Lobbyist Abramoff posts bond ($2.25 mil)

[deminks]

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, an associate of several influential GOP figures, appeared in federal court Friday on wire fraud and conspiracy charges and was released on $2.25 million bond.

When asked by U.S. District Court Judge Phil Game Jr. if he understood the charges against him, Abramoff said, "Yes, sir."

Abramoff -- handcuffed and wearing a white polo shirt -- surrendered his passport, and Game told him he is allowed only to travel in the Los Angeles area, south Florida and Maryland.

The judge also told Abramoff he needs to maintain his "course of mental health treatment."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/12/abramoff/index.html?section=cnn_latest

emphasis mine.

[bonito]

1. Never to be seen again? n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Put a GPS on that man.

We can play "Where's Abramoff?" on the internet.

[VegasWolf]

3. I smell a presidential pardon!! nt

[Fridays Child]

4. Poor guy. He must be overcome by guilt and shame.

Right. Let's just call it what it really is: a pre-jailhouse conversion. Oh, your Honor, I've seen the error of my ways and I am truly sorry.

Pffffft.

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[Jacobin]

5. Predictions on country he'll flee to?

I predict Israel. Convenient problems with extradition

[starroute]

6. That's what I've been thinking

Also banking regulations that are protective of privacy to the point of making concealment of money-laundering particularly easy. *And* he's been buying his war into the hearts of the settlers for a while now . . .

[VegasWolf]

7. That or an accident will happen. Rove and DeLay can't afford to have

him singing!

[Lerkfish]

8. seems plausible.

[Skink]

9. Maybe for a change Delay will fly him to an undisclosed location...

[wli]

10. he'll probably get abducted or assassinated to silence him

Possibly disappeared to a secret location in Israel by the Mossad.

[Doo_Revolution]

11. Set to stay within the Los Angelas, Florida areas at all times?

Or get mental therapy? Not even close, Jack will be out of the country soon.


He's obviously already on his way back to Israel.