tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193358632011-12-14T21:51:37.431-05:00A running aggregation of news stories related to all stripes of Republican corruption in Washington and elsewhere.jarrodnoreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19335863.post-1133358787633178662005-11-30T08:53:00.000-05:002005-11-30T08:54:42.056-05:00

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from Boston.comWASHINGTON -- New evidence is emerging that the top Democrat on the Senate committee investigating Jack Abramoff got political money arranged by the lobbyist in 2002, shortly after the lawmaker took action favorable to Abramoff's tribal clients.A lawyer for the Louisiana Coushatta Indians said Abramoff instructed the tribe to send $5,000 to Senator Byron Dorgan's political group

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from ReutersEL PASO, Texas, Nov 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday verbally slapped a congressman from his Republican party for taking bribes, calling it "outrageous."Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham of California resigned on Monday after pleading guilty to taking $2.4 million in bribes in exchange for help in securing Defense Department contracts."Any member of Congress,

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from Times OnlineA REPUBLICAN congressman pleaded guilty last night to taking $2.4 million in bribes in exchange for steering lucrative military contracts to business associates — the latest scandal to hit President Bush’s party.Randy “Duke” Cunningham, a Californian Republican and decorated Vietnam War veteran, later tearfully resigned from the House of Representatives, where he has served since

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from The Washington PostThe Justice Department's wide-ranging investigation of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has entered a highly active phase as prosecutors are beginning to move on evidence pointing to possible corruption in Congress and executive branch agencies, lawyers involved in the case said.Prosecutors have already told one lawmaker, Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio), and his former chief of

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from Yahoo! NewsWASHINGTON - A second Time magazine reporter has been asked to testify in the CIA leak case, this time about her discussions with Karl Rove's attorney, a sign that prosecutors are still exploring charges against the White House aide.Viveca Novak, a reporter in Time's Washington bureau, is cooperating with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, who is investigating the leak of CIA

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from AlternetIt's finally Wizard of Oz time in America. You know -- that moment when the curtains are pulled back, the fearsome-looking wizard wreathed in all that billowing smoke turns out to be some pitiful little guy, and everybody looks around sheepishly, wondering why they acted as they did for so long.Starting on September 11, 2001 -- with a monstrous helping hand from Osama bin Laden --

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from Salon.comShortly after Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was indicted for obstructing justice and making false statements to a government agent and a grand jury, Libby's attorneys suggested that they would use the standard he's-a-busy-man-who-can't-remember-everything defense. But now, with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's revelation that a

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from The EconomistTHERE was plenty on President George Bush's plate during his trip to Asia, from discussing religious freedom with China's leaders to drinking fermented mares' milk in Mongolia. But events back home kept distracting him. There's “an important debate underway back in Washington about the way forward in Iraq,” he told reporters in Beijing on November 20th. Indeed there is.The

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from The Huffington PostThe Justice Department's wide-ranging investigation of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has entered a highly active phase as prosecutors are beginning to move on evidence pointing to possible corruption in Congress and executive branch agencies, lawyers involved in the case said.Prosecutors have already told one lawmaker, Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio), and his former chief of

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from NewsmaxNormally a criminal indictment would turn any elected leader into a political pariah.But the White House is signaling that is doesn't think the indictment filed against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay two months ago is legitimate - by sending Vice President Dick Cheney to campaign for DeLay's reelection.The Washington Times reports that on Dec. 5, Cheney "is scheduled to speak at what

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