Abramoff, Doolittle, And The 'Wives Club' - TPMMuckraker

[WillyT]

New Evidence Links Abramoff, Doolittle
By Paul Kiel - October 13, 2006, 6:32 PM

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What the paper didn't reveal is that Abramoff had cut a similar deal for another favored contact: former DeLay aide Tony Rudy. Far from helping out a pal's wife, Abramoff appears to have used the arrangements to funnel bribes to powerful men, like DeLay and Rudy. And Doolittle.

The e-mail, released as part of a Senate report yesterday, provides even further grounds for suspicion of the relationship between Abramoff and Doolittle.

His wife, Julie, did ultimately go to work for Abramoff in August 2002, placing her in a group that the investigators on the Abramoff case call "The Wives Club" -- the klatsch of wives who served as pass-throughs for payoffs to their husbands. Investigators subpoenaed the records for Julie Doolittle's consulting company in 2004.

Another member of The Wives Club was Tony Rudy's wife, Lisa. Tony Rudy pled guilty to one count of conspiracy on March 31st. As part of his plea, he admitted that his wife had accepted $50,000 in payments for a consultant position with Toward Tradition, run by Abramoff's friend Rabbi Daniel Lapin. The position lasted from June of 2000 through February of 2001; she was mostly paid in $5,000 monthly installments. The money came from two of Abramoff's clients. The payments were listed in Rudy's plea among other perks that Abramoff showered on Rudy in exchange for his help while he worked on DeLay's staff.

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We in Northern California have been suffering this smarmy self-righteous fool and crook for way too long.



Go Charlie Brown !!!

Link: http://www.charliebrownforcongress.org/index.php

:bounce::kick::bounce:

[AlCzervik]

1. I talked to Enid goldstein yesterday on her show, long time listener, 1st

time---anyhow i heard her snickering about this today as was i after reading the bee this morning.

[WillyT]

2. God I Want Him Gone So Badly !!!

How these people keep re-electing him is a great mystery to me.

He's totally insufferable!

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

3. my god he was so shrill and whiny during their debate, Brown may be

a newbie to politics but i thought he looked fantasic next to the puke.

[BrotherBuzz]

4. I LOVE the timimg...

E-mail adds fuel to the fire

It suggests Doolittle wanted wife to work for Abramoff in 2000.

By David Whitney - Bee Washington Bureau



Last Updated 6:47 am PDT Friday, October 13, 2006
Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A6


A day after a hot campaign debate in which Rep. John Doolittle said there was nothing unethical in his relationship with Jack Abramoff, a new e-mail surfaced Thursday indicating he was hoping his wife could go to work for the disgraced lobbyist as early as 2000.

The e-mail, part of a report released in Washington by the Democratic staff of the Senate Finance Committee, came as Doolittle and and his Democratic challenger, Charlie Brown, were dissecting the results of their Wednesday night slugfest.

Doolittle said he had not hit Brown hard enough on being a "chameleon liberal," while Brown said money has been pouring in to his campaign from new supporters since the event.


"After the debate, our online contributions went crazy," Brown said. He said many contributors commented that "Doolittle came off as a whining lunatic."

Yet Brown acknowledged that the two-hour debate, in which the Republican congressman hit him hard over his membership in the American Civil Liberties Union and for supporting gay marriage, might have cost him a "small slice" of GOP votes he was hoping to capture from Doolittle.

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http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/38858.html

[originalpckelly]

5. I saw this man, and he is SUCH A FUCKING PRICK!

I would love to him taken down before election time!!!! WOO FUCKING HOO!!!