Abramoff Reports to Prison ...Testimony on Democratic Senators

[MarkTwain]

Abramoff Reports to Prison Tomorrow; Offers Testimony on Democratic Senators
November 14, 2006 4:13 PM

Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz Report:

Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff is scheduled to report to federal prison tomorrow, over the objections of federal prosecutors who say they still need his help to pursue leads on officials he allegedly bribed. Sources close to the investigation say Abramoff has provided information on his dealings with and campaign contributions and gifts to "dozens of members of Congress and staff," including what Abramoff has reportedly described as "six to eight seriously corrupt Democratic senators."

The sources say Abramoff was about to provide information about Bush administration officials, including Karl Rove, "accepting things of value" from Abramoff.

Abramoff has been meeting almost daily in secret locations around Washington with Justice Department investigators who are examining thousands of e-mails and documents, according to sources close to the investigation. The convicted lobbyist was spotted in downtown Washington, D.C., yesterday, carrying a computer laptop case.

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/abramoff_report.html

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Anyone care to venture a guess?

I'm guessing one of them is Landreiu

[KittyWampus]

7. Remember, Lobbying is NOT illegal. So Abramoff might have lobbied some Dems

Big. Fucking. Deal.

[ShockediSay]

25. If it's not illegal, it certainly is corrupting nt

[geek tragedy]

8. Not helpful to speculate at this point.

Let Abramoff point fingers first.

[Blaq Dem]

15. Try Joe LIEberman

He's been cozy-cozy when the GOP lately. He looks like he's hiding something.

[Irreverend IX]

24. Oh, I hope so...

If Holy Joe did have dealings with Jack, he'll be knocked into damage control mode and will have to play nice with the Dems in order to preserve his status. Bad idea to rock the political boat if you've got skeletons in your closet...

[emulatorloo]

2. I am wanting to hear more about "Karl Rove, "accepting things of value" from Abramoff

Sing, Jack, Sing.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. I don't care what letter they have behind their names!

Hang the bastards!

[MuseRider]

6. Yes, they have to leave.

I don't care either. It would have been nice if there were no D's but since there are we need to get rid of them.

[orleans]

39. we don't even know if this is true yet. abramoff hated the dems

why the hell would he lobby any of them.

let the facts come out before we believe this liar/crook

my guess is he'll say anything to implicate dems

but, like i said, he HATED dems--why would he give them shit? (except for now that he's already fucked)

[w4rma]

4. Who are they? We can't deal with them until we know who they are. (nt)

[Epiphany4z]

5. guess we will have to wait and see

It doesn't sound true to me they don't know if it is 6 or 8? Everything I have heard through out this thing has been it is a Repub thing only...and repubs tried hard to say it was a Dem thing....ya think the goods would have handed over to them to help with that claim. Also all the emails posted on line ...pretty much said they where out to destroy the dems period I just don't see Abramhoff tossing money at Dems....then there is timing...just a weee late ya think?

ehh its always possible ..if it does turn out to be true I hope we take no crap prove the wave brought change and this stuff will not be tolerated.

[KittyWampus]

9. this bullshit article also says Abramoff visited WH 6 times. It's more like 200!

[cap]

10. he's going to jail in Cumberland MD home of the troops from Abu Ghraib...

I wonder how many of the reservists in that Military Police Unit work as guards in that prison.

The punishment may fit the crime./

[hwmnbn]

11. I call BULLSHIT on this......

Do you think Abramoff wouldn't have spoken up about this BEFORE the election? When all the repugs were going down and they were saying it was a bipartisan scandal, no dem names were mentioned.

Do you think the Rove slime machine and the media wouldn't have exploited this information? It would be blasting away 24/7 on Fox news.

[pacalo]

12. I do, too. How convenient it would be to remove 6-8 Democratic senators after

the election. If this were true, Abramoff would have named these 6-8 senators right off the bat, before even discussing the Republicans. And all of a sudden, after the Republicans lose the majority, he suddenly brings this up.

[Ignacio Upton]

17. Maybe he wanted to get revenge on the GOP for shunning him

After all...it must suck when your former GOP buddies start deriding you to save face.

[WatchWhatISay]

26. This man hates Democrats with a passion

If he really had something on them, he would have come out with it before the election. Plus, their goal was to defund the Democrats, not share the booty.

[pacalo]

29. Exactly.

[Rose Siding]

13. That makes sense, but if not I expect to see 6-8 resignations.

Surely the dem leadership knows how important that would be. And if Abramoff is blowing smoke, there should be charges that apply to his false accusations.

