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Science > Abortion |
| User: |
"james g. keegan jr." |
| Date: |
23 Mar 2007 04:53:56 PM |
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Ex-Interior Deputy Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Probe |
Ex-Interior Deputy Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Probe
The Associated Press
Friday 23 March 2007
€ J. Steven Griles highest-ranking Bush official convicted in
Jack Abramoff scandal.
€ Ex-deputy interior secretary pleads guilty to obstruction of
justice in Senate probe.
€ Griles admits he lied to Senate about relationship with
convicted lobbyist.
€ Abramoff sought Griles' intervention at agency on behalf of
Indian tribal client.
Washington - Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles
pleaded guilty Friday to obstruction of justice in a Senate
committee's investigation, becoming the highest-ranking Bush
administration official convicted in the Jack Abramoff corruption
scandal.
The former No. 2 official in the Interior Department admitted in
federal court that he lied to the Senate about his relationship with
convicted lobbyist Abramoff, who repeatedly sought Griles'
intervention at the agency on behalf of Abramoff's Indian tribal
clients.
continued at:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032307R.shtml
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