Abramoff’s tentacles

From AP:

Rep. Tom DeLay's staff tried to help lobbyist Jack Abramoff win access to Interior Secretary Gale Norton, an effort that succeeded after Abramoff's Indian tribe clients began funneling a quarter-million dollars to an environmental group founded by Norton.
Update [2005-11-3 13:38:55 by David Roberts]: For background, see TAPPED.

From AP:

Rep. Tom DeLay’s staff tried to help lobbyist Jack Abramoff win access to Interior Secretary Gale Norton, an effort that succeeded after Abramoff’s Indian tribe clients began funneling a quarter-million dollars to an environmental group founded by Norton.

Update [2005-11-3 13:38:55 by David Roberts]: For background, see TAPPED.

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