Ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff gave Ethics Talk at McComb's School of Business - UT The Daily Texan


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Ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff gave Ethics Talk at McComb's School of Business
UT The Daily Texan
One of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington, DC during the presidency of George W. Bush, Abramoff served three and a half years in prison after a scandal involving Indian casino interests found him and 21 other White House officials guilty of ...

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Reformed lobbyist tries to enact change - UT The Daily Texan


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Reformed lobbyist tries to enact change
UT The Daily Texan
Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff speaks in Washington. A former aide to Tom DeLay was sentenced Friday to five months in a halfway house in the final act of the probe of the Jack Abramoff influence peddling scandal. (Courtesy of the Associated Press) When ...

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Scanlon Seeks High Court Permission to Renege on $20M Restitution to Indian ... - Indian Country Today Media Network.com


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Scanlon Seeks High Court Permission to Renege on $20M Restitution to Indian ...
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The former partner-in-crime of convicted Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff is asking the highest court in the country for permission to renege on his commitment to pay around $20 million in restitution to the Indian nations he ...

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Voter ID's new champion - Salon


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Voter ID's new champion
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Then there are the National Center's ties to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who sat on the group's board until 2004. An investigation by the Senate Finance Committee later found the group had “functioned as an appendage of Mr. Abramoff's ...

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Lobbying for more transparency - Irish Times

Lobbying for more transparency
Irish Times
Last October lobbyist Kevin Ring was sentenced to 20 months in jail in the US over charges related to the Jack Abramoff scandal, which emerged in 2005. Abramoff was also jailed and 20 other people were found guilty. The scandal involved lobbyists ...

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Infosys Briefed B-1 Visa Holders on How to Deceive US Immigration Officials - IT Business Edge (blog)

Infosys Briefed B-1 Visa Holders on How to Deceive US Immigration Officials
IT Business Edge (blog)
Since Microsoft and Jack Abramoff wrote the H-1b laws, they know the loopholes and where they can and cannot cross the line. It's remarkable how the "big lie" - we can't find American talent, has invaded the corporate and political hierarchy.

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