Report Links White House and Corrupt Lobbyist (1 Viewer)

[jfuh]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 — A bipartisan Congressional report documents hundreds of contacts between White House officials and the corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his partners, including at least 10 direct contacts between Mr. Abramoff and Karl Rove, the president’s chief political strategist.
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The report describes several instances in which Mr. Abramoff, who pleaded guilty in January to conspiring to bribe public officials, failed to get the action he desired from the White House, and described his overall record in lobbying the White House as “mixed.” But it also suggests that Mr. Abramoff’s lobbying resulted in Bush administration actions that benefited Abramoff clients, including decisions to distribute millions of dollars in federal money to Indian tribes with large gambling operations.
After an especially aggressive lobbying campaign in 2001 and 2002 involving 73 contacts with White House officials, Mr. Abramoff claimed credit for an administration decision to release $16.3 million to a Mississippi tribe for jail construction despite opposition from the Justice Department, the report found.
A copy of the bipartisan report was provided to The New York Times by Congressional officials who were granted anonymity because the document had not been released publicly.
Mr. Rove has described Mr. Abramoff as a “casual acquaintance,” but the records obtained by the House committee show that Mr. Rove and his aides sought Mr. Abramoff’s help in obtaining seats at sporting events, and that Mr. Rove sat with Mr. Abramoff in the lobbyist’s box seats for an N.C.A.A. basketball playoff game in 2002.
After that game, Mr. Abramoff described Mr. Rove in an e-mail message to a colleague: “He’s a great guy. Told me anytime we need something just let him know through Susan.” The message was referring to Susan Ralson, Mr. Abramoff’s former secretary, who joined the White House in February 2001 as Mr. Rove’s executive assistant. - Source

I'm quite sick of this bullshit.

 

[Befuddled_Stoner]

[incredulously] This comes as a surprise?

 

[jfuh]

[incredulously] This comes as a surprise?

No surprise really as I never bought the white house's lame excuse, only an acquaintance statment.
It's amusing how the apologetics on this site are completely avoiding this thread.

 

[Stinger]

No surprise really as I never bought the white house's lame excuse, only an acquaintance statment.
It's amusing how the apologetics on this site are completely avoiding this thread.

And how many meetings did he have with Democrats? And is there any evidence anyone at the WH engaged in illegal activities?

 

[jfuh]

And how many meetings did he have with Democrats? And is there any evidence anyone at the WH engaged in illegal activities?

First off, this is not a discussion about dems or reps so forget the stupid derailments of partisan politics you love to interject.
2ndly, this was stated because the WH has many times over stated specifically of no close ties with Abramoff except as a "aquaintance". The evidence shown here blows that lie clear out of the water.
3rdly, no one has brought up anything about illegal charges yet, simply that there IS a close relation between the white house and the corrupt lobbiest.

Go ahead, I challenge you to make a case against the statment and premise I've made thus far allegating of the connections.

:fyi:The evidence of a connection here is far close to anything else regarding this war and aQ

 

[TurtleDude]

And how many meetings did he have with Democrats? And is there any evidence anyone at the WH engaged in illegal activities?

I am still waiting for someone to tell me what illegal activity the WH engaged in concerning this< its not like Denise Rich's dalliances with clinton and Marc's money that led to a BS pardon

 

[jamesrage]

I'm quite sick of this bullshit.

This why there needs to be absolutely no gifts allowed law and a end to lobbyist.

 

[mpg]

It is sickening, but at least we're seeing a lot less of this kind of thing.

 

[aps]

Over 400 contacts between Abramoff and the White House. I love how they like to dismiss this as nothing. Come on, Abramoff, speak up!