[damntexdem]

38. The intent is to stop investigations by Dems, by threatening them.

The need is to continue the investigations and let it all sort out.

[Patsy Stone]

21. Yes

I'm to believe that not one of the corrupt Republicans would know there were corrupt Dems and say nothing? Nothing? Named not one name? One? Ever?

6-8 is a huge amount of senators -- more than all the Republicans caught in this. This is crap. No way.

[Blaq Dem]

14. Can we say, "Prison B!tch?"

LOL Word on the street, prisons are will be full of corrupted republicans. It'll be funny to see JACK abramOFF return as a hard-core thug.

[Doctor_J]

18. I thik they prefer to be called "Prags"

please respect the prisoners' wishes ;-)

[Ignacio Upton]

16. If he announces Democrats, they are probably those who took tribal money

Hillary also took money from the Tan family of the Marianas. I (hopefully) doubt he will say anything that is new, beyond what we already know.

[gulliver]

19. "Sources close to the investigation."

I'll believe it when I see evidence. I think this is just a smear.

[MadMaddie]

20. I call Bullshit on this....remember Tom Delay's mantra was

only to deal with Republican K street Lobbyist...and these lobbyist could not deal with any Democrats.....this is pure Rovian tactics..

[immerlinks]

22. No chance in hell

He's talking out his ass. Hope he enjoys prison life.

[mitchum]

23. Here's hoping he dies in prison

scumbag

[diamidue]

27. There are a lot of people implicated

as shown on this list, but I don't quite understand it all:
http://www.capitaleye.org/abramoff_recips.asp

At any rate, this should be interesting...

[saracat]

28. Reid Dorgen and Daschle took the most but noone compares with JD Hayworth!

He apparently gave money to everyone.I don't think this is gonna fly.

[radfringe]

30. Dem or Repub

if they are dirty - throw them out

[Strathos]

31. Abramoff set to turn in Dem senators, Rove

Maybe Rove The Rat will still get his comeuppance. We can hope, can't we? ;-)

ABC: Abramoff set to turn in Dem senators, Rove

RAW STORY
Published: Tuesday November 14, 2006

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The Abramoff investigation continues, according to ABC News, with the convicted former lobbyist set to provide information about several Democratic senators and presidential adviser Karl Rove.

However, Abramoff's move to prison tomorrow is likely to slow investigator's access to his information.

Relevant excerpt from the ABC story follows.
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Sources close to the investigation say Abramoff has provided information on his dealings with and campaign contributions and gifts to "dozens of members of Congress and staff," including what Abramoff has reportedly described as "six to eight seriously corrupt Democratic senators."

The sources say Abramoff was about to provide information about Bush administration officials, including Karl Rove, "accepting things of value" from Abramoff.

Rove has denied any wrongdoing in his dealings with Abramoff. But the lobbyist visited the White House at least seven times, according to Secret Service logs obtained by Judicial Watch.


http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/abramoff_report.html

[acmavm]

32. Well, this could prove to be interesting. Dem's control of the

Senate couldn't be messed up, do ya think?

Regardless, if there are dirty dems, hang 'em.

And please, maybe Fitz won't be KKKarl's demise. Maybe it'll be Jack.

[SharonAnn]

33. If Dems are guilty, then they should be exposed. Sorry, the rules are the same.

No corruption! None! Doesn't matter which party!

I understand that there are tactical issues, potentially open seats that may be vulnerable to GOP replacements, etc., but we've got to stop this corruption.

Wherever it leads, non-partisan, bring an end to it!

I know that we are all human and that there will never be AN END to corruption, but we need to reduce it and keep focusing on reducing it. There's just no other way.

Hypocrisy, thy name is not Democrat!

[aquart]

35. Agreed.

But he can't think of a single Republican name? Or has he already finished that list?

[smaug]

37. If they are indicted, toss 'em

That should be mandatory. Speaker Pelosi's reform initiative should include mandatory resignation of a Congressional seat, whether Senate or House, upon an indictment. The staff should be barred from serving again for a minimum of 5 years. I would also like to see Speaker Pelosi's (I can never get tired of saying that:D )also banning staff/members from becoming lobbyists for a minimum of 3 years, and tying the percentage of Congressional pay raises to raising the minimum wage the same percentage. This should also cover such little 'perks' as increases in pension benefits - if Congress gets 'em, minimum wage should be adjusted upwards.

[onehandle]

34. Dupe. 50th time this has been posted. nt

[grytpype]

36. If there was anything against the Dems it would have come out before the midterms.

You can bank on that.