Ring, Kevin

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="F0F0F0">=

=

Kevin A. Ring

Born: c. <a href="http://www.nndb.com/lists/969/000105654/" class="proflink" style="text-decoration: none;">1970</a>

Gender: Male

Religion: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/lists/758/000094476/" class="proflink" style="text-decoration: none;">Roman Catholic</a>

Race or Ethnicity: White

Sexual orientation: Straight

Occupation: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/lists/206/000068999/" class="proflink" style="text-decoration: none;">Attorney</a>

Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States

Executive summary: Team Abramoff

Wife: (two children)

University: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/edu/534/000068330/">BA Political Science, Syracuse University</a>

Law School: <a href="http://www.nndb.com/edu/613/000082367/">Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC</a>

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/company/297/000124922/">Barnes & Thornburg</a> (2005-07)

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/company/247/000124872/">Greenberg Traurig</a> (2001-04)

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/company/599/000122233/">Preston Gates & Ellis</a> (2000-01)

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/gov/251/000122882/">Congressional Staff</a> to Sen. <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/352/000022286/">John Ashcroft</a>

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/gov/251/000122882/">Congressional Staff</a> to <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/962/000036854/">John Doolittle</a> (1993-98)

University Club in Washington

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/175/000167671/">Bush-Cheney '04</a>

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/904/000215259/">The Freedom Project</a>

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/858/000215213/">The Hawkeye PAC</a>

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/345/000219685/">JD Hayworth for Congress</a>

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/475/000168968/">Keep Our Mission PAC</a>

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/183/000117829/">Maryland State Bar Association</a>

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/902/000215257/">Senate Victory Fund PAC</a>

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/event/437/000123068/">Took the Fifth</a> (22-Jun-2005)

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/crime/504/000045369/">Conspiracy</a> to corrupt congressional and executive branch officials, guilty (2010)

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/crime/306/000049159/">Bribery</a> paying gratuity to a public official, guilty (2010)

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/crime/759/000047618/">Wire Fraud</a> honest services, three counts, guilty (2010)

<a href="http://www.nndb.com/group/483/000138069/">Abramoff Scandal</a>

Author of books:

Scalia Dissents: Writings of the Supreme Court's Wittiest, Most Outspoken Justice (<tt>2004</tt>, nonfiction)
===<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2008/09/kevin-ring-indicted-in-abramoff-case-013269">https://www.politico.com/story/2008/09/kevin-ring-indicted-in-abramoff-case-013269</a>kevin Ring indicted in Abramoff case<div class=" story-intro format-s" itemscope="" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-right: 344.859px;"><div class="summary " style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1.25em;"><footer class="meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; margin-top: 0.5em;"><div itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="box-sizing: border-box;" />By <a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/john-bresnahan" rel="author" class="url fn" target="_top" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: 700;">JOHN BRESNAHAN</a>

