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muriel_volestrangler

(101,308 posts)
8. That 'representative' had better be unpaid
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 12:15 PM
Dec 2012
The disgraced superlobbyist debuted last month as a talk-radio host on XM Satellite Radio. It’s just part-time for now — 5 to 8 p.m. on Sundays — but who knows what lies ahead?
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“I support myself by public speaking and trying to work on as many appropriate and legitimate ventures as I can,” he said. There was also a book, “Capitol Punishment,” decrying the corruption of Washington’s revolving-door culture. And that brief stint at a pizzeria during his halfway house months. But no, a part-time radio gig does not pay much.

“I don’t make the kind of money that I used to,” he said. And he still owes millions in restitution to scammed clients.

“Every dollar I make and virtually every dollar I spend is supervised, and they take a hefty chunk,” he explained.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/jack-abramoff-on-his-new-job-as-talk-radio-host/2012/07/12/gJQATp6QgW_blog.html


If he's paying back his victims, he'd better not be allowed to spend money on 'representatives'.
Are they breaking parole? The Wielding Truth Dec 2012 #1
I thought I felt a disturbance in the force. tanyev Dec 2012 #2
What? Was Satan out of town? (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #3
This before Delay goes off to jail? NYtoBush-Drop Dead Dec 2012 #4
Had I been at the same restaurant.... Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2012 #5
Veeeeerrrrry Interesting! haikugal Dec 2012 #6
That 'representative' had better be unpaid muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #8
Okay, time to re-arrest both of them Panasonic Dec 2012 #7
The smell of sulfer must have been heavy in the air.. BadGimp Dec 2012 #9
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