Abramoff off to prison tomorrow after informing on Dem Senators -- and before informing on Rove

[DeepModem Mom]

ABC News: Abramoff Reports to Prison Tomorrow; Offers Testimony on Democratic Senators
November 14, 2006



Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz Report:

Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff is scheduled to report to federal prison tomorrow, over the objections of federal prosecutors who say they still need his help to pursue leads on officials he allegedly bribed.

Sources close to the investigation say Abramoff has provided information on his dealings with and campaign contributions and gifts to "dozens of members of Congress and staff," including what Abramoff has reportedly described as "six to eight seriously corrupt Democratic senators."

The sources say Abramoff was about to provide information about Bush administration officials, including Karl Rove, "accepting things of value" from Abramoff....

Abramoff has been meeting almost daily in secret locations around Washington with Justice Department investigators who are examining thousands of e-mails and documents, according to sources close to the investigation. The convicted lobbyist was spotted in downtown Washington, D.C., yesterday, carrying a computer laptop case.

But the prosecutors' easy access to Abramoff has now ended....(T)he court has granted a request from prosecutors that Abramoff be incarcerated at the closest prison to Washington, D.C., the Federal Correction Institute in Cumberland, Md., where Abramoff is expected to report tomorrow.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/abramoff_report.html

[KittyWampus]

1. #1. Lobbying is not illegal. #2. Article says Abramoff visited WH 6x. Real # is more like 200

[SoCalDem]

2. Well then.. Why not go to the prison he's at, and interrogate him THERE.

and don;t release ANY information until they are DONE with him..

Wonder who appointed the judge who sent him to prison at this particular moment in time :shrug:

[acmavm]

3. IF that's true, we need names.

But it's really hard to believe a lot of what this clown says.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. WTF?

"six to eight seriously corrupt democratic senators"

Why would a REPUBLICAN LOBBYIST have dealings with Democrats?

[DocSavage]

19. If a bill is going to get passed

a lot of times it requires support from both sides of the isle. You think that Halliburtin only gives money to republicans? Abramof has dirt on a lot of people. Could get very sticky if dems are implicated and actions that are not equal to republican actions are not taken. Food for talk shows...

[Fridays Child]

5. Watch yourself in the shower, Jack...

You pig.

[Beaverhausen]

6. oh that's rich- Abramoff calling someone else "corrupt"

Please- spare me.

[WI_DEM]

7. Oh my Gawd! I hope that isn't the case or there goes our majority

in the senate.

[AlCzervik]

8. i don't believe this wouldn't have been leaked out before the election

but that being said if it's true then all the corruption needs to be cleaned up.

[stepnw1f]

9. Well? Who? Exactly........ (nt)

[aquart]

10. Since K Street Project REFUSED to include Democrats...

How is this possible?

BTW, does the article mention how many REPUBLICAN senators are "seriously corrupt"?

[jumpoffdaplanet]

11. Oh please, there weren't any Dem Senators

None. If there were, Abramoff would have told all before the election.

It's pure bullshit, rethugs looking to smear Dems.

No Dem Senators will be named. But the article will be referenced in the future by rethug pundit hoping to distract by rethug corruption. It's all a "some people say" thing.

[Ian David]

12. If there were corrupt Dems, I bet they were the ones that vote like Repukes. n/t

[AlCzervik]

13. i'm reading "The Heist" by Peter Stone, it's about Abramoff so after seeing

this break today i went through the index of the book and there are only a few democrats listed, Reid and Durbin. That being said it could mean nothing.

[blm]

16. They can exaggerate ANYTHING to make a smear - count on it.

They can build off a tenuous association and turn it into a quid pro quo with a complicit media. And then many days later the back pages of newspapers will carry the too late truth.

[AlCzervik]

14. one more thing, Peter Stone was on cspan, here is the link to watch

http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segid=7585&schedID=455

[Orsino]

15. Let it eat them.

The corrupt are not all Republicans. If Abramoff has anything on Dems, let's hear it.

[Human Torch]

17. Woah! Jackie's got that Stallone "Cobra" thang goin' on in that photo...

"You're a disease...and I'm the cure..."

:rofl:

That's two pieces of good news for fat sonofabitch Rove today. Here's the second:

http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Rove_1.htm

Rove to stay until end of Bush presidency

Despite being disappointed with Karl Rove’s election performance, President Bush has agreed to keep his chief political advisor for the remainder of his administration.

Administration sources said Mr. Rove has sought to stay with Mr. Bush until the end of his presidency. The sources said despite pressure on the president to reshuffle his staff for 2007, Mr. Bush wants Mr. Rove by his side.

"He knows too much," a source said. "The last thing the president wants is another published memoir and book tour of life inside the White House."

The sources said Mr. Bush was unhappy with the failure of Mr. Rove's election strategy, which focused on national security. They said the GOP defeat would probably lead to a different relationship between the two men.

[survivor999]

18. How long before he commits suicide in prison?

[mod mom]

20. Is it a real prison or a club fed for repukes?