How they got caught: After lobbyist broke off engagement, ex-fiancee told

[SharonRB]

From Rawstory.com -- seems Scanlon's jilted fiancee started the ball rolling. Never underestimate a woman scorned.

How they got caught: After lobbyist broke off engagement, ex-fiancee told of illicit dealings to FBI
Jason Leopold

<snip>
Scanlon was implicated in the Abramoff scandal by his former thirtysomething fiancee, Emily J. Miller, whom he met in the late 1990s while working as communications director for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), three former associates who worked with Scanlon at DeLay’s office said. Colleagues say Miller went to the FBI after Scanlon broke off their engagement and announced his intention to marry another woman.

Miller did not return a call seeking comment. Scanlon’s attorney, Stephen Braga, did not respond to phone calls or emails seeking comment. Former coworkers of Scanlon and Miller at DeLay’s office and of Miller at the State Department would speak only under condition of anonymity, saying they did not want to be called as witnesses in a trial.


Miller was DeLay’s young press secretary and as communications director, Scanlon was her boss. The two began a secretive office romance and Scanlon eventually proposed marriage, associates say.

In 2003, Miller left DeLay’s office to work at the State Department. Scanlon departed too, partnering with now-indicted conservative lobbyist Jack Abramoff in lobbying for an array of Indian tribes. As Scanlon’s star rose, troubles between the couple mushroomed.

In May 2004, Miller found herself at the center of attention when—while live on air—she ordered a cameraman for NBC’s Meet the Press to stop filming Colin Powell. A copy of the transcript shows Miller, who also used to work as an NBC staffer, as a brusque press aide. Powell eventually ordered that the interview continue and asked Miller to step aside.

What many people didn’t realize at the time, however, is that during the Powell interview Miller was upset because her fiancee, Michael Scanlon, had broken off their engagement, two of Miller’s former State Department co-workers said. While still engaged to Miller, Scanlon had started an affair with a manicurist and broke up with Miller because he planned to marry the other woman, three of Scanlon’s former associates at DeLay’s office said. They added that the two had numerous public arguments.

But Miller had something on Scanlon. He confided in her all of his dealings with Abramoff, former colleagues said. She saw his emails and knew the intimate details of his lobbying work—work which is now the center of a criminal fraud investigation. After the breakup, Miller went to the FBI and told them everything about Scanlon’s dealings with Abramoff, her coworkers added.

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[Pirate Smile]

1. Remember "Emily, get out of the Way!" Colin Powell on MTP.

It is that Emily.

edit to add:

"Powell scolds aide after interview interrupted
‘I don’t think that’s appropriate,’ host Tim Russert says

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell chastised a press aide for trying to cut short the taping of a television interview Sunday.

Powell, speaking from a Dead Sea resort in Jordan, was listening to a final question from moderator Tim Russert, who was in the Washington studio of NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

-snip-
NBC identified the aide as Emily Miller, a deputy press secretary.

-snip-
With the cameras still on the water, Powell snapped, "Emily get out of the way." He then instructed the crew to “bring the camera back,” and told Russert to go ahead with the last question.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4992866/

[rocktivity]

4. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

Unless she's been scorned twice...

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[CountAllVotes]

8. yep and 3X

you are OUT. :evilgrin: !!!! :D

:kick:

[wryter2000]

12. OMG, that Emily

:rofl:

[henslee]

16. Emily get out of the way. I remember that. I swear this whole story

is like a bad episode of knotts landing.

[UpInArms]

30. Russert: "attempted news management gone berserk" - re: Emily

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34743-2004May17.html

excerpt:

After NBC's Jordanian cameraman proceeded to film palm trees instead of Powell, Russert called it "attempted news management gone berserk." He said nothing like it had ever happened in his 13 years as the show's host.

In just six months on the job, Miller, 33, who controls access to Powell, seems to have made more enemies than usual among the reporters who cover the State Department. "Her manner is brusque, abrasive, demeaning," said one, asking to remain anonymous so as not to be frozen out of interviews with Powell. "She's not doing the secretary a service; she's doing him a disservice."

