Hastert #1 Recipient Abramoff Money & "in the mix" of bribe investigation!

[Roland99]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/05/hastert_no_1_re.html

House Speaker Dennis Hastert is the No.1 individual recipient of money from Abramoff and his clients, with a total of $68,300 contributed to his campaign committee and leadership PAC from 1996 to 2004.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/05/federal_officia.html

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigation by the FBI, which is seeking to determine his role in an ongoing public corruption probe into members of Congress, ABC News has learned from high level official sources.

Federal officials say the information implicating Hastert was developed from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government.

Part of the investigation involves a letter Hastert wrote three years ago, urging the Secretary of the Interior to block a casino on an Indian reservation that would have competed with other tribes.

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The letter was written shortly after a fund-raiser for Hastert at a restaurant owned by Abramoff. Abramoff and his clients contributed more than $26,000 at the time.

Maybe this is why ol' Denny is so upset about the FBI raided Congressional offices!