09/08/2008 08:24 PM EDT</footer></div></div>Monday’s indictment of Kevin Ring, former chief of staff to Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.), on 10 federal corruption charges was a devastating blow for Doolittle, who is retiring at the end of this year after his political career imploded over his ties to imprisoned former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.Ring’s indictment alleges that Doolittle, from January 2000 to early 2004, undertook a series of official acts that benefited Abramoff and Ring, including winning millions of dollars in federal funds for their lobbying clients through his seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee.<div class="story-interrupt format-s pos-alpha predetermined fixed-story-third-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; width: 313.5px; float: left; margin-right: 31.3438px;" />According to a timeline laid out by the Justice Department, Doolittle and his aides — in exchange for official acts — reportedly received numerous free meals, tickets to concerts and sporting events, campaign contributions and a part-time job for Doolittle’s wife Julie, one of his chief fundraisers. Abramoff’s former lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig, eventually paid Julie Doolittle a total of $96,000 over a two-year period for little work, according to the Ring indictment.Doolittle and his wife have denied any wrongdoing in their relationship with Abramoff, although House GOP leaders booted the California Republican off the Appropriations Committee after FBI agents searched his home in April 2007 as part of the Abramoff investigation.The indictment alleges that Ring, Abramoff and Michael Scanlon, Abramoff’s ex-business associate, “offered and provided things of value” to numerous public officials, among them Doolittle, his aides, other congressional staff members and executive branch officials, including employees at the Justice Department. The things of value the three men allegedly handed out included “all-expenses-paid domestic and international travel, fundraising assistance, meals, drinks, golf, tickets to professional sporting events, concerts and other events and employment opportunities to spouses and relatives of congressional members and staff.”Ring pleaded not guilty during an appearance Monday in federal court in Washington following his arrest.“The prosecutors orchestrated the spectacle of arresting Mr. Ring in front of his wife and children this morning,” Richard Hibey, Ring’s lawyer said in a statement, according to The Associated Press.“While Mr. Ring had been cooperating with officials for over two years, he simply could not plead guilty to crimes he did not commit. From that point, he was deemed uncooperative.”The indictment outlined dozens of meetings, contacts, phone calls and e-mails during which Doolittle and his aides were portrayed as undertaking legislative actions that benefited Abramoff and Ring’s lobbying clients. Abramoff and Ring worked together at two lobbying firms, Greenberg Traurig and Preston Gates.Doolittle, who called himself “anti-gambling,” wrote several letters to Bureau of Indian Affairs and Interior Department officials on behalf of Abramoff tribal clients with casino operations that had regulatory or legal problems.The indictment alleges that at one point in 2000, Doolittle even joked with a staffer that he was “a subsidiary” of Abramoff’s lobbying operation, which the staffer quickly told Ring and Abramoff.Doolittle’s attorney, David Barger, issued a statement denying any improper or illegal link among Abramoff, Ring and Doolittle. Barger accused the Justice Department of “attempting to embarrass and pressure the congressman.”“It is clear that portions of the Kevin Ring indictment were designed to make gratuitous references to the congressman and his wife. This appears to have been done to titillate the public, with the foreseeable and therefore intended consequence of attempting to embarrass and pressure the congressman,” Barger said in an e-mail statement.“Not once in this document does the Department of Justice allege any sort of illegal agreement between Congressman Doolittle, on the one hand, and Kevin Ring or Jack Abramoff, on the other. To the extent the indictment can be read to imply such an agreement, the congressman continues to steadfastly maintain there was none and that he is innocent.”Barger added: “It is also unfortunate that, given the manner in which these investigations are conducted, Congressman Doolittle has never been given access to all of the documents and statements the government has presumably gathered in this more than four-year endeavor. If access were given, it is highly likely the government’s own evidence would show the congressman’s, and his wife’s, total lack of culpability.”The indictment alleges that Ring also received tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from Scanlon for political consulting work that Scanlon was doing for the Pueblo of Sandia tribe in New Mexico. The payments were reportedly concealed from Greenberg Traurig officials, who began an internal investigation into Abramoff’s activities after The Washington Post reported in February 2004 that Abramoff and Scanlon were charging astronomical fees, running into the tens of millions of dollars, to several Indian tribes with casino operations. The story spurred congressional and DOJ probes, and Abramoff’s lobbying empire quickly collapsed.Ring’s indictment was bad news for former Rep. Ernest Istook, a GOP lawmaker from Oklahoma. John Albaugh, a former top aide to Istook, has already pleaded guilty recently to helping Abramoff and Ring get federal road funding for their clients in return for meals and event tickets.Istook could not be reached for comment.More than a dozen people, including Abramoff and Scanlon, have pleaded guilty in the ongoing DOJ criminal probe. Abramoff, who has served 22 months on a Florida fraud case, was sentenced last week to an additional four years in prison for his role in the biggest corruption scandal to hit official Washington in decades. Scanlon has not yet been sentenced.==

</td></tr></tbody></table>