Lobbyist Abramoff gets subpoenaed in Boulis murder case

[seafan]

Lobbyist Abramoff gets subpoenaed in Boulis murder case

By Jon Burstein
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted March 24 2006

Fallen super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his former business partner soon will be subpoenaed by defense attorneys to give sworn statements in the Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis murder case.

The attorney for murder suspect Anthony "Big Tony" Moscatiello filed paperwork this week asking to question Abramoff and Long Island businessman Adam Kidan about the SunCruz Casino founder's gangland-style slaying. Broward Circuit Judge Michael Kaplan granted the request Thursday after prosecutors agreed to it.

Prosecutor Brian Cavanagh said the Broward State Attorney's Office had been concerned about subpoenaing Kidan and Abramoff because it didn't want to give them any form of immunity. Kidan has not been eliminated as a suspect in the murder case, Cavanagh said.

"The point we made in court was we weren't saying he would be a suspect in place of the present defendants, it's a question of whether he will be an additional defendant," Cavanagh said. "All the defendants are innocent until proven guilty and certainly at the present time Mr. Kidan is not under indictment so there has not even been a formal allegation at this juncture."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cboulis24mar24,0,4547612.story?coll=sfla-news-broward

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. Is this the intro to a sudden "disappearance" of Jack?

Oh, well it was probably "the mob"...and everyone will assume the WRONG mob!!!

[Botany]

2. In the words of Flounder, from "Animal House";

"Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy"



:popcorn:

[AlCzervik]

3. oh boy

"this is gonna be great"

[babylonsister]

4. Maybe tack on an accessory to murder charge, Jack? nt

[RedEarth]

5. the noose tightens

[seafan]

6. Interesting in view of the fact that his sentencing was postponed

from March 29 until sometime in June, because of "his further cooperation" with the prosecutors' investigation into all of his connections and influence.

I think we are on the verge of all hell breaking wide open. Just keep those facts coming into the light. We'll get them.

[et in Arcadia ego]

7. It's about time

This receieved some major attention. There's alot more to Abramoff than most people are aware of.

[drm604]

8. Who would've believed it.

It's like some B grade political thriller. :popcorn: Un-friggin-believable.

[noonwitch]

10. Or a Grisham novel

But it could get really interesting in the future.

[seemslikeadream]

9. from cat_girl25 in GD Maybe that one guy in Florida

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10924558
Remember this telling comment by repuke strategist Ed Rogers on Hardball:
MATTHEWS: And what's good for the goose is good for the gander, right?

ROGERS: Sure. Look, this is going to come out. Nobody is going to keep it a secret. Jack Abramoff is so radioactive—I've got Jack Abramoff fatigue already. I mean, good grief, he didn't kill anybody. Maybe that one guy in Florida.

MATTHEWS: The perfect time to get that fatigue, as the smell heads towards the White House.

[electropop]

11. Perfect timing: Abramoff and his cronies in Congress are in the spotlight.

Now pointing out his mafia connections also tars his other close associates.