MT-Sen: New Info Surfaces Tying Burns to Abramoff
by jorndorff
Tue Dec 06, 2005 at 04:05:04 PM PDT
Hot off the AP comes a story featuring additional info connecting Senator Conrad Burns to corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Beyond the previous reports of Burns' switched vote, letter to the Interior Department and thousands in donations received comes word that Burns' staff took a Super Bowl trip arranged by Abramoff. Burns' staff also met repeatedly with Abramoff's associates on both indian gaming and CNMI issues.
The 2001 donations to Burns, a Montana Republican, included money directly from Abramoff and a key garment company executive in the Pacific islands who was part of the coalition paying Abramoff's firm to fend off stronger U.S. regulations on the islands.
In addition, two Burns staffers had accepted a trip arranged by Abramoff to attend the Super Bowl in Florida earlier that year.
These are the strongest suggestions that Burns is the most vulnerable member of the Senate in the ongoing Abramoff investigations
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/12/6/1854/43489http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/28-12062005-580450.html