Ru dy, Tony

brook bros Delay CoS

BW bk:

Intl Peace Ops Assoc delay staff ed Buckham, Karl Gallant (armpac) Tony Rudy (delay liar)rudy worked w/ behrends in dana office early 90's) 337 (w/ erik? said def analyist actually unpaid intern)

kos And the CNMI invoices offer some more insight: Team Abramoff's point man for the White House was Tony Rudy.

The admitted felon was billing CNMI for meetings with the White House almost every week. Other Team members get meeting as well. And these are only the records for one of Jack's clients for 2001. I suspect there were many meetings.

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Tony C. Rudy, with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ed_Buckham" title="Ed Buckham" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ed Buckham</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alexander_Strategy_Group" title="Alexander Strategy Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Alexander Strategy Group</a> which shutdown January 9, 2006, served as Deputy Chief of Staff (and former counsel) to House Majority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_D._DeLay" title="Thomas D. DeLay" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Thomas D. DeLay</a> (R-Texas) until 2001, when he took a job with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jack_Abramoff" title="Jack Abramoff" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jack Abramoff</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/25/AR2005112501423_2.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[1]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.hillnews.com/news/032603/ssl_list.aspx" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[2]</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Rudy#Career" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1 Career</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Rudy#Guilty_Plea" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2 Guilty Plea</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Rudy#Influence_Peddling" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3 Influence Peddling</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Rudy#DeLay_Loyalist" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4 DeLay Loyalist</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Rudy#2000_Florida_Recount" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5 2000 Florida Recount</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Rudy#Articles_and_Resources" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">6 Articles and Resources</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Rudy#SourceWatch.2FCongresspedia_Resources" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">6.1 SourceWatch/Congresspedia Resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Rudy#External_Resources" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">6.2 External Resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Rudy#Articles" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">6.3 Articles</a></li>

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Rudy worked as the Deputy Chief of Staff in the leadership offices of Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tom DeLay</a> (R-Texas) from 1998 to December 2000. From January 2001 to July 2002, Rudy worked with Abramoff as a lobbyist for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Preston_Gates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Preston Gates (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Preston Gates</a> lobbying firm. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/m_opr_viewer.exe?DoFn=3&LOB=RUDY,%20TONY%20C.&LOBQUAL==" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[3]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/ney-fact-basis/?resultpage=2&" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[4]</a>

Rudy appeared in federal court in Washington, D.C. March 31, 2006, and pled guilty "in a case stemming from the corruption probe of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lobbyist" title="Lobbyist" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">lobbyist</a>Jack Abramoff, bringing the scandal closer to the door of his one-time boss, Representative Tom DeLay," Bloomberg News <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aaK5JY6F8XVg&refer=us" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">reported</a>. ("The case is USA v. Rudy, 06cr82, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.")

Rudy "promised to cooperate with a federal investigation of bribery and lobbying fraud that has so far netted three convictions and prompted calls for ethics reform in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congress" title="Congress" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Congress</a>," the Associated Press <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-31-delay_x.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">reported</a>. "He faces up to five years in prison, but could receive much less based on the extent of his help with the investigation, U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle told Rudy at a court hearing in Washington."

"Rudy, who resigned as DeLay's deputy chief of staff in 2001, is the first person to plead guilty to charges in the case since Abramoff pleaded guilty to fraud charges in January. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michael_Scanlon" title="Michael Scanlon" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Michael Scanlon</a>, a former DeLay press secretary who later became a lobbying partner with Abramoff, pleaded guilty to bribing public officials in November," the AP said. "The plea agreement contains no allegations that DeLay, who it describes as Representative 2, did anything wrong."

"Investigators are looking into whether Rudy aided Abramoff's lobbying clients while he was working on the Hill, ... and are reviewing payments from Abramoff clients and associates to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Liberty_Consulting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liberty Consulting (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Liberty Consulting</a>, a political firm founded by Rudy's wife, Lisa. The Washington Post reported [in October 2005] that Rudy, while on DeLay's staff, helped scuttle a bill opposed by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ELottery_Inc." title="ELottery Inc." style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">eLottery Inc.</a>, an Abramoff client, and that Abramoff had eLottery pay a foundation to hire Liberty Consulting," Susan Schmidt and James Grimaldi, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/25/AR2005112501423.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">reported</a> in the November 26, 2005, Washington Post.

"[F]ormer Deputy Chief of Staff Tony Rudy, who is now with the Alexander Strategy Group, told National Journal, 'There is a lot of discussion about how we can help Republican candidates and expand the majority.' As for DeLay, Rudy added, 'As long as he wants me, I'll be there for him.' ..." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.theocracywatch.org/delay_team_new_republic_june20_05.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[5]</a>

No list of top Washington lobbyists "is complete without Rudy, lobbyist extraordinaire." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dcnavigators.com/downloads/toplobbyists.pdf" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[6]</a>

"Four of Abramoff’s colleagues—all of whom have left <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greenberg_Traurig" title="Greenberg Traurig" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Greenberg</a> [Traurig] in the wake of investigations surrounding Abramoff’s activities—were foot soldiers in the Florida recount. Two of them bragged of their recount work on their official online Greenberg biographies, which have since been removed," John Byrne <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/abramoff_florida_recount_bush_505.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">reported</a> in the May 5, 2005, Raw Story.

