Former Official Sentenced in Lobby Probe

[sabra]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Interior Department's former No. 2 official was sentenced to 10 months in prison Tuesday for lying to senators in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, the highest administration official sentenced in the probe.

J. Steven Griles, who was the department's deputy secretary, had pleaded guilty to obstructing justice.

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Griles had asked to be spared prison time. Under his plea deal with prosecutors, the Justice Department recommended he serve five months in prison and five months in a halfway house or under house arrest. U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle decided he should spend the full sentence in prison.

"Even now you continue to minimize and try to excuse your conduct," Huvelle told Griles.

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[DeSwiss]

1. Great! One more.

And he still got off too light!

[maddezmom]

2. K&R

:thumbsup:

[Ian David]

3. Steven Giles Giles Giles is going to jail jail jail! n/t

[SomeGuyInEagan]

4. Oh dear!

What could possibly rhyme with "jail, jail, jail"?