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Abramoff has some pretty heavy duty connections

Including Karl Rove, John Ashcroft and Ralph Reid. Was in business in Florida with one of Pat Robertson's buddies.
Abramoff was a high roller who scammed and rammed among the dope runners, the Mob and the casinos here in Florida.

He was also lobbying in Washington to get GUAM deregulated. A government audit found that the DOJ there was paying out nine grand a month for the lobbying, of which Abramoff got one third.

>"Guam audit finds wrongdoing in hiring of Abramoff
Tuesday, December 20, 2005

The public auditor in Guam released a report on Monday that concluded the Guam Superior Court improperly hired disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The court was writing $9,000 checks every month to an attorney. The money was then passed on to Abramoff so he could block legislation in Washington, D.C.

The audit found that the secret arrangement violated bidding requirements. A total of $479,000 was eventually paid to the attorney, $324,000 of which was transferred to Abramoff.
Abramoff lobbied for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. The two U.S. territories are overseen by the Interior Department in a manner similar to tribes.
http://indianz.com/News/2005/011807.asp

AND, not only THAT......but this is how it works:
>"Fred Black, the U.S. Attorney for the territory of Guam, was investigating Abramoff as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe.
Black issued a subpoena seeking documents related to the arrangement on November 18, 2002. A day later, Black was demoted and President Bush nominated a replacement .

That's one way of clearing your tracks by changing out the federal prosecutors and putting in one that works for your <interests>. And Larry J, this site is LOADED with all of Abramoff's inside business dealings.......... The day the inquiry started, the

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