By John Bresnahan
Sep 4, 2008
...Justice Deptartment officials, pointing to Abramoff''s extensive cooperation with federal investigators, had urged U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle to sentence Abramoff to an additional 39 months behind bars stemming for his role in the Washington corruption case that rocked Congress and the Bush administration. Abramoff's attorneys were seeking even less timefor the one-time K Street star, but Huvelle rejected those requests....
Former Abramoff lobbyist, Hill aide indicted (click here)
By ERICA WERNER – Sep 8, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — A one-time congressional aide who went on to work with jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff was arrested Monday and accused of conspiring to corrupt government officials including his former boss, current Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif.
Kevin Ring, 37, pleaded not guilty to a 10-count federal indictment that accuses him of conspiring with Abramoff to win assistance from congressional and executive-branch officials by giving them things of value, and helping them skirt requirements to report those gifts.
He appeared in federal court unshaven, his hair rumpled, wearing shorts and a T-shirt and occasionally fighting back tears as he exchanged glances with his wife.
Ring's lawyer said that despite cooperating voluntarily for two years, Ring was not allowed to surrender himself....
...David Safavian, the Bush administration's former top procurement official, (click here) was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October 2006. Safavian, the only scandal defendant to take his case to court, was found guilty of covering up his dealings with Abramoff. In July, a federal appeals court overturned his conviction. The Justice Department plans to retry him....
Vice President Dick Cheney, shown at a White House dinner last week, was sued to ensure no presidential records are destroyed or handled in a way that would make them unavailable. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES)
WASHINGTON - A federal judge yesterday ordered Dick Cheney to preserve a wide range of the records from his time as vice president.
The decision by US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a setback for the Bush administration in its effort to promote a narrow definition of materials that must be safeguarded under by the Presidential Records Act....
Anti-Palin rally calls for Colberg removal (click here)
TROOPERGATE: More than 1,000 protesters gather in downtown Anchorage park.
By KYLE HOPKINS
khopkins@adn.com
Published: September 28th, 2008 12:03 AMLast Modified: September 28th, 2008 02:46 AM
A protest slamming Gov. Sarah Palin's handling of the state's so-called Troopergate investigation -- and calling for the attorney general to lose his job -- drew more than 1,000 people to the Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage on Saturday....
