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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 10:41 PM
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Senators Hear of Wink-Wink Lobbyist Move
By ANNE E. KORNBLUT
Published: June 23, 2005

<snip> One e-mail message from Mr. Abramoff directed his assistant to "pump up Scanlon," a reference to padding their billable hours for the Choctaws to meet an artificial $150,000 monthly target that the tribe testified it had never agreed to.

In 2001 alone, the Choctaws paid $7.7 million to Mr. Abramoff and Mr. Scanlon for lobbying work. But the pair spent just $1.2 million on the designated projects, keeping the remaining $6.5 million for "gimme five" - themselves - according to the e-mail and witnesses.

The tribe ultimately paid Mr. Scanlon as much as $15 million, and he gave Mr. Abramoff $5 million in kickbacks, said Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona and the chairman of the Senate committee. <snip>

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/politics/23indian.html

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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 10:42 PM
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1. these guys are making friends all over the place, huh?
weasels.
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earthboundmisfit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-05 10:47 PM
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2. Can the tribes try Abramoff & the others in their own courts?
I wonder - I know the Cherokees have their own court... It'd be awesome for the tribes that were ripped off by these assholes (oh yes DeLay included) to try them as sovereign nations.

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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-23-05 04:39 AM
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