en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/politics/abramoff/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/politics/conviction_thrown_out_in_abramof/ The Justice Department overreached in prosecuting a former Bush administration official in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it dismissed some charges and ordered a new trial on others. The decision overturns t news politics 2008-06-18 08:13:51 http://www.newsique.com/politics/conviction_thrown_out_in_abramof/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/313896294/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/conviction_thrown_out_in_abramof/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/secrecy_invoked_on_abramoff_laws/ The Bush administration is laying out a new secrecy defense in an effort to end a court battle about the White House visits of now-imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The administration agreed last year to produce all responsive records abo news politics 2007-12-06 09:47:47 http://www.newsique.com/politics/secrecy_invoked_on_abramoff_laws/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22063270/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [17] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/secrecy_invoked_on_abramoff_laws/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/another_ex-congressional_aide_ca/ An aide to Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, accepted $30,000 worth of tickets from Jack Abramoff and took a golf junket to Scotland in exchange for assisting the lobbyist, according to court papers filed Monday. The aide, Mark Zachares, will plead guilty Tues news politics 2007-04-23 23:33:10 http://www.newsique.com/politics/another_ex-congressional_aide_ca/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/23/abramoff.zachares.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Important [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/another_ex-congressional_aide_ca/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/abramoff_scandal_just_wont_go_a/ Former Deputy Interior Secretary Steven Griles' guilty plea to obstruction of justice last week marked another disgraceful chapter in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal. It also served as a reminder of how poorly the Interior Department and t opinion politics 2007-03-27 12:20:47 http://www.newsique.com/politics/abramoff_scandal_just_wont_go_a/ Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5527995 http://www.newsique.com/sources/denverpost/ 88 Insightful [13] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/abramoff_scandal_just_wont_go_a/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/neys_chief_of_staff_wore_wire_wa/ When Will Heaton went to work for Rep. Robert W. Ney in 2001, he was 23 years old and still in awe of the members of Congress he had come to know years earlier as a congressional page. Within six months, the Ohio Republican promoted the fresh-faced neophy news politics 2007-08-13 08:14:38 http://www.newsique.com/politics/neys_chief_of_staff_wore_wire_wa/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/12/AR2007081201287.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/neys_chief_of_staff_wore_wire_wa/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_interior_department_offic/ J. Steven Griles, the former deputy secretary at the Interior Department, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison and must pay a $30,000 fine after pleading guilty to obstructing a congressional inquiry into disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. "In plea opinion politics 2007-06-28 11:05:22 http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_interior_department_offic/ ABC News http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/former-interior.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/abc_news/ 91 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_interior_department_offic/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_removal_ended_guam_investig/ WASHINGTON -- A US grand jury in Guam opened an investigation of controversial lobbyist Jack Abramoff more than two years ago, but President Bush removed the supervising federal prosecutor, and the probe ended soon after. The previously undisclosed Gua news politics 2007-03-13 15:38:53 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_removal_ended_guam_investig/ Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/08/bush_removal_ended_guam_investigation/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/boston_globe/ 95 Interesting [3] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_removal_ended_guam_investig/#comments