House Democrats Expand Abramoff Probe Into Contacts With White House

[maddezmom]

House Committee Expands Inquiry Into Abramoff Contacts With White House



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WASHINGTON, Jun. 5, 2007
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(AP) House Democrats are expanding their investigation into ties between jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House and have contacted several Abramoff associates recently about testifying to Congress.

The contacts were disclosed Tuesday by a House Democratic aide and an attorney familiar with the matter who both spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is ongoing.

The aide declined to identify those the committee wants to talk to. Last month committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., indicated he intended to seek testimony from people who'd worked as lobbyists with Abramoff as well as from former and current White House and administration officials who might have knowledge of Abramoff's connections with the White House.

A committee spokeswoman declined comment. A message for a White House spokesman wasn't immediately returned.

The Government Reform Committee released a report last year saying that Abramoff and his associates had 485 lobbying contacts with White House officials between January 2001 and March 2004.

more:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/05/ap/preswho/main2890108.shtml

[leveymg]

1. Isn't this long overdue? What happened to follow-up prosecution cases?

What about the Russian Maffiya and ex-KGB money Jack was funneling to the GOP through his Capitol Athletic Club - where's the US Attorney for DC on that one? Why didn't Paul McNulty, the former USA for the Eastern District of Virginia, follow up on the millions that Abramoff and Grover Norquist were squeezing out of Islamic Bankers, and Norquist's role in assisting WAMY and other groups in Virginia that were being investigated for terrorist finance? See,

Daily Kos: Abramoff Scandal Links GOP to Islamic Banks and Tyco ...
Abramoff Scandal Links GOP to Islamic Banks and Tyco Scandals. by leveymg. Mon Oct 17, 2005 at 09:23:10 AM PDT. The other shoe is about to drop on the ...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/17/122311/72

Have these cases simply been put on indefinite pause because the Gonzales Justice Department has "other priorities"?