http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6595565&cKey=1143832469000WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former top aide to Texas Republican Rep. Tom DeLay pleaded guilty in the widening Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal on Friday, the second former assistant to the powerful congressman to do so.
Tony Rudy, the former deputy chief of staff to DeLay, entered the guilty plea to one count of conspiracy in federal court as part of a deal with Justice Department prosecutors.
The indictment charged that Rudy accepted $86,000 from Abramoff while working as a staffer for DeLay, then the Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In return, the indictment said Rudy asked lawmakers to vote against an Internet-gambling bill that would have harmed one of Abramoff's clients.
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