Ex-aide to plead guilty in ethics probe

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The Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal has ensnared a former congressional staffer who is expected to admit accepting $40,000 worth of money and tickets to sporting events and concerts in exchange for assisting Abramoff.

The Justice Department filed a felony information charging Mark Zachares with conspiracy. Zachares' lawyer, Edward MacMahon, said his client will enter a guilty plea Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington.

Abramoff and his lobbying team supplied Zachares with tickets on more than 40 occasions from August 2002 to February 2004, says a 10-page document filed in the case.

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In addition, Zachares went on an August 2003 golfing trip to Scotland with Abramoff and six others including Rep. Tom Feeney (news, bio, voting record), R-Fla.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_go_co/abramoff_zachares_3

Former Aide to GOP Rep To Plead Guilty
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003083.php

[napi21]

1. Damn, I'm going to have to download "Another One Bites the Dust"!!!!

I need some music to celebrate all these guilty pleas!!!!

[merh]

2. here ya go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMenB9Ywh2Q