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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-16-07 12:22 PM
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Former Ney aide gets no prison time
Former Ney aide gets no prison time

By MATT APUZZO
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER


WASHINGTON -- A former Capitol Hill aide received probation and a fine but no jail time Thursday after a federal judge credited him with helping convict a congressman in the Jack Abramoff scandal.

William Heaton let FBI agents record his telephone calls and taped a 2 1/2-hour meeting with Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio. He leaked documents and worked late into the night and on weekends to avoid arousing suspicion that he was working with the government.

Federal prosecutors recommended that Heaton serve house arrest, but U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle ordered him to serve two years probation and pay a $5,000 fine. Huvelle said she would not have been so lenient had Heaton's cooperation not been so exceptional.

"People don't generally walk around congressmen wearing a wire," Huvelle said.

Heaton, 29, apologized several times in court. He said he was ashamed that he did not have the courage to stand up to Ney, who was trading political access for campaign donations, trips and expensive gifts.

"American citizens should be able to trust those who work on their behalf," he said in court. "I violated that trust."

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Ney_Corruption.html
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-16-07 12:25 PM
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1. I can accept that. Yes he was complicit in the crime, but he
also was responsible for Ney's conviction. I feel it was a fair trade off.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-16-07 12:37 PM
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2. I can, too; that's probably why he talked. nt
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