MSNBC: Abramoff to do time in Cumberland, Md.

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Abramoff to do time in Cumberland, Md.
Disgraced lobbyist still cooperating in influence-peddling probe

By Joel Seidman
Producer
NBC News
Updated: 5:57 p.m. ET Oct 20, 2006

WASHINGTON - Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff will report Nov. 15
to a federal prison in Cumberland, Md., to serve a 70-month sentence
for fraud and conspiracy charges in connection with the purchase
of Florida-based SunCruz Casinos.

U.S. District Judge Paul Huck granted a request by prosecutors and
Abramoff’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, that Abramoff serve his time at the
Cumberland facility because it is within driving distance of Washington.
They said in a court filing that Abramoff was cooperating in the Justice
Department’s Washington influence peddling investigation and would
continue to assist prosecutors while in prison.

The Cumberland facility, about a two-hour drive from Washington,
“will facilitate the government’s access” to Abramoff, according to
court papers. The government said the proximity to Washington would
help prosecutors reduce costs and travel time.

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