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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-05 05:50 PM
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White House quietly backing away from DeLay?
I will believe it when I see it.



http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Newsweek_hints_Bush_backing_off_DeLay_04_24_2005_1232pm.html
04/24/2005
Newsweek hints Bush backing off DeLay


Filed by RAW STORY | @ 12:32 pm


White House quietly backing away from DeLay?

From Newsweek Monday: PROSECUTORS, FBI ARE SEEKING TO DETERMINE IF ABRAMOFF AND SOME ASSOCIATES MAY HAVE PROVIDED UNREPORTED CONTRIBUTIONS OR GRATUITIES TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, STAFFERS IN EXCHANGE FOR LEGISLATIVE FAVORS

New York- Sources close to a Justice probe tell Newsweek that prosecutors and FBI agents are seeking to determine if Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist whom embattled House Majority leader Tom DeLay once called "one of my closest and dearest friends," and some of his associates (including Michael Scanlon, DeLay's former press secretary) may have provided unreported contributions or gratuities to members of Congress and staffers in exchange for legislative favors, Newsweek reports. Lawyers for Abramoff and Scanlon deny wrongdoing.

There is no evidence implicating DeLay in any of Abramoff's tangled business dealings.......
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-05 05:56 PM
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1. I hope the ENTIRE repug party is involved. All of them need to do
jail. NOW!
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Danocrat Donating Member (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-05 06:02 PM
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2. I will believe it when I see it also
Edited on Sun Apr-24-05 06:03 PM by Danocrat
This could be swept away in the blink of a Schiavo eye!
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