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Ney Pleads Guilty, Admits Influence peddling for AbramoffPosted on Oct 13, 2006Republican Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio is the first politician to plead guilty to charges leveled in the corruption scandal that (hopefully) will bring down the constellation of other corrupt lawmakers connected to lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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By mark shertoff, October 14, 2006 at 2:01 pm Link to this comment
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Fox News has recently jumped on the Ney story.
Report this“Convicted Congressman Ney, (D-OH), has refused to resign.”
By joey, October 14, 2006 at 11:36 am Link to this comment
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If the press and justice dept. were still active both Reid and Norquist would be gone.
Report thisBy joey, October 13, 2006 at 7:30 pm Link to this comment
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IF we had an active press
Report thisand justice department
Reid and Norquist would be in jail by now.
By Broiler, October 13, 2006 at 4:20 pm Link to this comment
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“Ney’s lawyers plan to recommend him for a Bureau of Prisons alcohol treatment program, which could cut dramatically the time he serves
behind bars.” - The Associated Press article
What the *#@*! How does that happen?
He pleads being drunk to lighten his sentence?
Please, somebody tell me how this makes any sense?
““I allowed myself to get too comfortable with the way things have
been done in Washington, D.C., for too long,” Ney said in a written
statement after his court appearance.” - The Associated Press article
This statement indicates he has witnessed other cases of
Report thisthis type of behavior. Did he bring out this in his testimony?
No, of course not. This was a throw away statement
he used, trying to make what he did look less corrupt.