House Panel Has Subpoenaed Abramoff Law Firm For Records Dealing With WH

[kpete]

Abramoff ex-law firm hit with subpoena
House panel wants records dealing with Bush team
Susan Schmidt, Washington Post

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Washington -- The House Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the former law firm of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff for records of any contacts he or members of his lobbying team had with the Bush White House.

Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., authorized a subpoena weeks ago to Greenberg Traurig, according to several of the law firm's former clients who have been notified that it is turning over billing records, e-mails, phone logs and other material that reflects efforts to lobby the White House.

Representatives of four of Abramoff's former Indian tribal clients said they have been notified by Greenberg Traurig that the firm is turning over records. In some cases, there were scores of phone calls or other contacts with the White House. It is not known whether any of those contacts resulted in improper aid to Abramoff. Several tribal representatives said they believe many contacts were with staff members at the White House office of intergovernmental affairs.

The subpoena -- read to the Washington Post by a former client who received a copy from Greenberg Traurig -- seeks all firm billing records "referring or relating to matters involving Jack Abramoff or any person working with Jack Abramoff," as well as all records reflecting any contacts those lobbyists had with the White House. The subpoena seeks records from Jan. 1, 1998, to the present, though Abramoff did not begin work at Greenberg Traurig until early 2001.

more at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/15/MNGI7JVQUG1.DTL&feed=rss.news

[SpiralHawk]

1. The Republicon culture of corruption

is vast, and desperately in need of this Anal PROBE.

It's going to STINK to high heavens, but America will no doubt feel a whole lot better when we crap the corrpt neoCON cronies out of our political system.

Why are there so many corruput republicons?

Why do they lie to and steal from the citizens of United States of America so routinely?

[mbair]

2. Hopeful?

I'd love to see this go somewhere, but so far I've been completely underwhelmed with the coverage.

I think I read Molly Ivins on this, "What a waste of a perfectly delicious scandal." I hadn't sent he SFGate article this weekend, thanks for the post.

Old TDS clip, but goes directly to the stonewalling on the Abramoff contacts with the WH:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMOfr0snsOY

Ahhhh, Scottie - I really miss you. Good times, kid.

More muckraking and less muck please.

[babylonsister]

3. I'll take all the good news I can get. Thank you! nt