Abramoff had "a few staff-level meetings" at the Bush White House, according to presidential spokesman Scott McClellan. But he would not say with whom Abramoff met, which interests he was representing, or how he got access to the White House.
Uh huh.
The Texas Observer reports that Abramoff met with Bush on May 9, 2001, with his clients, the Coushatta tribe. (The chairman of the Coushatta tribe initially denied the meeting occured, but subsequently admitted that it did.) Abramoff charged his client 25,000 to arrange the meeting.
Aw oh.
AP Exclusive: Lawmakers pressured Interior while getting large donations from Abramoff tribes: Nearly three dozen members of Congress, including leaders from both parties, pressed the government to reject a Louisiana Indian casino while they collected large donations from rival tribes and their lobbyist, good ol' Jack'off.
Yee Ha!
Republicans Gone Wild: Sidney Blumenthal writes that historians in the future will examine the implications and nuances of the Abramoff affair, the K Street Project and the trajectory of the Republican Congress from the dawn of its "revolution" to its Thermidorian dusk. For now, however, the matter is in the hands of the prosecutors. Let's hope they do their jobs well.
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