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[Jack] Abramoff Indictment May Aid D.C. Inquiry
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Aug 13, 2005 01:09pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Saturday, August 13, 2005 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Lobbyist's Work for Tribes at Issue
By James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 13, 2005; Page A08
MIAMI, Aug. 12 -- The indictment this week of lobbyist Jack Abramoff in a wire fraud case here could provide an important boost to federal investigators in Washington examining the prominent Republican's activities to influence Congress and the Bush administration on behalf of Indian tribes and other clients, people with knowledge of the case said Friday.
Abramoff was released from a federal correction center in Los Angeles on $2.2 million bail Friday after he and a business associate were indicted here on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud in applying for loans in the purchase of a Florida-based casino cruise-ship company that later fell into bankruptcy.
Although attorneys for Abramoff, 46, and associate Adam Kidan, 41, professed their clients' innocence in the fraud case, the six-count indictment is expected to apply pressure on the two to provide information on a separate criminal investigation in Washington examining Abramoff's work on behalf of the casino-rich American Indian tribes. In addition, there are two Senate committees investigating Abramoff's activities.
Unlike Kidan, who was permitted to surrender to authorities in Florida and to put up a $500,000 personal bond, the FBI arrested and jailed Abramoff while he was on a business trip to Los Angeles with his 12-year-old daughter, sending a clear message about the gravity of the case. |
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