Miller responded: "This is much ado about nothing and overshadows the successful meetings on Mideast peace that the secretary was having. My job was to keep the trains moving so that five interviews could get done."

About six weeks ago, Boucher investigated reporters' complaints about Miller's conduct during a pool-camera shoot. "There were one or two places where she was too aggressive," he acknowledged. "We all make mistakes sometimes."

...more worth reading...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

46. Sidebar.

Russert called it "attempted news management gone berserk." He said nothing like it had ever happened in his 13 years as the show's host.

I call bullshit. NMGB happens every Sunday on Tim-mey's show.

[MADem]

76. Eff up, move up....at play in the fields of the George!!!

And now the whole administration is having a Peter Principle moment, having reached the apex of the level of their own incompetence!!

[grasswire]

51. what?????? that emily???????????

She's been in my sig line since the event happened to Powell. It was one of television's greatest moments, IMO.

Good going, Em!!

[YDogg]

2. Small world.

:bounce:

[dogfacedboy]

70. That world is VERY small, and VERY incestuous. n/t

[MrModerate]

3. I remember the Powell/Miller moment gleefully . . .

It was a major black eye for the supersecret/control freak administration.

And Powell wasn't buying.

[NMDemDist2]

5. ROFL, priceless! the "Moral Majority" crowd once again proves

they are neither moral nor a majority

as William Congreve put it so well, "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. "

:rofl:

[stop the bleeding]

6. Delay is done - dead - stick a fork in him

watch out for the mods on copyright rules here at DU, good post.

[SharonRB]

10. Thanks --

Aren't I within the rules as long as I "snipped" out parts of the article? If not, mea culpa, I'm sorry.

[stop the bleeding]

14. Yeah you are probably within the rules, but sometimes when there

are more than 4 paragraphs they get a little bit funny about copyrights. Now all we are worried about now is running out of popcorn.

[SharonRB]

24. And now I've got to make a big decision about tonight

Do I watch the 2-hour CSPAN special on Abramoff or watch KO and then switch channels. Unfortunately, our VCR is hooked up to the TV I watch KO on, so taping on one set and watching on another isn't an option.

Oh, what to do, what to do....

[stop the bleeding]

26. KO will repeat later tonight, but then again so will CSPAN -oh the choices

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:


Do I want salted or butter :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[SharonRB]

28. I could always tape KO at midnight, but I like to be on-line

with my KOEB buds while he's on. If I knew when the CSPAN special would repeat I could tape it, but I won't know when it will be on again. I'll probably watch the first half hour or so of KO -- the important part of the show -- and then switch over to CSPAN when he switches to fluff.

[rocktivity]

31. WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF POPCORN??? NOBODY PANIC!!!

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

:scared:
rocknation

[maxrandb]

7. Finally the SEX!!

Is the ex-fiance/jilted woman beautiful? Any tawdry details about cigars in unlikely places? Any salacious tidbits about felatio? Any falafels?

Maybe, just maybe this will be the tipping point that will require the news to start their saturation coverage.

Although much more damaging to our country than anything President Clinton did, the Bush/Repuke scandals have lacked that voyeuristic quality that a good sex scandal brings to the table.

[SharonRB]

11. Check out the article on RawStory

There's a photo with the article, and I assume it's Emily herself.

[Crazy Dave]

15. She looks like she could be a bitch

The type that would wait till a guy fell asleep, then cut it off.

[stop the bleeding]

18. What was that couple's name several years ago where she did that to

her husband and then threw it a "field"??? Man I can't remember the names..

[Crazy Dave]

21. John & Laurana Bobbitt

Ouch!

[stop the bleeding]

22. Bobbit - man how could I forget, thank you n/t

[mitchum]

45. She IS a bitch...check out her resume

[maxrandb]

20. Do you have a link to the raw story article?

[SharonRB]

25. There's a link right at the top of the RawStory front page

But here's the direct link:

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/How_Jack_Abramoff_and_Michael_Scanlon_0103.html

[gulfcoastliberal]

48. Note the middle finger placement.

nt

[wordpix2]

42. I agree, we've got corruption, murder and now, sex---Love It!

[izzie]

9. Guess she was not in on the man is the head of the family thing.

Next time he better screen for a good Republic women.

