Associate of disgraced lobbyist Abramoff back on trial

[Joanne98]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors are retrying an associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, although an earlier jury couldn't agree he broke the law, a key witness won't be back and a recent Supreme Court decision could make such corruption cases harder to prove.

The retrial of Kevin Ring is the last unresolved case that prosecutors have against members of the team assembled by Abramoff. The prominent Republican lobbyist in Washington was convicted of corruption charges along with a congressman and a dozen other government officials his group tried to influence.

Abramoff and four other members of his lobbying team have pleaded guilty to federal crimes in agreements with prosecutors. Ring is the only member trying to beat the charges in court.

The father of two from Kensington, Md., tells friends the fight has cost him more than $2.5 million in legal bills as he prepares for a second trial. It's scheduled to begin Monday, the day before his 40th birthday.



Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-10-17-ring-retrail-abramoff_N.htm

[sofa king]

1. It cost him $2.5 million in STOLEN FUCKING INDIAN MONEY!

May he burn in hell.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. and a recent Supreme Court decision could make such corruption cases harder to prove.

Sigh.

[earcandle]

3. He helped Delay and Abramoff steal the business of Gus Boulis and then they killed him

 while he was stopped at a red light in his car.  They mowed
him down because he complained the wire they sent to buy his
business, under threat of seizure by congress, was bogus.  
This is really criminal behavior undermining the very context
in which people come here and invest at all.