Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Abramoff Cops

It's official- Abramoff pleaded out this morning. Josh has the CI at Talking Points. According to WaPo analysis, he has copped to three felony charges, conspiracy, fraud, and tax evasion Potential sentencing of up to 30 years is expected to be about a third of that, depending on his co-operation in other prosecutions. (RUN CONGRESS!!!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!) Additional, he is expected to be fined $25million and approximately $7million in IRS penalties.

The only Congressman referenced in the Criminal Information filed this morning appears to be Bob Ney (R-Ohio), altho speculation abounds that several, if not many, more may end up implicated in the mess. Abramoff had his hands in the pies of quite a few Congressmen, including poor, put-upon Tom Delay, who is fighting other charges down in Austin, TX.

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