The Times discusses the latest developments in the PMA Group story in this editorial. The list of PMA’s pals is topped by Mr. Visclosky, Representative John Murtha, the powerful defense appropriations subcommittee chairman, and Representative James Moran. But it doesn’t stop there. Since 1998, PMA doled out more than $40 million in donations to members […]
The Post provides a look into the state of Jack Abramoff’s personal finances. Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the Justice Department are disputing a tax refund he recently received worth more than $500,000 and whether it should be used to pay court-ordered restitution or his family’s massive debts.
AP reports that the federal government has dropped all remaining charges against James Tobin in the New Hampshire phone-jamming case. Tobin had already been cleared of taking part in a plot to arrange more than 800 hang-up calls that jammed get-out-the-vote lines. The government later charged him with lying to investigators.