Reply #3: "Let's give the check to Ken Mehlman at the White House," PLUS "massages, hookers, whatever." [View All]

[L. Coyote]

L. Coyote - Jun-10-07 - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1023111#1083359
34. "Let's give the check to Ken Mehlman at the White House," PLUS "massages, hookers, whatever."

Displease a Lobbyist, Get Fired
Ken Mehlman doz a favor for Jack Abramoff
Oct 16 2006 - http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/1834

Displease a Lobbyist, Get Fired
E-mails show Jack Abramoff's ability to influence White House staffing decisions through his highly placed friends.
By Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writer
October 15, 2006

... e-mails disclosed in the House report showed that Mehlman was involved in a variety of matters of interest to Abramoff, one of which bore fruit for the lobbyist after he discussed delivering campaign contributions to GOP causes.

Tony Rudy, a onetime aide to former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), referred to Mehlman on Nov. 9, 2001, as a "rock star" after Mehlman agreed to "take care of" the Choctaws' jail, despite a Justice Department finding that the tribe's existing jail was adequate.

Several days after that meeting, on Nov. 13, Rudy recommended a $15,000 contribution to the Republican National Committee. "Let's give the check to Ken Mehlman at the White House," ... On Nov. 15, campaign finance records show, the tribe gave $10,000 to the RNC ... Justice Department officials relented and released the money for the jail, giddy Abramoff associates planned to host agency officials in a suite at a Dave Matthews concert.

"I have the suite filling up with DOJ staffers who just got our client $16 million," one wrote. Another replied that the agency officials deserve any reward they want, "opening day tickets, Skins v. Giants, oriental massages, hookers, whatever."

Mehlman, meanwhile, also helped Abramoff with another client, Guam, ..............

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AP: Records show Scanlon targeted money from gaming for Riley = $75,000

Records show Scanlon targeted money from gaming for Riley
by: The Associated Press
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096413542


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Convicted lobbyist Michael Scanlon's records show he had planned to spend $75,000 from one of his Indian gaming clients to help Bob Riley win the Alabama governor's election in 2002.

Scanlon's company ledger shows over eight days in 2001, Scanlon withdrew $75,000 from his company's account and gave $50,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee, shortly before the NRCC made a major contribution to Riley's gubernatorial campaign.

The ledger designates .... an expense of $75,000 was for ''Riley'' and that it would be ''per check nrcc,'' ....

The ledger listed the $75,000 under the heading ''Operation Orange,''......

The financial records of Scanlon's company were made public by a U.S. Senate committee that investigated the $66 million Scanlon charged six Native tribes from 2001 to 2003 and deceptions about work that was performed. ..........