Casino Jack Exclusive Clip: How One GOP Rep Helped Jack Abramoff

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Run time: 02:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wreibNyZS8c   Posted on YouTube: May 03, 2010 By YouTube Member: tpmtv Views on YouTube: 823   Posted on DU: May 04, 2010 By DU Member: Segami Views on DU: 695

 
In the clip, Ney aide-turned-Abramoff associate Neil Volz describes breaking the ban against lobbying one's former boss, in this case Ney, who agreed to do favors for an Abramoff client. The client was the Tigua Indian tribe in Texas, which was trying to get its casino, which had been shut down, reopened.

Ney agreed to slip language that would help the tribe into an election reform bill.

"Any lobbyist knows that a member will say, 'I'll do it as long as it doesn't destroy the bill.' Are riders done? They're done all the time," Ney says. "Are extra pieces of information added to bills that have no bearing to the bill? All the time. Was this that case? Yes.

Here's the clip from the film, courtesy of Magnolia Pictures:

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1. Scum

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2. ' Scum ' will be suffice, for starters of course. They all deserve a lot more.