Abramoff investigation leads to another guilty plea

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/abramoff-investigation-leads-to-another-guilty-plea-2007-07-14.html

Abramoff investigation leads to another guilty plea
By Mike Soraghan
July 14, 2007

Another Republican environmental activist has pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges uncovered as part of the investigation of now-imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Jared Carpenter was the vice president of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy (CREA), which derived from a group founded by former Interior Secretary Gale Norton, anti-tax activist Grover Norquist and Italia Federici.

Federici pleaded guilty last month to tax evasion and obstruction charges and is to be sentenced Nov. 14.

Carpenter pleaded guilty to one count of income tax evasion on July 6 in a plea that was not publicized by the Justice Department and was first reported Friday by Greenwire.

He must pay $74,241 in back taxes by the date of his sentencing Nov. 1. The crime carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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[Octafish]

1. Why did the Just-Us Department fail to publicize the plea?

While we await an answer, send the treasonous turd to solitary at Leavenworth and throw away the key until he spills his guts.

[babylonsister]

2. No idea, but isn't that odd? I wonder if it's illegal; nothing would surprise me. nt