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Play CBS Video Video Corruption At The Capitol Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist and traveling buddy of ex-House Republican leader Tom Delay, pled guilty to several charges, which may signal the beginning of a major corruption scandal.
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Video Repercussions From Abramoff Thomas DeLuca, a professor of political science at Fordham University, discusses what Jack Abramoff's guilty plea could mean for the future of government with Melissa McDermott.
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Video Abramoff Pleads Guilty Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff's guilty plea on bribery-related charges means that he will help the government go after elected officials who took bribes. Gloria Borger has more on the fallout.
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Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, says he "did not know, and had no way of knowing, the self-serving and fraudulent nature of Abramoff's activities." (AP (file))
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The prosecutor in a money laundering case against Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, issued subpoenas Tuesday in connection with Jack Abramoff. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Jack Abramoff, foreground, leaves federal court in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy, tax evasion and mail fraud. At right is his attorney Abbe Lowell. (AP)
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The indictment specifically mentions just one member: representative number one. Sources say he is Rep. Robert Ney, R-Ohio. But official Washington remains on edge, waiting for what could be another round of indictments now that Abramoff is talking.
Court papers also refer to an aide to then-House Majority Leader DeLay, who helped stop anti-gambling legislation regarding the Internet. Abramoff, the papers state, paid the staffer's wife $50,000 from clients that benefited from the actions of the staffer, identified by a person close to the investigation as Tony Rudy, DeLay's former deputy chief of staff.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe is ongoing. Rudy did not return a phone call Tuesday at his lobbying firm.
DeLay, R-Texas, voted against his party on the Internet anti-gambling legislation which was designed to make it easier for authorities to stop online gambling sites.
DeLay attorney Richard Cullen said he believes that when the investigation is completed and the truth is known that the Justice Department will conclude that his client, who had risen to House majority leader before stepping down from the post last year, did nothing wrong.
In Austin, Texas, district attorney Ronnie Earle, the prosecutor in a money laundering case against DeLay, issued subpoenas Tuesday in connection with Abramoff. DeLay is fighting state campaign finance charges in Texas, hoping to clear himself in time to reclaim his leadership post in Congress.
Earle is seeking records from Abramoff's former employers, legal firms Greenberg Traurig LLP and Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, LLP.
Earle has also subpoenaed records from lawyers or representatives for two Indian tribes.
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