WH Officials (Including Rove & McCain Adviser) Influenced By Abramoff

[kpete]

Abramoff and the Bush White House

Henry Waxman's committee has a preliminary report (.pdf) out this morning detailing the contacts between the White House and Jack Abramoff and his lobbying team.
http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080609095928.pdf

We're going through it at TPMmuckraker. Looks like a number of White House officials, including Karl Rove and a current economics adviser to John McCain's campaign, got some of the ticket freebies that Team Abramoff regularly doled out to grease the skids.

more at:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/house_committee_report_details_abramoff.php
and:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/house_committee_report_details_abramoff.php


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Committee report finds Abramoff influenced White House
Nick Juliano
Published: Monday June 9, 2008


Contrary to the White House's claims, corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff had access to the highest reaches of the Bush administration and influenced numerous decisions within the executive branch, a draft report from the House Oversight Committee has concluded.

"The testimony and documents obtained by the Committee ... confirm that Mr. Abramoff had access to the White House," reads the report, which was released Monday. "Further, the record before the Committee contradicts White House claims that with respect to his White House contacts, Mr. Abramoff got 'nothing out of it.' Not only did Mr. Abramoff achieve some positive results from his White House lobbying, but White House officials sought out the views of Mr. Abramoff and his colleagues on matters of official business."

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Committee_report_finds_Abramoff_influenced_White_0609.html

[speedoo]

1. Keating. Charlie Black.

Heh, old Jack Abramoff's in good company.

[jimshoes]

2. When it rains

it pours eh? :nopity:

[leveymg]

3. Not sure there's anything really new here.

This does say the House Committee looked at some 20,000 pages of documents.

Still waiting to find out whether Waxman's Committee requested the McCain Committee files, 750,000 pages, and if not, why not.

[Frustratedlady]

4. Good timing. If this report is what I think it is, the fireworks should begin

around election time.

Surely, they will come up with enough on Rove to make him a guest of the country?