TPM: - Young's Scandals: From Abramoff To Zachares

[L. Coyote]

Young's Scandals: From Abramoff To Zachares
By Laura McGann - August 28, 2007, 3:55 PM
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003996.php

It's hard to keep track of all of Rep. Don Young's (R-AK) scandals. But we're here to help. Here's a snapshot of what we know about all the ways Young has managed to get into trouble.

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Jack Abramoff
Young also touches another investigation. The sole Alaska congressman kept close ties with Jack Abramoff and was known to hold fundraisers in Abrmoff's MCI skybox. Last year, Paul reported on a 1999 Abramoff-organized Congressional junket Young led to the Marshall Islands. At the time, Young was the chair of the House Resources Committee. The delegation, which included Reps. John Doolittle (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), visited the Kwajalein Atoll missile test site and attended a meeting of the parliament, during which a resolution was introduced to rename the test site after Ronald Reagan.

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Last quarter the Young campaign committee dropped $262,000 on legal fees. That might make it sound like Young is worried, but publicly he's kept his cool. When protesters taunted Young about the FBI's Veco investigation, the Anchorage Daily News captured his response:

Young smiled and did a little dance, shaking his hips and pumping his arms. "They'll never get the best of me," he said at one point to a supporter who was making his way through the line.

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Thank you, L. Coyote, for this enjoyable read.

I think old Don kind of flew under everybody's radar for many years. It's so nice to see that his transgressions are finally being exposed to the light of day. :)

[L. Coyote]

2. No doubt, Bush will offer great praise, and complain about his downfall

how leftist law enforcement had "drug him thru the mud." In DC, where up is down, and lie is truth....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1681812&mesg_id=1681812