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Monday, August 15, 2005
Why Abramoff Was Turned So Quickly
[Well, I misunderestimated how much time I would have this morning. As such, here goes]
Newsweek's Mike Isikoff continues his series of scoops on a range of issues with this new tidbit about the sudden arrest of GOP superlobbyist Jack Abramoff last week.
Newsweek's Mike Isikoff continues his series of scoops on a range of issues with this new tidbit about the sudden arrest of GOP superlobbyist Jack Abramoff last week.
The Justice Department played hardball last week with former superlobbyist Jack Abramoff, in part because of concerns he might flee to Israel. Hours before Abramoff was indicted on fraud charges in Miami last Thursday, FBI agents tried to arrest him at his Maryland home. But he'd already left for Los Angeles. Agents tracked him down on his cell phone and ordered him to surrender to the local FBI office. When Abramoff did, later that day, he was handcuffed, thrown into jail, then released last Friday on a $2.2 million bond.
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