The Interior Department has released a February 2002 photo of Jack Abramoff (far right), Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton (Center) and representatives of the Choctaw Indians, one of Abramoff’s tribal clients:
It wasn’t the first time Norton and Abramoff met. The AP reports “The lobbyist [Abramoff] and one of his clients, a member of the Louisiana Coushatta tribe, dined with Norton on Sept. 24, 2001, at a private fundraising dinner.” The 2001 meeting was arranged after Abramoff clients donated $50,000 to an “environmental group” founded by Norton.
The Abramoff scandal is not just a Congressional scandal, it’s also a Bush administration scandal. According to news reports the Bush/Abramoff photos should be surfacing shortly.
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