Daschle group files Abramoff complaint in New Hampshire

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Daschle group files Abramoff complaint in New Hampshire

RAW STORY
Published: Thursday May 4, 2006

The new Senate advocacy group started by former Sen. Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) has filed a Federal Elections Commission criminal complaint against the New Hampshire Republican State Committee, who they allege may have illegally concealed the receipt and amount of a contribution from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians -- a native American client of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, RAW STORY has learned.

Daschle himself received more than $40,000 from Abramoff associates, members of Abramoff's firm, and Abramoff clients though there is no evidence to suggest his actions produced benefit for Abramoff's clients.

Daschle's Senate Majority Project says the Choctaw's contribution helped finance the Republicans’ efforts to stymie get out the vote phone lines by illegally "jamming" calls.

A lawyer for the Republican National Committee, who is representing those accused in the phone jamming case, recently revealed that the White House's role in the phone jamming was investigated by the Justice Department after it emerged that calls were placed by those involved to the White House on the day of the crime.

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