in Cumberland, Md., after pleading guilty to separate wire fraud and conspiracy charges. In all, Abramoff is expected to serve between nine and 11 years.
To date, the Abramoff investigation has obtained guilty pleas or convictions in 10 cases, including ones against former Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, former White House official David Safavian, and former deputy Interior secretary Stephen Griles. At least four current or former lawmakers are reportedly under investigation for improper activity related to Abramoff.
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August 28, 2007 in Abramoff Lobbying Scandal | Permalink | User Comments (11)
He shouldn't worry, his freedom is more than likely just a pen stroke away before Bush leaves office.
Posted by: gc | Aug 28, 2007 8:29:08 PM
Someone needs to make a movie about Abramoff just so Robert De Niro can play him. Heh, take a look at the picture (and others of Abramoff) and who do you think of?
Posted by: Fred Norwood | Aug 29, 2007 2:10:25 AM
I'm not sure that Bush will pardon him. Not after Abramoff sends a large chunk of the Republican party and George Bush's staff to jail.
Posted by: bobby stickers | Aug 29, 2007 11:12:10 AM
Yes, I've been thinking he really does look like a gangster of some sort out of the old school...what's with the hat and trenchcoat???
Posted by: cg | Aug 29, 2007 11:12:20 AM
He is a Republican. Maybe he is trying to look the part.
Posted by: bobby stickers | Aug 29, 2007 2:45:45 PM
Why no post about Hillary and other prominent Democrats taking campaign contributions from the fugitive?
Posted by: Pam | Aug 29, 2007 8:12:01 PM
If he was actually cooperating, how could he possibly have anything new to offer now after nearly 2 years?
He's a scumbag playing games. He should have been tossed into a dark hole long ago.
Posted by: Brix | Aug 30, 2007 12:36:03 PM
"Why no post about Hillary and other prominent Democrats taking campaign contributions from the fugitive?"
Because Hillary didn't bribe oficials and defraud clients. Thousands of people give money to candidates from both parties. Is it the candidate's fault if a donor is discovered to be a criminal? She gave the money away once she found out. What's the problem? The two are in no way alike
Posted by: jrb | Aug 30, 2007 3:59:40 PM
What ever happened to that filthy dirty Mariana Island child sex slave advocate TOM DELAY's case?
Everybody saw that punk making the rounds yesterday defending his best 'buddy' Larry Craig yesterday, making a fool out of himself, I thought Ronnie Earle kicked his ass already.
Posted by: Lefty33 | Aug 31, 2007 6:15:54 PM
Abramoff will keep telling things Bush and republicans won't like. When everyone in the republican congress and senate are so easy to keep in line by their leaders, it's no surprise they are corrupt as all get out.
Posted by: Vicki | Sep 1, 2007 10:55:28 PM
Wow, all these comments about Abramoff and Republicans. Seems like I remember a psychological term "projection" that these all illustrate. "Those that live in glass houses....."
Posted by: Harry Sonke | Sep 7, 2007 12:37:41 AM
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