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Article: Logs Show 2 Abramoff Trips to White House; Secret Service Entries Indicate Visits by Former GOP Lobbyist in 2001, 2004
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- The Washington Post
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- May 11, 2006
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U.S. Secret Service logs made public yesterday show only two
visits by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to the White House --
including what administration sources said was a 2001 meeting with
presidential adviser Karl Rove seeking to place two allies in agency
jobs.
Abramoff, once one of Washington's most powerful Republican
lobbyists, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud, and is
cooperating in a Justice Department investigation into corruption in
Congress and executive branch agencies. His dealings with Bush
administration officials have become a matter of intense interest,
particularly among Democrats seeking to link the scandal to the White
House.
The Secret Service entry-exit ...