Jack Abramoff to 'Repair Our Democracy' With New Blog
Jack Abramoff's transformation from corrupt lobbyist to anti-corruption evangelist is complete.
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Jack Abramoff's tiff with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee over ownership of JackAbramoff.com is at this moment the most heated spat in the fierce but, let's be honest, pretty frivolous brave new world of political domain name wars.
Jack Abramoff's transformation from corrupt lobbyist to anti-corruption evangelist is complete.
Nobody's buying celebrity memoirs, the rare book market is booming, and another tell-all book by a former lobbyist in Jack Abramoff's firm.
Tucker Carlson big, emotional book party for Jack Abramoff, President Obama finds Australian slang delightful, and the Justin Bieber paternity suit has been quietly dropped.
Also in sports: Jack Abramoff recalls his correspondence with Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, and the NFL's smartest quarterback has figured out how to wear a wedding ring on the field.
Disgraced lobbyist Abramoff says in a forthcoming 60 Minutes interview (leaked this morning to Playbook) he doesn't think Congresses new ethics reforms will do much from stopping lobbyists like him from skirting the law.
A former lobbyist who pleaded guilty to corruption charges in the Jack Abramoff scandal received his sentence today: Five hours in prison for accepting a trip to the 2003 World Series in New York when he was an aide to Sen. Kit Bond.
A firm representing one of the most loathed professions is trying to rehabilitate its image
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