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Subject: If Fredo keeps getting away with flipping US Atty, there may not be any more pugs convicted of anything. | |
Author: Mo' Green |
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Date Posted: 17:19:19 03/24/07 Sat In reply to: Stephen 's message, "Let's hope Norton goes down as well." on 10:25:20 03/24/07 Sat >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/23c >n >>d-giles.html?ex=1332302400&en=8110ca03cc771e77&ei=5090 >& >>partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">http://www.nytimes.com/20 >0 >>7/03/23/washington/23cnd-giles.html?ex=1332302400&en=8 >1 >>10ca03cc771e77&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |