Guess Who Was Shopping Abramoff-Bush Pix? Abramoff!
Newsweek's Michael Isikoff confirms it, and he speculates: "Maybe [Abramoff] wants something from somebody at the White House, or he wants someone at the White House not to do something." | storyThink Progress: Over the weekend, Time magazine and the Washingtonian both reported on five photos of President Bush with Jack Abramoff, but neither publication revealed its source.
Yesterday, ThinkProgress laid out the case for why the source for the photos was likely Abramoff himself. Last night, our hunch was confirmed.
Appearing on MSNBC, Newsweek correspondent Michael Isikoff reported that it was indeed Abramoff who floated the photographs to Washingtonian. Watch the video: | story
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