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National Briefing | Washington: Inquiry Into Ex-Senate Aide Ends
New York :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
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Inquiry Into Ex-Senate Aide Ends Published: December 2, 2009 Federal investigators have dropped their investigation into Kevin H. Koonce, a former aide to Senator Judd Gregg who came under scrutiny as part of a broad look into the business dealings...
Tags: Mr. Koonce, New York, Politics, Jack Abramoff, Jack Abramoff scandals, Todd Boulanger, Law Crime
Why the OCE is not necessary
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Other reforms included the adoption of severe restrictions on the interaction of members with lobbyists and increased reporting of lobbyists’ activities. For years, congressional watchdog groups have complained that members of the House ethics committee...
Tags: House of Representatives, OCE, House Committee on Rules, ethical committee, ethical complaints, Office of Congressional, house ethical, Washington, Lobbying, Politics, Jack Abramoff, Ethics, Bob Ney, United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
Supreme Court to take up anti-corruption law
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility The nation's most potent law against public corruption is in danger of being scaled back or struck down by the U.S...At issue is a ban on "honest services fraud," often used to prosecute public officials who accept money, free tickets, or jobs for relatives...
Tags: Supreme Court, Chicago, Corporate crime, Fraud, Jack Abramoff, Jeffrey Skilling, Enron, Corporate scandals, Law Crime, Political corruption, Bruce Weyhrauch, Crimes, Antonin Scalia
No jail time for figure in Abramoff scandal
Washington :: DC :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility A judge has sentenced a former Justice Department attorney caught in the influence peddling scandal involving former lobbyist Jack Abramoff to a month at a halfway house and three years of probation.U.S...Huvelle said Robert Coughlin did not deserve a...
Tags: Robert Coughlin, Jack Abramoff, Washington, Ellen Segal Huvelle, Robert E. Coughlin, Jack Abramoff scandals, Year of birth missing, Law Crime
Jury in Bruno trial breaks for holiday
Albany :: NY :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility The jury in the federal corruption trial of former New York Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno broke for the Thanksgiving weekend Tuesday without a verdict. Bruno, a Republican and formerly one of the most powerful politicians in the state, exchanged...
Tags: Joseph Bruno, Mr. Bruno, New York Senate Republican, New York State Senate, corruption trial, closing arguments, leader joseph, Albany, Junior Chamber International, Law Crime, Bruno, Jury, Legal procedure, Plame affair, Politics, Obscenity, Jack Abramoff, Criminal defense lawyer
15: Tom DeLay
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility Will Tom Delay Have Sprayed-On Abs in the Dancing With the Stars Finale? [Cosmetics] Best Known As: Political Figure Gist: Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8, 1947) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas.
Tags: House of Representatives, Republican House, Texas, general elections, house majority, majority leader, Los Angeles, Tom DeLay, Bob Smither, Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Write-in candidate, Jack Abramoff, Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, Nick Lampson, Politics of the United States, Politics
Access to Power
Terre Haute :: IN :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility It came as no surprise that when special interest groups reported on spending during the last session of the Indiana Legislature, it was House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer who received the most in gifts at a value of $5,223. That included a trip to President...
Tags: Indianapolis Star, Indiana House, Terre Haute, Lobbying, Political corruption, Lobbying in the United States, Jack Abramoff, Center for Public Integrity, Politics of the United States, Politics, Trent Van Haaften, Indiana, Terre Haute Indiana
Lobbyist associated with Abramoff still battling in court
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle set June 21 for the retrial of Kevin Ring, a former lobbyist who worked for Abramoff. A five-week trial ended with the jury deadlocked on eight counts of corruption last Thursday after eight days of deliberation. K...
Tags: Jack Abramoff
Mistrial Declared in Case of Abramoff Associate
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the prosecution of former lobbyist Kevin Ring after jurors deadlocked on charges that he lavished meals and concert tickets on public officials in the hope of illegally influencing them. After hearing testimony...
Tags: Jack Abramoff, Kevin Ring, judge declared, U.S, Abramoff Associate
Abramoff deputy puts his case to jury
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Prosecutors say a deputy to imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff acted as the "sugar daddy" of a conspiracy to corrupt government. Kevin Ring, a 38-year-old former Republican Capitol Hill staffer, is the first member of the notorious influence-peddling team...
Tags: Kevin Ring, Jack Abramoff, Ernest Istook, sugar daddy
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