Jack Abramoff

October 16, 2009 -- Former General Services Administration (GSA) Chief of Staff David H. Safavian was sentenced today to one year in prison on charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements in connection with the investigation into the activities of former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

In addition to the prison term, Safavian was sentenced today to two years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman of the District of Columbia.    » read more »

February 24, 2008 -- David Brooks: "John McCain has a record for 23 years. Every year he goes to the floor of the Senate and makes fun of the earmarks that lobbyists have produced and his colleagues take a little piece of skin out of his back for ridiculing them. He tackled Jack Abramoff even though it made the Republican Party very uncomfortable. He tackled Boeing. "

Excerpts: David Brooks On "Meet The Press"    » read more »

January 11, 2008 -- Maybe it was the strain of doing three debates in five days, or the pressure of facing a second must-win primary in a week, but last night John McCain took his "do anything to win" campaign mentality to a new low. During last night's debate in South Carolina, McCain tried to position himself as an agent of change by bragging about Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff being in prison and claiming that "he will tell you, and his lobbyist cronies, of the change I made" in Washington. [Fox News Debate, 1/10/08]    » read more »

October 31, 2007 -- House Oversight Committee Chairman Waxman asks White House Counsel Fred Fielding to turn over more than 600 pages of documents relating to the activities of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff that are being withheld because they involve internal White House deliberations.

Letter to White House Counsel Fred Fielding (pdf file)

Source: House Oversight Committee

Sentence is for Obstructing U.S. Senate Investigation into Abramoff Corruption Scandal

June 26, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – James Steven Griles, the former Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI), has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for obstructing the U.S. Senate’s investigation into the corruption allegations surrounding former Washington lobbyist Jack A. Abramoff, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.    » read more »

27 June 2007 -- A U.S. judge has sentenced a former high ranking Bush administration official, J. Steven Griles, to 10 months in prison for lying to Congress about his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

The district judge, Ellen Segal Huvelle in Washington Tuesday ordered J. Steven Griles to pay a $30,000 fine and serve three years of probation following his release from prison. She said Griles had refused to take responsibility for his actions and had attempted to excuse his conduct.    » read more »