As reported earlier in this blog but largely ignored elsewhere, the investigation of Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Republican lobbyist, took a new turn on Thursday when the Justice Department said the chief prosecutor in the inquiry would step down next week because he had been nominated to a federal judgeship by President Bush. Guess that's the trouble with the crooks investigating fellow crooks, huh?
In yesterday's press conference, the president hedged and hawed when asked whether he had ever met Jack Abramoff or taken any photos with him. When asked whether he met with lobbyists, he joked, "I try not to." Bush's laughable evasions aside, the issue underlying the push for the release of any photos of Bush and Abramoff is whether the White House was in cahoots with an unscrupulous lobbyist. We don't need photos to answer that. A new report helps connect the dots: Bush And K Street by Alexandra Walker
Related articles:
- The Center for Public Integrity - Lobbyists Connect With White House
- LobbyWatch - Lobbying the White House - The Center for Public Integrity
- The Pimping of the Presidency - Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist Billing Clients for Face Time with G.W. Bush - The Texas Observer
- Democratic Leaders Call Medicare Drug Legislation the Product of a "Corrupt Legislative Process," Seek Investigation into Role of Scandal-Tainted Lobbying Group
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