(2006-01-03) — Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist who allegedly used $1.7 million in Indian casino money in an apparently-futile attempt to buy influence with 220 members of Congress, today struck a deal with federal prosecutors for a reduced jail term in exchange for his testimony and a golf outing in Scotland for the team of prosecutors.
“The Scotland trip is the community service element of Mr. Abramoff’s punishment,” said an unnamed spokesman for the Justice Department. “It’s a fact-finding mission so that we can study the foundations of Scottish law. As you may know, the game of golf has played an important role in legal history.”
The source said that Mr. Abramoff has assured the Justice Department that the $275,000 trip comes from a non-profit agency that funds education of government lawyers, not from his Indian casino clients.
The Institute for Prosecutor Instruction (TIPI), a grassroots organization to promote legal integrity, was founded by Mr. Abramoff late last week.
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1 A Blog For All // Jan 3, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Keelhaul All of Them
Anyone calling for investigations in a partisan tone wont like the outcome since it is just as likely that many of their own will be taken out behind the woodshed. And for that reason, expect Congress to hunker down and hope that the Abramoff investi…
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