When George (bush) Met Jack (Abramoff) - The pictures the White House won't want you to see! | |
Pollyannuh (OP) User ID: 46877 United States 01/22/2006 03:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.msnbc.msn.com] Report: Photos show Bush with Abramoff Lobbyist at center of corruption probe pictured with president, Time says The Associated Press Updated: 2:57 p.m. ET Jan. 22, 2006 WASHINGTON - At least five photographs show President Bush with the lobbyist at the center of a corruption scandal, Time magazine reported Sunday. The White House has tried to play down any contact with Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges this month and agreed to help prosecutors in a congressional corruption investigation. Time did not publish the photographs, saying its source refused to provide them for publication. Most look like those taken at presidential receptions, it said. The White House has said Bush does not know Abramoff and does not recall meeting him, and that the lobbyist attended two Hannukah receptions and a few staff-level meetings at the White House. “Mr. Abramoff admitted being involved in outrageous wrongdoing,” White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Sunday. “The president does not recall meeting him. We have previously indicated, however, it would not be surprising if the president met him at some of the widely attended events we know they both attended,” she said. “The president has taken tens upon thousands of pictures at such events.” Time said in one photograph Bush appears with Abramoff and Raul Garza, then chairman of the Kickapoo Indians, which owned a casino in Texas and were represented by the lobbyist. It also included several other unidentified people. Last Edited by Account Deleted by User on 11/02/2011 07:47 AM |
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Pollyannuh (OP) User ID: 46877 United States 01/22/2006 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, I have this shivery after-glow akin to when you've awoken from a really bad nightmare. I've given my family a needed refresher on our teotwawki plans, written to my congresscritters, got a couple more things in the house that I think we should have on hand, and am back to stoking the embers. |