Public Campaign Action Fund - scanlon

Feehery: Inside DeLay’s Office

Rick Bielke — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:58:04 +0000

Former DeLay Communications Director John Feehery submitted an opinion piece entitled "Hammered" that ran in the Washington Post’s Sunday Outlook section describing his experience working in DeLay’s office (Feehery's spin in the piece on his time in DeLay’s office is “I didn’t do anything wrong, it was all Buckham, Rudy, and Scanlon running amuck). He reveals insight into the win-at-all-cost mentality of how DeLay ran his office, his politics, and the pursuit of greater things via, well, lying.

DeLay Legal Woes Affecting Campaign

Rick Bielke — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:52:20 +0000

The Houston Chronicle has a story on how DeLay's ties to Abramoff, Scanlon, and his own indictments are hanging over him like a black cloud and how the scandals are affecting his campaign to retain his TX-22 seat.

Abramoff Pleads Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

Nancy Watzman — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:29:00 +0000

This just in...Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty today to federal charges of conspiracy, tax evasion, and mail fraud. According to the AP, the papers filed today:detailed lavish gifts and contributions that it said Abramoff gave an unnamed House me...

Will Ney fall next?

David Donnelly — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:36:00 +0000

Toward the end of the Washington Post's follow up to the New York Times' Jack Abramoff piece, there's this interesting nugget:Prosecutors have told one lawmaker, Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio), that they are preparing a possible bribery indict...

Abramoff's decision

David Donnelly — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:32:00 +0000

I agree with Josh's take on this Sun-Sentinel story regarding Adam Kidan's guilty plea-to-be. Kidan was Abramoff's business partner in a shady and fraudulent deal to buy Sun Cruz casino liners, which led to the gangland-style murder of the ...

Gov-elect of Northern Marianas Islands cooperating with Abramoff/DeLay investigation

David Donnelly — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:24:00 +0000

Here's the headline:CNMI: Fitial Will Cooperate With Feds In DeLay ProbeThis is important on a lot of levels, but I'm still trying to sort them all out. The CNMI (Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands), you'll recall, is the U.S. protec...

Nationwide Coverage of Scanlon Plea

Rick Bielke — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:59:00 +0000

The Scanlon plea is headline news across the country with this being a popular headline: "Ex-DeLay aide pleads guilty in corruption case".Stories eveywhere including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and even The Washington Times. For...

Scanlon's plea agreement

David Donnelly — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:51:00 +0000

Here's the document (pdf). ...

Scanlon enters guilty plea

David Donnelly — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:53:00 +0000

...and he's ordered to pay $19 million in restitution to tribes.(So much for that Delaware beach house.)Who will he take down with him? ...

We've got mail

David Donnelly — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:21:00 +0000

Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2 (both large PDFs) from Sen. McCain's hearings on the Abramoff/Scanlon/Reed/DeLay/Norquist scandals involving $82 billion in bilked fees from six Native American tribes.These are treasure troves. I've gone through the ...