Abramoff may receive reduced prison sentence.
By on Apr 10th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Abramoff may receive reduced prison sentence.
“Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff may be getting out of jail earlier than he expected, NBC News learned on Monday. A federal judge Monday granted the government’s request for a new hearing to determine an appropriate reduction in Abramoff’s sentence, a reward based on his continued cooperation with investigators in several federal probes.”
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Let’s see some more indictments first……..
April 10th, 2007 at 10:06 amAbramoff SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN ANY LENIECY UNTIL HE SPITS OUT THE SPECIFIC DOPE THAT CONVICTS Karl Rove, CHIMPya, Cheney, Bushland Uber Allies and MORE repugnant-repubs IN CONGRESS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED YET—START COUGHING UP MORE RESULTS, Jack, IF YA WANT ANY REDUCTION IN YA JAIL TIME!!!!!
April 10th, 2007 at 10:08 amRaven,
You and I are so often on the same track! :D
I’d like to see some evidence of that cooperation, please.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:11 amMaybe in re-hearing the case they could give him a LONGER sentance.
Yo, Judge….Could you make him take dumbya & Rove too? They’d be natural jailhouse BFF’s.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:14 amYes, Raymond too. Such eloquence!
April 10th, 2007 at 10:15 amSqueal, pig, squeal.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:17 am…..whoa, nelly! Not until Abrahamoff spills ALL! I think it’s totally premature to even begin dialogue on sentence reduction since this guy has much, much more to disclose. Let him sing his entire song (I know the Rethugs shudder at that thought)….and then talk turkey.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:27 amCouldn’t agree more that Abrahamoff needs to spill the entire story about the Bush Cabal before the people will even consider allowing him off the hook. Remember Dubya saying how he didn’t even know Abrahamoff? What a joke!
April 10th, 2007 at 10:28 amMe thinks Gonzo’s team from Pat Robertson U is tanking the case, like the tobacco settlement. I doubt anyone else will be indicted or convicted by this justice department.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:30 amWhy is it “disgraced lobbyist” and not convicted felon Jack Abramoff?
Or at least disgraced REPUBLICAN lobbyist?
April 10th, 2007 at 10:30 amHmmm…The newly minted “soft on Republican Crime” Justice Dept. must be gearing up and rolling out their new directives.
-GSD
April 10th, 2007 at 10:34 am#
Why is it “disgraced lobbyist†and not convicted felon Jack Abramoff?
Or at least disgraced REPUBLICAN lobbyist?
Comment by nogamez — April 10, 2007 @ 10:30 am
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That’s a good point. I have never heard of a “disgraced drug dealer” or “disgraced rapists”. The rhetoric of the words we use says more than the words themselves. For this same reason, I have stopped using the phrase “Iraq War” replacing it instaed with “Iraq Occupation”.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:43 amdont cut that bastard loose untill the head of Karl the turd blossom Rove is served up on a silver platter… with all the fixins
ITMFA!!!
April 10th, 2007 at 10:44 amUntil we hear about the White House favors, we’re not really getting cooperation.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:51 amWho said crime doesn’t pay. White collar crime pays a lot. And if you get caught PROSECUTORS work to get your sentenced reduced.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:53 amAwww how sweet. If only all the other criminals could be as lucky to get a reduced sentence.
April 10th, 2007 at 11:18 amI am hopeful that this means Abramoff has offered Rove and Delay on a silver platter.
I am not optimistic that he had much to say about Cheney.
April 10th, 2007 at 11:20 amI agree with posts 10 and 12………
April 10th, 2007 at 11:22 amHe should be called simply what he is: a convicted lobbyist
Abramoff…’The man who knew too much…’
April 10th, 2007 at 11:25 amPart of his original, reduced sentence was this cooperation. NOW he is rewarded AGAIN for participating in that original agreement? Does anybody else (maybe somebody that can explain this more clearly than I can) feel a bit pissed off with this?
Can we start rewarding jailed drug dealers with reduced sentences since they are no longer dealing inside prison?
April 10th, 2007 at 11:33 am#17, eve Ditto. Let’s wait and see what his cooperation results in before complaining about the resuced sentence. This could be a good thing.
April 10th, 2007 at 11:40 amWhy should be receive a reduced sentance? He has NOT spilled all the beans on Bush yet.
April 10th, 2007 at 12:33 pmMaybe he’s getting out on a work release program to the various Native American casinos he took so much money from…
April 10th, 2007 at 12:41 pmHe can clean the … lobby…
My point Jay, is how do we know he hasn’t?
April 10th, 2007 at 3:59 pmdude… where are the emails he wrote to gwb43.com?…sound like we should be able to procure some smoking guns there.. i notice an abscense of trolls on this one..
April 11th, 2007 at 2:05 am