Thursday, February 09, 2006

E-Mails at the Heart of Lobbyist Disclosures


Dude! What's up with the hat and trenchcoat?!?
Jack Abramoff leaves federal court in Washington on Jan. 3
after pleading guilty to federal charges of conspiracy, tax evasion and mail fraud.

Image source: MSNBC / Gerald Herbert / AP file


A Reuters newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

Jack Abramoff said in correspondence made public Thursday that President Bush met him “almost a dozen” times, disputing White House claims Bush did not know the former lobbyist at the center of a corruption scandal.

“The guy saw me in almost a dozen settings, and joked with me about a bunch of things, including details of my kids. Perhaps he has forgotten everything, who knows,” Abramoff wrote in an e-mail to Kim Eisler, national editor for the Washingtonian magazine.

Abramoff added that Bush also once invited him to his Texas ranch.

Much, much more (probably more than you want to know) here.

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