Abramoff sentenced to four years. Reduced term because of cooperation.
Yesterday, one of the central figures in the corruption scandal that rocked Washington was sentenced. Jack Abramoff, who is already in prison, got a lighter sentence in the corruption case, because of his cooperation with federal authorities. Sounds like federal authorities aren't finished with this investigation:
Jack Abramoff, the powerhouse Washington lobbyist who admitted running a wide-ranging corruption scheme that ensnared lawmakers, Capitol Hill aides and government officials, yesterday received a reduced sentence of four years in prison because of his cooperation with federal investigators.
Abramoff, 49, already has served nearly two years for his conviction in a related Florida fraud case. The sentence yesterday by U.S. District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle means that the former Republican lobbyist will likely remain in prison until 2012.
More than a dozen people, including an Ohio congressman and a deputy secretary of the interior, have been convicted in the Abramoff lobbying scandal, and Justice Department officials said the investigation is continuing. Still under scrutiny are former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) and retiring Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.).
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Tom Delay
How much longer can this criminal hide in plain sight, lawyered up by the RNC? I'm sure he'll get a Bush pardon and a spot on Fox News blaming Obama for the depression!
Oh well, accountability is a thing of the past! Like being, "hung by the neck until dead", is for outrageous crimes such as torture, war crimes, and bank robbery (by the banks themselves)!