More Puckering

Scanlon was charged today. An interesting point:

Michael Scanlon, partner of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was charged Friday with conspiring to defraud Indian tribes the two were representing of millions of dollars.

In a one-count criminal information filed by the government, Scanlon was charged with conspiring with another lobbyist, who was not identified.

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The filing of a criminal information, rather than an indictment, often means prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with a defendant.

With Abramoff & Scanlon's connections to DeLay, Bush, Rove, and virtually every other Repug (and quite a few Dems), the concept of a plea bargain has to have tripled the sales of Xanax and Prozac all over the District.

UPDATE:

Josh reports (from RollCall) that Scanlan has AGREED TO TESTIFY against Abramoff.