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Major players in probe of alleged bilking


Jack Abramoff, a Washington lobbyist who joined the Greenberg Taurig law firm in Washington in 2001. He resigned under pressure in March after reports started surfacing of huge fees he and Michael Scanlon, a political consultant, were charging newly rich gaming tribes. Greenberg Taurig is conducting its own investigation of Abramoff.

Abramoff, a Brandeis University grad, was the chairman of the College Republican National Committee from 1981-85, helped launch conservative Ralph Reed’s career and was consistently listed as one of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington. The Los Angeles-raised Abramoff lobbied for Ronald Reagan’s agenda in 1985 and produced a feature film titled "Red Scorpion."


Michael Scanlon, a former press secretary for House Majority Leader Tom Delay, R-Texas. Scanlon’s public relations firm, Capital Campaign Strategies, specialized in grass-roots campaigns. He was paid millions by Indian tribes that hired the firm at the urging of Abramoff, according to Senate documents.


The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, which operates casinos in Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs, paid Abramoff and Scanlon more than $10 million for lobbying and political campaigning. Most of the work surrounded renegotiating state tribal compacts, including gaining more slot machines.

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