Time: How to Raise Cash, Disguise Its Sources, And Buy Influence

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Monday, Jan. 09, 2006
How to Raise Cash... Disguise Its Sources... And Buy Influence
By UNMESH KHER

HOW TO RAISE CASH... Abramoff tended to pick clients far removed from the Beltway who were sometimes either too desperate or too unfamiliar with the lobbying trade to question his unorthodox tactics and exorbitant fees

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Russian oil and gas firms: As first reported by the Washington Post, two executives allegedly wanted to ensure that a U.S. bill that would enable the IMF to bail out the Russian economy in 1998 would not impose high taxes on their industry. Abramoff helped them cultivate DeLay.

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...DISGUISE ITS SOURCES

Abramoff moved money in numerous ways—not just to cheat his clients but also to pay for brazen junkets and cloak the ethically (and legally) dubious machinery of his enterprise

Americans for Tax Reform: Founder Grover Norquist was a conduit of funds, and though he took commissions, he isn't accused of breaking the law. He sent $1.15 million from just one tribe to antigambling groups and funneled $150,000 sent by eLottery to the consultancy of Ralph Reed, former chief of the Christian Coalition.

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1. The only thing missing from the title

"How to Raise Cash, Disguise Its Sources, And Buy Influence: A Republican Primer"