****Safavian convicted again in Abramoff scandal****

[underpants]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hzY7YfoxJhYRCDOEYTBJlfoXE64wD955V9KO0

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Bush administration official was convicted for a second time Friday for lying about his relationship with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff after deciding not to testify or call any defense witnesses.

David Safavian, the government's former chief procurement officer, was found guilty of one count of obstruction and three counts of making false statements to investigators. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

Safavian is the only defendant in the Abramoff corruption case, which rocked Washington politics, to fight the charges against him at trial. Others charged have pleaded guilty in bargains with prosecutors, including Abramoff himself, former Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles and several Capitol Hill aides.

The jury convicted him on an obstruction charge, as well as three counts of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms and to investigators from the GSA and FBI. He was acquitted on a charge of making a false statement to Senate investigators.

Before he was charged, Safavian had been promoted to chief federal procurement officer in the Bush White House.

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[malaise]

1. Bush and Rove lied about Abramoff as well

Why haven't they been convicted. :puke:

Is he on the Bush pardons' list??

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[BR_Parkway]

2. The Decider's gonna need a lot of ink in that Pardon pen......