Abramoff sentenced to four years in prison.
By on Sep 4th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Abramoff sentenced to four years in prison.
Today, U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle sentenced disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to four years in prison “on conspiracy and other charges after federal prosecutors recommended leniency due to Abramoff’s cooperation in pursuing corruption cases against lawmakers and former administration officials. He faced a maximum of 11 years under a plea deal reached in 2006.”
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White color crime certainly pays. If he had robbed a 7-11 of a sixpack, he would have gotten 10 years.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:02 pmmaybe now he can lobby the inmates not to rape him.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:06 pmcan’t wait for Rove, Libby, Mike Hayden, Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Bush to join him
September 4th, 2008 at 6:06 pmI’d trade 4 years in prison for the millions he made and political power he bought. In a heartbeat. What a disgrace.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:07 pmI wonder if the ink will even be dry on his pardon papers the night after the election?
September 4th, 2008 at 6:09 pmFour years from now, he will win the republican nomination for president, and begin campaigning against Obama.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:11 pmThat’s great news. I mean, the media was making a buzz about Palin’s speech until we heard about this news AND
“The number of Americans who registered for unemployment benefits last week rose to 444,000, near a five-year high, according to data compiled by the Labor Department”.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:12 pmI wonder if a pardon will take that long, raynman. Why on Earth would Chimpy be thoughtful enough to wait for the election? I’m sure that he is eager to protect “his guy” from a single day’s incarceration and Flippy’s campaign isn’t likely to stop him.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:14 pmThank you for the timely information on the sentencing of Jack Abramoff, corporate lobbyist. to four years imprisonment. Perhaps TP could remind us of all his many contacts and connections of corruption to members of the House, the Senate and the White House. It must be quite a long Roll of Dishonor.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:16 pmi’ve got the perfect “going-to-the-pokey” gift for the SOB – abstinence pants!
September 4th, 2008 at 6:18 pmI think it is an even better idea for GW Bush to pardon Abramoff before November. That will give McSame a chance to say that he “strongly” opposes Dumbya on this issue…
September 4th, 2008 at 6:30 pmHopefully Abramoff is only the first of many.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:38 pmAbramoff is a step above Abu Ghraib’s Lyndie England, but this reeks of the the usual Bush investigation, where the big dogs are kept out of the study’s scope.
The NRCC lost nearly a million dollars from embezzlement. Their investigation didn’t include top management or the Executive Committee.
Repugnicants play fast and loose with other people’s money. Wwhen caught red handed, they ramp up damage control.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:42 pmhe needs a pen pal.
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thank you.
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September 4th, 2008 at 6:45 pmHere’s hoping that whatever cooperation he’s provided to investigators that got him that reduced sentence puts a few more GOP crooks behind bars.
Just saying . . .
September 4th, 2008 at 7:12 pmI hope is joined by the thousands of others who stole from us.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:22 pmWas the leniency recommendation for cooperation in terms of what he revealed or for what he didn’t?
September 4th, 2008 at 9:23 pm“Do the crime, do the time.”
Of course, it is interesting to note how the Justice Department handled Abramoff’s sentencing compared to former Gov. Siegelman’s sentencing.
Abramoff: leniency.
Siegelman: throw the book at, calling for the maximum.
But, but, some might say, Abramoff “cooperated,” helping with multiple criminal cases against a multitude of culture of corruption Republicans.
However, you see, Abramoff “cooperated” in another way.
How many trips did he take to visit Bush and Cheney in the White House? What did they discuss?
With all this talk about the Justice Department “getting” compromised/corrupt public officials through the “cooperation” of Jack Abramoff, why the silence about all the contacts Abramoff had with White House public officials?
Ooooh, that’s what they mean by Abramoff “cooperating” and why his sentence was reduced so much from that required by law.
“Do the crime, do the time” just doesn’t seem to apply to Republicans, especially inside the corrupt Bush/Cheney White House. Remember Scooter Libby?
September 4th, 2008 at 10:17 pmThey should send Grover Norquist and Tom DeLay to keep him company.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:22 pmLock the bastard and throw the keys away!
September 5th, 2008 at 5:35 am