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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 06:47 PM
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From Time Magazine article - More Delay troubles ahead?
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DeLay may not have seen the worst of it yet. Sources tell TIME that while Earle was closing in on DeLay from Austin, Texas, a federal investigation into the spreading scandal around disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, accused with Michael Scanlon (a former press secretary of DeLay's) of bilking their Indian-tribe clients out of $66 million, has begun lapping at the edges of the former majority leader's operation. A former Abramoff associate who was questioned by the FBI in August says, "They had a lot of e-mails, a lot of traffic between our office and DeLay's office." Many of those exchanges involved lavish travel by DeLay arranged by the lobbyist but requested, the e-mails suggest, by aides in DeLay's office. (House members are allowed to accept gifts under limited circumstances but not to solicit them.) Says the source: "There was nothing I saw that hit DeLay personally, but there was a lot of questionable stuff that was going on with his staff. 'Tom wants this. Tom wants that.' Was it really him or just the staff that was being aggressive?" DeLay's office wouldn't comment on the Justice Department investigation, and neither would the FBI.

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1112841-2,00.html


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daa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 06:49 PM
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1. Jack who
I hardley know him.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 06:50 PM
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2. How many will go down with him? n/t
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belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 10:13 PM
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5. I'm really hoping Ralph Reed sees an end to his career, at least.
That guy skeeves me out, bigtime.
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daa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 09:51 AM
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6. He is toast
the Atlanta paper took him out. Just brought up all his sleeze and he has no asnwers, no quotes.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:35 PM
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4. Check out jackinthehouse.org see the link below
www.jackinthehouse.org
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Ksec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 06:51 PM
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3. It couldnt happen to a more deserving gasbag
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