Griles Faces Sentencing in Abramoff Case (AP)

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Source: Associated Press

Griles Faces Sentencing in Abramoff Case

By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer
33 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The former No. 2 official at the Interior Department
says he does not deserve prison time in the Jack Abramoff lobbying
scandal.

Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles faces sentencing
Tuesday for obstruction of justice. He has admitted lying to a Senate
committee investigating his relationship with the disgraced lobbyist.

As part of his plea deal, prosecutors recommended that Griles serve no
more than a 10-month sentence, but only half of it in prison. The other
five months would be either in a halfway house or under house arrest.

Griles is asking for leniency. He is seeking three months house arrest,
community service and "a reasonable fine."

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