[katty]

13. Never underestimate a woman scorned-believe it

[drm604]

17. Good article

but you should include a link so we can read the entire article if we'd like. And I believe DU's rules say to limit it to 4 paragraphs when quoting from an article.

[SharonRB]

27. Here's the direct link

I guess I figured people could find it by going to RawStory. The link is right at the top of their home page.

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/How_Jack_Abramoff_and_Michael_Scanlon_0103.html

I had so much trouble deciding what to post and what to cut -- it was all so delicious. Next time I'll keep it to 4 paragraphs. I forgot what the exact rule was.

[aquart]

32. No. You put up an article, YOU provide the source.

[joefree1]

19. Delicious

Thanks.

[wtmusic]

23. The truth going and messing things up again

What ever happened to those old fashioned, dependable secrets?

[wakeme2008]

29. could not link to pic :(

[pinerow]

33. I don't know what it says about me, but I think she's a bit of a cutie..

:woohoo:

[DavidDvorkin]

39. She's a lot of a cutie

What it says about you is that you have normal reactions. :)

[mitchum]

44. Yes she is, but she's still a GOP scumbag

"What is the nature of a thing?"

[Pastiche423]

41. Emily's pic

[PassingFair]

61. And here's Scanlon:

Anybody got a shot of the nail technician?

[sendero]

34. Finally, a Linda Tripp...

.... for our side. Funny, what goes around comes around :)

[jazzjunkysue]

35. Hope Emily has a good, large, body guard. Emily Miller for President!

What is it about the name Miller, anyway? Geesh!

More Cowbell!!!!

[rocktivity]

36. That's a real blow for an accomplished woman

Miller was DeLay’s young press secretary...Scanlon was her boss...In 2003, Miller left DeLay’s office to work at the State Department...Miller...also used to work as an NBC staffer...While still engaged to Miller, Scanlon had started an affair with a manicurist...

Nothing against manicurists, but that's not exactly "marrying up." If Miller is the kind of woman who thought she was loved for her professional accomplishments, being thrown over for someone so blatantly "inferior" would be more than enough send her into Lorena Bobbitt mode! I'm willing to bet that if Miller's replacement had OWNED a manicure salon, she wouldn't have taken it so hard.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Bridget Burke]

38. Juanita, of the World's Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, made this statement:

I wish to make a categorical and public denial that the manicurist former DeLay aide Michael Scanlon had an affair with (while engaged to another woman) does not work at this beauty shop. Our manicurists are inspected by the Texas Department of Health and we're certain that something like that would have shown-up on a blood test.

As our friend Deb points out -- no story is complete without a woman scorned.

www.brazosriver.com/

(Juanita is actually Susan DuQuesnay Bankston, a resident of Richmond, Texas. She is covering this story with glee & much snark.)

[mitchum]

73. Yes, but a manicurist can actually DO something...

as opposed to a flack like Miller. I truly respect manicurists far more.

[nolabels]

37. Now that is a story in a story

:thumbsup:

[wicket]

40. I love it!

LOL! :rofl:

[mitchum]

43. When Bad People Do Good Things: a jilted dirtbag rats out another dirtbag

[Media_Lies_Daily]

47. Actually, we don't know what kind of person Emily really is....

...the fact that she believed something was illegal, and reported it, says a lot for her.

I think we tend to make broad overgeneralizations about "us" versus "them".

[rocktivity]

49. She's the kind who overlooks her lover's illegalities until he dumps her

THAT says a lot about her, too!

:rofl:
rocknation

[Infomaniac]

50. Ditto. She overlooked his cheatin' the law until he cheated on her.

That's the part about the article that I sat up and went, "hmmmmmm." She knew about his illegal doings but was still planning on marrying the dirtbag. However, when she was tossed overboard from the repig ship of love that's when she called the FBI. I'm sorry. She doesn't get any do-the-right-thing points from me. This was pure and simple revenge.

[LisaL]

55. Revenge can be sweet.

[maxrandb]

62. Sounds like a typical Repub voter, or Rush listener

"She knew about his illegal doings but was still planning on marrying the dirtbag."

