Ex-Director of Md. GOP Testified on Ties to Abramoff (second local link)

[kpete]

Ex-Director of Md. GOP Testified on Ties to Abramoff

By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 22, 2005; Page B08

A former executive director of the Maryland Republican Party was brought before a U.S. Senate committee to testify about his ties to embattled lobbyist Jack Abramoff last month, making him the second local link to the unfolding scandal in Washington.

Christopher Cathcart, who served as the party's executive director for a year, was asked to testify Nov. 2 about his work for Michael Scanlon, Abramoff's former partner. Before working for the party, Cathcart was an assistant to Scanlon at the firm Capitol Campaign Strategies.


His name has never surfaced as a Maryland link to the Abramoff affair, despite efforts by Maryland Democrats to find ties between the unfolding scandal and Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., who served four terms in Congress.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/21/AR2005122102216.html

[yellowcanine]

1. Hopefully this will make Bobby Goodhair's shorts a little damp.