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    Default DeLay aide pleads guilty, cooperates with investigation

    Has the worm turned on DeLay?

    Former DeLay aide pleads guilty in bribe charge
    Ex-partner to lobbyist Jack Abramoff conspired to pay off public officials

    Updated: 5:51 p.m. ET Nov. 21, 2005
    Michael Scanlon, a former aide to U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to bribe public officials, a charge growing out of the government investigation of attempts to defraud Indian tribes and corrupt a member of Congress.

    Scanlon, a former partner to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle and agreed to pay restitution totaling more than $19 million to the tribes.

    Scanlon, who is expected to cooperate in the investigation of Abramoff and members of Congress, could face up to five years in prison.

    Outside the courthouse, Scanlon attorney Plato Cacheris said his client “is regretful for what happened to the tribes” and is trying to do what is right by cooperating with the investigation.

    The charge was in a criminal information filed Friday accusing Scanlon of conspiring with Abramoff to defraud Indian tribes and engage in a corrupt scheme that lavished trips, sports tickets and campaign donations on a member of Congress, Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio.

    Abramoff was indicted on fraud charges in August related to a $23 million purchase of casino fleet boats.

    DeLay is among those facing scrutiny for his associations with Abramoff, including a trip to Scotland and use of Abramoff's skybox at a Washington sports arena.

    Abramoff’s lobbying network stretched far into the halls of Congress. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show nearly three dozen lawmakers helping to block an American Indian casino in Louisiana while collecting large donations from the lobbyist and his tribal clients.

    Evidence in e-mails
    Among the documents were private e-mails, released by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, in which Abramoff said he had persuaded Ney to attach language to an election reform bill to help an American Indian tribe in Texas reopen a closed casino.

    Abramoff directed a Texas tribe, the Tiguas, to donate to Ney’s re-election campaign and PAC by e-mail.

    Abramoff and Scanlon were paid more than $80 million between 2001 and 2004 by six American Indian tribes with casinos.

    Mark Tuohey, a Washington attorney for Ney, has said the congressman was misled by other people and was a victim in the circumstances involving Scanlon.

    Ney's office performed certain acts and “there was certain other wining and dining situations like other people do,” Tuohey said.

    DeLay, who relinquished his post as House minority leader after a separate indictment in Texas, is due in court in Austin Tuesday for a hearing seeking dismissal of conspiracy and money laundering charges.

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    Default Re: DeLay aide pleads guilty, cooperates with investigation

    DeLay is just a side dish in this meal, but he's gonna be the main course soon (but not soon enough, IMHO)

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    Default Re: DeLay aide pleads guilty, cooperates with investigation

    Do yoou realize that this is a seperate case from the one that DeLay is currently facing.

    Even if DeLay is involved with this one - it is mute toward the other case.
    O well, seems like 'some' people decide to ruin a perfectly valid threat. Nice going guys... doc bean

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    Default Re: DeLay aide pleads guilty, cooperates with investigation

    Quote Originally Posted by Redleg
    Do yoou realize that this is a seperate case from the one that DeLay is currently facing.

    Even if DeLay is involved with this one - it is mute toward the other case.
    It's a clear-cut case of guilt by association. Isnt it obvious?
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    Default Re: DeLay aide pleads guilty, cooperates with investigation

    Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
    It's a clear-cut case of guilt by association. Isnt it obvious?
    Yes, it certainly is. Yet the Abramoff links of both are central. And Scanlon is a former Delay aide. Certainly news worthy.
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    Default Re: DeLay aide pleads guilty, cooperates with investigation

    **looks in thread**

    LOL, you guys are still soiling your undies over nothing. Take a cold shower because Delay will NEVER be found guilty, no matter what obscure news article or even you try to pin on him.
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    Default Re: DeLay aide pleads guilty, cooperates with investigation

    Quote Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
    **looks in thread**

    LOL, you guys are still soiling your undies over nothing. Take a cold shower because Delay will NEVER be found guilty, no matter what obscure news article or even you try to pin on him.
    I have no idea. I do know one thing, Conservatives are having an extremely poor track record with smug, bold pronouncements like you are making right now.

    And I doubt Delay will make it past the 2006 elections anyway. Both his local party and the Democrats are looking to take him out at the ballot box.
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