AP: Lobbying Trial to Look Inside White House (3rd most Rec). tells me

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that people are indeed interested in corruption (yahoo rating).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lobbyist_probe;_ylt=AjSS0dzQBp2NitexjfkDO.Os0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

Lobbying Trial to Look Inside White House

By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer Tue May 23, 3:36 PM ET

WASHINGTON - The first trial in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal will offer a raw look inside a Washington lobbying operation, with prosecutors contending the results implicate the top procurement official in the Bush administration.


Abramoff himself is unlikely to testify. With a number of members of Congress under investigation, prosecutors appear to be holding him back for bigger cases they are trying to pull together.

In the trial that starts Wednesday, hundreds of e-mails will show Abramoff's aggressive tactics as the lobbyist badgered David Safavian, the defendant in the case, about two government controlled properties.

Abramoff wanted the properties for himself and for his clients, and he showered Safavian with invitations including a trip to Scotland. Safavian accepted the trip, which has become the focus of the trial.

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