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Safavian Sunk By Four Felonies
Looks as if David Safavian will go to prison:
AP via Washington Post: Safavian Found Guilty of Lying, Obstruction
WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury found former Bush administration official David Safavian guilty Tuesday of covering up his dealings with Republican influence-peddler Jack Abramoff.
Safavian was convicted on four of five felony counts of lying and obstruction. He had resigned from his White House post last year as the federal government’s chief procurement officer….
Wikipedia Bio of David Safavian (Caveat Emptor)
3 Responses to “Safavian Sunk By Four Felonies”
It is really to bad that many of the other corrupt lying thugs from this administration will never have to go in front of a jury. If they did then we would most certainly see a lot more convictions for the things that these people have done and continue to do to this country and its constitution.
Who’s he taking with him?
If interested in knowing all da folks that received Abramoff money go to:
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Opensecrets is a very legitimate independent fact finding organization.
Or just read the copy and paste below, few names on the list should be too surprising:
Contributor
Occupation
Date
Amount
Recipient
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/ATTORNEY
2/27/2003
$5,000
Americans for a Republican Majority
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/ATTORNEY
9/29/2003
$5,000
Rich PAC
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/ATTORNEY
11/20/2003
$5,000
Americans for a Republican Majority
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/SENIOR DIR OF
7/18/2003
$5,000
Hawkeye PAC
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/SENIOR DIRECT
6/16/2003
$5,000
First Freedoms Fund
ABRAMOFF, JACK MR
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
PRESTON GATES ELLIS ET AL/GOVERNMEN
1/31/2003
$5,000
Republican Majority Fund
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG/ATTORNEY
6/16/2003
$2,500
Keep Our Majority PAC
ABRAMOFF, FRANKLIN MR
RANCHO MIRAGE,CA 92270
RETIRED
6/20/2003
$2,000
Bush, George W
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG
3/14/2003
$2,000
Ensign, John
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TAAURIG
10/18/2003
$2,000
Isakson, Johnny
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TAURIG LLP/GOVT. RELATION
3/19/2003
$2,000
Cantor, Eric
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/SR. DIRECTOR
4/23/2003
$2,000
Leadership PAC 2004
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
SELF EMPLOYED/ATTORNEY
4/11/2003
$2,000
Taylor, Charles H
ABRAMOFF, JACK A
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG ET AL
3/29/2003
$2,000
Specter, Arlen
ABRAMOFF, JACK A
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/ATTORNEY
1/22/2003
$2,000
Pombo, Richard
ABRAMOFF, JACK A
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG/SENIOR DIR GOVT A
5/2/2003
$2,000
Senate Victory Fund
ABRAMOFF, JANE MRS
RANCHO MIRAGE,CA 92270
RETIRED
6/20/2003
$2,000
Bush, George W
ABRAMOFF, PAM
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
HOMEMAKER
7/14/2003
$2,000
Foley, Mark
ABRAMOFF, PAMELA
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
N/A/HOMEMAKER
2/18/2003
$2,000
Cantor, Eric
ABRAMOFF, PAMELA
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
PRESTON GATES &ELLIS
10/18/2003
$2,000
Isakson, Johnny
ABRAMOFF, PAMELA C MRS
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
HOMEMAKER
6/20/2003
$2,000
Bush, George W
ABRAMOFF, PAMELA ESQ
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
PRESTON GATES ELLIS
3/29/2003
$2,000
Specter, Arlen
ABRAMOFF, RENEE M MRS
AGOURA HILLS,CA 91301
HOMEMAKER
6/20/2003
$2,000
Bush, George W
ABRAMOFF, ROBERT W MR
AGOURA HILLS,CA 91301
SELF-EMPLOYED/BUSINESSMAN
6/20/2003
$2,000
Bush, George W
ABRAMOFF, STEVEN M MR ESQUIRE
MARGATE CITY,NJ 08402
SELF-EMPLOYED/ATTORNEY
6/20/2003
$2,000
Bush, George W
ABRAMOFF, FRANKLIN MR
RANCHO MIRAGE,CA 92270
RETIRED
6/20/2003
$2,000
Bush, George W
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
PRESTON GATES AND ELLIS
3/17/2003
$1,500
Bond, Christopher S ‘Kit’
ABRAMOFF JACK A
SILVER SPRING,MD 20901
GREENBERG TRAURIG/ATTORNEY
10/24/2003
$1,000
Saxton, Jim
ABRAMOFF JACK A
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/GOVT. AFFAIRS
3/5/2003
$1,000
Feeney, Tom
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG ATTORNEYS AT LAW
3/29/2003
$1,000
Grassley, Chuck
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG ATTORNEYS AT LAW
3/29/2003
$1,000
Grassley, Chuck
ABRAMOFF, JACK
SILVER SPRING,MD 20901
GREENBERG TRAURIG
11/3/2003
$1,000
Bunning, Jim
ABRAMOFF, JACK
SILVER SPRING,MD 20901
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/GOVERNMENT AF
3/6/2003
$1,000
DeLay, Tom
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
2/3/2003
$1,000
Istook, Ernest J
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG
2/6/2003
$1,000
Ensign, John
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG
2/7/2003
$1,000
Shelby, Richard C
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG
3/14/2003
$1,000
Ensign, John
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG ATTORNEYS AT LAW/
3/13/2003
$1,000
Cannon, Chris
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG ATTORNEYS AT LAW/
12/2/2003
$1,000
Cannon, Chris
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/ATTORNEY
3/18/2003
$1,000
Rely on Your Beliefs
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
SMITH DAWSON &ANDREWS/LOBBYIST
4/30/2003
$1,000
Ose, Doug
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG/ATTORNEY
5/21/2003
$1,000
Weldon, Curt
ABRAMOFF, JACK A
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP/SR DIR OF GOV
3/13/2003
$1,000
Rohrabacher, Dana
ABRAMOFF, JACK A
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
PRESTON GATES &ELLIS
9/30/2003
$1,000
Nethercutt, George R Jr
ABRAMOFF, JACK A
SILVER SPRING,MD 20901
12/7/2004
($1,000)
Saxton, Jim
ABRAMOFF, JACK
WASHINGTON,DC 20006
2/17/2004
($5,000)
Americans for a Republican Majority