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A former high-ranking official in the Justice Department has pleaded guilty to accepting thousands of dollars worth of meals and sports tickets from Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for helping a variety of Abramoff’s clients.
Robert E. Coughlin II, the former deputy chief of staff of the Justice Department’s criminal division, became the latest of more than a dozen public officials, lobbyists and congressional staff members to be convicted or to plead guilty in the wide-ranging federal investigation of Abramoff’s activities.
As part of his plea agreement, Coughlin, 36, agreed to cooperate with investigators, making him a potentially important witness in the ongoing scrutiny of Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.)…
Also unresolved is an investigation of former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), whose wife, Christine, worked for a lobbying firm that received client referrals from Abramoff…
In 2006, Coughlin won an award from then-Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales for his efforts to prevent fraud and white-collar crime. Gonzales said at an awards ceremony that Coughlin deserved recognition for “exceptional dedication and effort to prevent, investigation, and prosecute fraud and white-collar crimes.”
So far, the revelations of corruption and cronyism in the Bush Administration have occurred while these thugs are still in power. Can you imagine what might be exposed to the light of day – if the whole rotten crowd was kicked out of office?
It’s so sad to see these truly American patriots suffering under our corrupt justice system just because they were doing their best to get rich
There was an obvious typo in Gonzales citation:
“exceptional dedication and effort to prevent, investigation, and prosecute fraud and white-collar crimes.” – it should have read:
“exceptional dedication and effort to prevent investigation, and prosecution of fraud and white-collar crimes.”
See, delete one comma and add three more letters, and the WHOLE TRUTH COMES OUT !!! SLIMY SNAKES SPEAKING WITH FORKED TONGUES, THESE REPUKES !!! They will do ANYTHING TO COVER-UP THEIR ***STEALING IN ALL DIRECTIONS*** !!!
Moral of the story: every man for themselves. Scam everywhere you can.
Dateline: Washington DC, January 18, 2009.
Soon to be former President Bush issues a blanket pardon to VP Dickie Cheney and other members of the White Staff. President Bush then resigns the presidency due to health reasons. Within in minutes of being sworn in as President, the new President issues a blanket pardon to now former President Bush. Who is quoted as saying, “gee, I feel much better now”….
Did anyone else notice that the two Congressmen mentioned in the article are “Doolittle” and “DeLay”? I think those Congressmen’s names describe our Congress quite well…
da, da da, da da, inspector gadget…
Concert tickets? Robert E. Coughlin II is such an amateur.
William J. Jefferson (D-LA) under investigation for bribery after the FBI seized $90,000 of a $100,000 bribery payment from Jefferson’s home freezer
Can you imagine what might be exposed to the light of day – if the whole rotten Democrat crowd was kicked out of office?
RBG