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Rep. Doolittle's former chief of staff charged with ten Abramoff-related corruption counts

Jack Abramoff may be in jail, but his legacy lives on.  The former top aide to Congressman John Doolittle (R-CA) was arrested -- and indicted -- today:

The Justice Department on Monday indicted Kevin Ring — former chief of staff to Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) and former lobbying partner of Jack Abramoff — on 10 corruption counts, alleging that Ring provided gifts to “several public officials” to reward them for taking actions beneficial to Ring’s clients.

The Justice Department alleges that Ring and others identified public officials who could be helpful to their clients, and then “groomed those public officials by providing things of value with the intent of making those public officials more receptive to requests on behalf of their clients in the future.”

Ring, 37, was arrested Monday.

 

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