Firm knew Abramoff was paid by ex-DeLay aide before scandal broke

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Firm knew Abramoff was paid by ex-DeLay aide before scandal broke, associates say
John Byrne




Officials at the lawfirm that employed indicted conservative lobbyist Jack Abramoff lied about what they knew about his role in a massive lobbying scandal and when they knew it, former Abramoff associates say.

Greenberg Traurig’s Connecticut Avenue offices in Washington provided the stables for a coterie of aggressive lobbyists who wooed members of Congress with lavish donations, skybox suites and Scottish golfing jaunts. The firm said they first learned of Abramoff’s misadventures when they appeared in the pages of The Washington Post.

Those familiar with the sequence of events say this is a lie. They maintain the company’s top executives learned of Abramoff’s financial relationship with Rep. Tom DeLay’s (R-TX) former aide Michael Scanlon when they represented Abramoff in a bankruptcy trial.

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Firm_knew_of_Abramoffs_relationship_with_0102.html

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1. Note that the firm was also convicted of knowingly accepting illegal

foreign campaign contributions, and paid the largest fine to date for that offense.

When are we going to hear more about Abramoff and Norquist funneling money to the GOP from Islamic banks and fees from groups tied to terrorist finance? Will this part of the scheme be revealed in court documents, or is it going to get buried as part of Jack's plea agreement with the Justice Department? See, www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/17/122311/72 www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/13/91057/126

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2. pick your favorite Greenberg Taurig connection from the Source Watch list

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Greenberg_Traurig