Tuesday, April 17, 2007
In the meantime...
McClatchy reports on a pair of happenings in DC that would be of note on a quiter newsday. The first is the news that Rep Don Young R-AK is lawyering up.
The second item could be much more noteworthy in the end because it leads back to Jack Abramoff.
UPDATE: The FBI has raided the home of Rep. Doolittle.
Young, an Alaska Republican in his 18th term, hired the D.C. legal team around March 12, as the U.S Attorney's office in Milwaukee was looking into campaign contributions by businessman Dennis Troha. Troha reportedly benefited from new truck-hauling rules that Young helped pass in 2005 as part of a major transportation spending bill."Gosh! You mean he didn't just give me money because he is a nice guy?"
Young, who received about $20,000 in campaign contributions from Troha, his family members and associates, has said he does not recall ever meeting the man. Nor did he know Troha would benefit from new rules Young favored allowing longer ``saddlemount" truck combinations.
The second item could be much more noteworthy in the end because it leads back to Jack Abramoff.
Kevin A. Ring, a key associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff who spent many hours lobbying his old boss, Rep. John Doolittle, has abruptly resigned his job at a Washington law firm.All the good scandals in DC lead back to Abramoff or Cheney. But unlike Cheney, Abramoff and some of his friends are singing.
Ring's departure raises questions about whether Doolittle's former legislative director has become a Justice Department target in the investigation into the Abramoff lobbying scandal, to which Doolittle also has been linked.
UPDATE: The FBI has raided the home of Rep. Doolittle.
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