She sure ain't no saint.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

65. Whatever you say.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

63. Whatever. When we start making blanket assumptions about people....

...we start to become as bad as the NeoCons. JMHO.

I tend to subscribe to the concept that it's better to change one's mind about the NeoCons than to continue working with them.

There are quite a few GOP converts on DU these days...are you going to continue to lump them in with the NeoCons, or do you welcome their conversion and support?

[mitchum]

72. Why do you insist on ignoring the reason that she informed?

[mitchum]

74. Absolutely

and it does indeed say volumes about Miller.

[Binka]

52. WTF Kind Of A Person Says This? She Is A Royal Bitch FuckStick!

"You lied! . . . You betrayed him! You twisted his words! . . . We don't know you. You don't exist. . . . You are dead to us."

She is speaking to a reporter about Tom Bug Shit Delay. This is a VERY twisted and mental young woman. FUCKWITTAGE. Scanlon made A BIG MISTAKE hooking up with Emily. Now they ALL will pay. YEAH!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

66. Either that, or she had a change of heart about the people for whom....

...she was working after she got dumped. Stranger things have happened.

[pinerow]

68. Dang dude...do you know how to make a point without all the cussin'..?

:puke:

[mitchum]

71. Hey, check out her resume. She is certainly a "them"...

and she only ratted out Scanlon because he dumped her. Apparently , she wasn't outraged by his corruption when they were still together.

[NuttyFluffers]

53. i should post this at DU groups astrology, but very in sync again...

the actions of a solitary woman. repeatedly this symbolism comes again and again in tarot readings. the markers are unmistakable, sheehan, plame, edmonds, etc.... from all sides it is the single woman factor that is bringing forth great upheavals.

even the negative kinds of individual women seem to be working, in the end, for the destruction of evil's plans. judith miller did great harm to this nation, and wanted to get away with it. yet in the end, to thinking people, she helped nail the coffin shut on NYT respectability (which is good. kill the propaganda, kill the mind control). in this case an apparently evil woman helped bring another house of cards to collapse. i'm now going to watch condi rice with amusement for the ending moment when her vessel becomes an instrument of the greater good, against all her previous actions and wishes. the betrayal will be beautiful. a great aspect of universe is playing some interesting cards lately, big actors are involved... most entertaining.

[Demeter]

54. I Think That Would Be Impossible

Condi is constitutionally incapable of doing good, even by accident. And it is unlikely that she would go postal and save us all the cost of several large show trials. Besides, I want to see them all suffer in jail for life.

[NuttyFluffers]

60. who ever said you can exert your free-will all the time, everytime?

and who ever said all your actions lead to your desired consequences?
;)
i don't think she's gonna get much of a choice on this one, the way the universe seems to be playing out. which is going to make the meltdown that much more entertaining for me...

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

57. I've been thinking the same thing for quite a while, albeit without the

added benefit of Tarot symbolism...whistleblowers from Enron to the FBI, Sybil and Valerie, as well as Cindy.

Then there's Barbara Boxer and Nancy Pelosi...

The piece I missed was the "negative" female behavior...Miller and Miller, as well as Condi and Karen Hughes.

And, even a weather phenomenon with a female name, Katrina that was horrible and, yet, exposed once and for all, the emperor without his clothes. MKJ

[Starbucks Anarchist]

56. This reminds me of The Sopranos.

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Especially when Adriana ratted out everybody to the FBI. Of course, we know what happened to her.

[okieinpain]

58. holy shit, oh my god. hahahahahahahaha. I can't believe this.

their is justice in the world, hey emily what goes around comes around.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

59. Cool! Gotta call her "The Lady In Red"

a la Dillinger. So very appropriate...

[DemoTex]

64. GOOD. FOR. HER.

Hypocrites and Fat Bastards, all!

[NoAmericanTaliban]

67. More good examples of 'Family Values'

let the repukes choke on this for a while. Nothing like a sex scandle to get them going...unless
of course it's one of their own :)

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

69. Thank God, can you imagine the vermin that would result from

that gene pool?

[lovuian]

75. Its now made it to Fox News so its gotten

to the Republican channels now...