Three More Lawmakers Linked to Abramoff

[DemInDistress]

Two of the elected officials referred to in Friday's filings have been identified in published reports as Reps. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, and Don Young, R-Alaska. According to Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper, the two representatives wrote to the GSA in September 2002, urging the agency to give preferential treatment to groups such as Indian tribes when evaluating development proposals for the Old Post Office.

LaTourette maintains he did nothing improper by advocating special opportunities for certain small businesses in areas known as HUBzones, or Historically Underutilized Business zones. His spokeswoman, Deborah Setliff, said that the letter was reviewed by Young's chief of staff and counsel and that it did not advocate any particular business over another.

A spokesman for Young did not return telephone calls.

Friday's filings by prosecutors refer to a third member of Congress, Rep. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va. Her name appears in e-mails that suggest she was trying to help Abramoff secure a GSA lease for land in Silver Spring for a religious school.


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[expatriot]

1. Wow, this IS a bipartisan scandal! nt.

[BuyingThyme]

2. Yes, both LaTourette and Young are partisans.

We have to admit when we get it wrong.

[Straight Shooter]

3. It pains me to see that Ohio is once again linked to corruption.

:evilgrin:

[DemInDistress]

4. who would have believed ohio is more corrupt than florida?

[Liberty Belle]

5. Criminal convictions may be the only way to remove Ohio's corrupt

officials, thanks to Diebold.