Former Justice official pleads guilty in Abramoff probe.
By on Apr 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Former Justice official pleads guilty in Abramoff probe.
This week, Robert Coughlin, a former DOJ official, was accused of having a “criminal conflict of interest” with jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Today, Coughlin admitted in federal court “that he accepted meals, concert tickets and luxury eats at sporting events from a lobbyist,” facing “up to 10 months in prison under a plea deal with the government.” “The lobbyist was not named but Coughlin was lobbied during the period in question by Kevin Ring, a member of Abramoff’s lobbying team who also is under investigation,” the AP notes.
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And yet ANOTHER GOOP scum bag does the perp walk...
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 pmAnother nail in the coffin of the corrupt politicians casket.
I would like to see more of these, left, center and right.
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 pmIs this going to be what brings down bush/co??? They've gotten away with so many more serious crimes. Maybe we can get them under RICO?
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:01 pmspecialist f @3
Nothing will bring down the Chimp this late in the game. Impeachment or a criminal trial would last much later than Jan. 20th. When the Dem. president gets in then everthing will come out. All of their crimes. Then the shit will hit the fan. No one can save these criminals.
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:21 pmIs that all we get? How about perjury for Gonzo in Congress? Multiple counts? How about Rice? She lied, too. Mukasey is also suspicious. How about the generals paid to propagandize the US populous on the MSM? How about them being called to the house judiciary committee, under oath, to talk about their ill-gotten gains? How about a subpoena for Rove about Siegelman? I'm waiting.
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 pmMeals tickets and luxury eats ??? the dems are A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS !
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:53 pmCongress has been rendered powerless to hold anyone accountable or for that matter to have them even bother answering a summons .
....scary times in the land of sheep ........
Baaaaaahhhd
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:54 pmJust out of curiosity, how long did it take to explain to this Republican what a "conflict of interest" was?
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:58 pmthe funniest thing I've learned recently ..... 9/11 is the day the CIA under george bush overthrew the government of Chile resulting in the tortures and deaths of 10's of 1000's of chileans who thought much as progressives think here on this site .
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 amironic...
The CIA has had many trial runs at overthrowing democracies in this hemisphere....
Lets investigate those....
recuerdo !
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 am“that he accepted meals, concert tickets and luxury eats at sporting events from a lobbyist,”
Are you sure those aren't supposed to be "luxury seats"? What would be considered "luxury eats"?
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:37 amHe is only getting convicted on one count; that is part of the deal he made. I don't call that justice. He helped get money for a jail, gave insider tips and ran interference with colleagues. That deserves being convicted on more than one count. He must be giving them information so that they can go after Kevin Ring.
Kevin Ring bought Coughlin cheap. So the price of his morals and soul, amount to meals and concert tickets. That is truly tragic.
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:37 amTalk about tragic .. what if the seats were for a Inti Illimani concert !
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:40 amOh and victor Jara says hello ...
They broke his fingers in the stadium in Santiago
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:46 amthrew his guitar at him and told him to play .
When he began to sing they shot him thru the head ...
911
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:48 amJohn McCain doesn't need voters being reminded of godfather Jack!
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:48 amyo recuerdo siempre ..... inti illimani !
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:08 amAccepted the gifts from 2001 to 2003 while working on legislative affairs for the Justice Department. Coughlin received luxury seats for the Redskins and the Wizards.
Coughlin had better given them enough information about Kevin Ring that it is a slam dunk to prosecute him. They gave him a sweetheart of a deal. Coughlin can not be the only one Ring approached and gave gifts too. That should be another long and impressive list of Republicans.
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:14 amAnd when the system of laws breaks down ....... ?
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 amTorture is a war crime but our own Henry kissinger a war criminal tried in absentia over the co ordination of the collection of left leaning progressives and their subsequent delivery to the torturers all over South America is the Bushes choice to head the governments committee to investigate 911 !
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:43 amNow thats irony .
Rejoin the world court rejoin the rest of the human race America ......
samba lando....
........what do you have that I don't have .....
Samba Lando
SEPTEMBER 11th
the US aids in the deaths of 30 000 while assassinating it's president and overthrowing it's democracy !!! 911
More than a million dead in Iraq ....
people say what a pity ,
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:55 amthat he's got dark skin ,
as if we were garbage ,
thrown onto the pavement ,
they don't know that discontent,
is brewing amongst my race .
samba lando
911
Justice ?
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:12 amFrog March them all off to Gitmo in handcuffs for a seaside vacation where they say the "water" is fine!
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:31 am