DeLay aide gave Abranoff internal congressional communications

[johncoby2]

A senior aide to then-Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) helped scuttle the bill in the House. The aide, Tony C. Rudy, 39, e-mailed Abramoff internal congressional communications and advice, according to documents and the lobbyist's former associates.

Rudy received favors from Abramoff. He went on two luxury trips with the lobbyist that summer, including one partly paid for by Abramoff's client, eLottery Inc. Abramoff also arranged for eLottery to pay $25,000 to a Jewish foundation that hired Rudy's wife as a consultant, according to documents and interviews. Months later, Rudy himself was hired as a lobbyist by Abramoff.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101501539.html

[sonias]

1. I heard about this and why aren't we surprised

Abramoff is a major hater. And he's a close friend of Tom DeLay, as DeLay likes to point out. It's this kind of unraveling that's going to bring down DeLay. His arrogance about how he "is the government" makes him actually believe his bullshit. He knows in his sick little head that his control over any part of Congress will soon be coming to an end. He can't plug the leaks fast enough anymore.

Sonia