"<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Shawn_Vasell" title="Shawn Vasell" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Shawn Vasell</a> noted that he was a 'team leader' in Broward and Duval counties in his bio; <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Duane_R.Gibson" title="Duane R. Gibson" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Duane Gibson</a> was photographed in the acclaimedBrooks Brothers riot of Republican operatives outside the Miami-Dade County polling headquarters; <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Todd_A.Boulanger" title="Todd A. Boulanger" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Todd Boulanger</a> boasted of being on the Broward and Duval recount team in his profile. Also on the ground was former DeLay deputy chief of staff Tony Rudy.

"Boulanger drafted a letter DeLay signed urging the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_the_Interior" title="Department of the Interior" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Interior Department</a> to favor Abramoff’s client in June 2003—a letter cosigned by the House Republican leadership, including Whip <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Roy Blunt</a> (R-MO)," Byrne wrote.

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/%22Team_DeLay%22" title="" team="Team" delay="DeLay" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">"Team DeLay"</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tom DeLay</a> (R-Texas)</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jack_Abramoff" title="Jack Abramoff" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jack Abramoff</a>, lobbyist convicted of corruption-related charges.</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/rudy-information/?resultpage=1&" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Information filing</a> for Rudy's guilty plea, TPM Document Collection, March 31, 2006.</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.techpolitics.org/congress/delayalum.php?sort_field=recipient+asc,+contributor&sort_order=asc" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Political Contributions by DeLay Alumni During the 2003-2004 Election Cycle,"</a> Tech Politics (CQ Weekly, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Federal Election Commission</a> downloaded March 2005.)</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John Byrne, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/abramoff_florida_recount_bush_505.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Bush Florida 2000 recount committee still owes lobbyist's former firm $314k. White House directs queries to RNC,"</a> The Raw Story, May 5, 2005.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John J. Judis, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theocracywatch.org/delay_team_new_republic_june20_05.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Meet Team DeLay. Tammany Fall,"</a> The New Republic (Theocracy Watch), June 20, 2005.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Four_congressmembers_role_in_Abramoff_lobbying_1125.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Four congressmembers role in Abramoff lobbying scandal probed,"</a> The Raw Story, November 25, 2005.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Susan Schmidt and James Grimaldi, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/25/AR2005112501423.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Lawmakers Under Scrutiny in Probe of Lobbyist. Ney and DeLay Among the Members of Congress Said to Be a Focus of Abramoff Investigation,"</a> Washington Post, November 26, 2005.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mark Sherman, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1790859" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Former DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty,"</a> Associated Press (ABC News), March 31, 2006.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Philip Shenon and David Stout, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/washington/31cnd-indict.html?hp&ex=1143867600&en=6c680d0ef1e97146&ei=5094&partner=homepage" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Former DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy,"</a> Washington Post, March 31, 2006.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Terry Frieden and Kevin Bohn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/31/lobbyist.fraud/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Ex-DeLay aide pleads guilty to fraud,"</a> CNN, March 31, 2006.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-03-31T152115Z_01_WAT005199_RTRIDST_0_CRIME-ABRAMOFF-URGENT.XML" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Ex-DeLay aide to plead guilty in US lobbying scandal,"</a> Reuters, March 31, 2006.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John Byrne, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Former_DeLay_aide_paid_thinktank_that_0412.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Former DeLay aide paid thinktank to advance Washington lobbying efforts. Policy nonprofit where Abramoff was director funded DeLay's overseas junkets,"</a> The Raw Story, April 12, 2006.</li>

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"With a federal corruption case intensifying, prosecutors investigating Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist, are examining whether he brokered lucrative jobs for Congressional aides at powerful lobbying firms in exchange for legislative favors," Anne E. Kornblut, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/politics/02abramoff.html?ei=5094&en=bd9c5ab4058dc00f&hp=&ex=1133499600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">reported</a> in the December 2, 2005, New York Times.

"Investigators are said to be especially interested in how <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Rudy" title="Tony Rudy" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">Tony Rudy</a>, a former deputy chief of staff to Representative <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_D.DeLay" title="Thomas D. DeLay" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">Tom DeLay</a> of Texas, and<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Neil_G.Volz" title="Neil G. Volz" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">Neil G. Volz</a>, a former chief of staff to Representative <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bob_Ney" title="Bob Ney" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">Bob Ney</a> of Ohio, obtained lobbying positions with big firms on <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/K_Street_Project" title="K Street Project" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">K Street</a>," Kornblut wrote. "The hiring pattern is 'very much a part of' what prosecutors are focusing on, a person involved in the case said. Another participant confirmed that investigators were trying to determine whether aides conducted 'job negotiations with Jack Abramoff' while they were in a position to help him on Capitol Hill."

"Also under examination are payments to lobbyists and lawmakers' wives, including Mr. Rudy's wife, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lisa_Rudy" title="Lisa Rudy" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">Lisa Rudy</a>, whose firm, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Liberty_Consulting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liberty Consulting (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none;">Liberty Consulting</a>, worked in consultation with Mr. Abramoff, people involved in case said," Kornblut wrote.

"Of particular interest, according to several people involved in the case, are how Mr. Rudy, who left Mr. DeLay's office in 2001 to join Greenberg Traurig, and Mr. Volz, who left Mr. Ney's office in 2002 for that firm, obtained their positions. Investigators believe Mr. Abramoff may have solicited help from both men and their supervisors on Capitol Hill while helping arrange for high-paying positions, people familiar with case said."

"As investigators try to unravel the web of relationships between the lawmakers and the lobbyists, they are considering spouses' roles, people involved in the case said," Kornblut wrote.

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