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Article: Dean: White House Must Tell the Truth About Abramoff Ties
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 6, 2006
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Democratic National
Committee released the following today, regarding Jack Abramoff:
One day after former Republican mega-lobbyist and major Bush
fundraiser Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to three federal crimes, the
White House gave back merely $6,000 in donations made by Abramoff to
the President's re-election campaign, but kept the more than $100,000
that Abramoff personally and directly raised for Bush-Cheney '04.
Given what we now know, Abramoff's shady business practices and
influence peddling calls into question what meetings he set up or
organized for his clients with Administration officials.
Based on news reports alone, it's clear ...