Abramoff Pictures deleted?

[Nordmadr]

If this is true, it at least confirms the President and Abramoff have met at the VERY least. The fact that they are trying to hide them indicates there is more to the story.


In his press conference today, President Bush suggested that the existence of photographs of himself and Jack Abramoff are no big deal and generally pooh-poohed the press's focus on the story. But our reporting suggests that the White House is actively involved in covering up and possibly destroying photographic evidence of the two men together.

Earlier this month, we were alerted to the existence of a series Abramoff photos at the website of Reflections Photography, a studio that does photo shoots for many Republican political events and sells copies to the individuals who attended the events and other members of the public through an online photo database. Reflections was an official photographer for Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign events and for the 2005 inauguration.

One of those photos was of Abramoff and Ralph Reed at a party for the launch of Reed's Century Strategies DC office in 2003. We contacted Reflections Photography and purchased the rights to publish that photograph and did so on January 11th.

Things weren't so simple with the late 2003 photograph of Jack Abramoff and President Bush.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007536.php

Olafr

[Debi]

1. This is hard werk...

I don't need some Democrat or Liberal Media showing irrellivant photographs of me with some guy named Jack Abramoff.

[KharmaTrain]

2. There's Some Blackmail Going On

Talk Progress and Michael Isakoff both pointed out that those photos are being shopped by Abramoff. These appear to be photos only he could have owned and that since they haven't been printed, he's using them to get something out of this regime...just like the Godfather sending the "message" that his silence can be bought.

The truth is unraveling. Read the Daily Muck at Talking Points memo and you'll see each day another part of the Abramoff pyramid being chipped away. It's just a matter of time that we'll find out that good old Jackie...like Kenny Boy...were longtime boooosh buddies and part of his criminal enterprise.

Some days I think Mario Puzo is scripting this scandal.