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Date Posted: 10:25:20 03/24/07 Sat In reply to: Mo' Green 's message, "More bushco criminality: Ex-Deputy of Interior Dept. Pleads Guilty" on 16:21:24 03/23/07 Fri Ya, I know she resigned to spend more time with her family... >This bastard's a real piece of work and a stumphumper. > Hope he's disbarred and prohibited from returning to >lobbying. > >Oh and yes, Oro. We know it doesn't matter 'cause >Clinton's grandmother got a parking ticket. > >Ex-Deputy of Interior Dept. Pleads Guilty > E-MailPrint Reprints Save Share >DiggFacebookNewsvinePermalink > >By EDMUND L. ANDREWS >Published: March 23, 2007 >WASHINGTON, March 23 — J. Steven Griles, the >second-highest official at the Interior Department >during President Bush’s first term, pleaded guilty >today to lying to a Senate committee about his ties to >Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist who obtained >help from the Interior Department for his Indian >tribal clients. > >Skip to next paragraph > >Doug Mills/ The New York Times >J. Steven Griles leaving federal court today in >Washington. > > >Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press >J. Steven Griles walking into federal court today in >Washington. >Mr. Griles entered the plea shortly after 11 a.m. >Eastern time at a hearing before United States >District Judge Ellen Huvelle. Sentencing was set for >June 26. > >Under a plea agreement with Mr. Griles, the Justice >Department recommended a five-month jail term and >another five months in a halfway house or confined to >his home. The maximum sentence for a conviction would >have been five years in prison. > >Mr. Griles, 59, the Deputy Secretary of the Interior >under Gale N. Norton from 2001 to 2004, was a >high-profile lobbyist for oil and gas companies before >joining the Bush administration. Once in office, he >came under scrutiny for continuing contacts with his >former industry clients, and then for his relationship >with Mr. Abramoff. After leaving the Interior >Department, he resumed his former career as a lobbyist. > >Mr. Abramoff, who pleaded guilty to charges that >stemmed from his lobbying activities, is now in >prison. He has cooperated extensively with >investigators. > >Mr. Griles agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge >of lying to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on >Nov. 2, 2005, when he said that he had no special >relationship with Mr. Abramoff. > >The issue, according to the Justice Department, was >that Mr. Griles was involved romantically at that time >with Italia Federici, who ran an advocacy group that >received donations from Mr. Abramoff and his tribal >clients. Ms. Federici introduced Mr. Griles to Mr. >Abramoff, and acted as an intermediary between the two >men. > > >href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/washington/23cn >d-giles.html?ex=1332302400&en=8110ca03cc771e77&ei=5090& >partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">http://www.nytimes.com/200 >7/03/23/washington/23cnd-giles.html?ex=1332302400&en=81 >10ca03cc771e77&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| If Fredo keeps getting away with flipping US Atty, there may not be any more pugs convicted of anything. | Mo' Green | 17:19:19 03/24/07 Sat |