All of Washington D.C., aflutter with news of corrupt lobbyist and casino consultant Jack Abramoff’s indictment, has been rushing to make sure to clean their hands of guilt by association.
As many as 20 Congressmen and Congresswomen and their aides may have been involved in Abramoff’s scheme to extort money from Indian casinos by posing as a do- gooder casino consultant while actually stealing millions of dollars.
The list of politicians who received funds from the disgraced casino consultant goes all the way to the very top. President Bush, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, and DeLay’s successor Roy Blunt all received campaign donations, which they will return in full or in part.
The Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election campaign received $100,000 in funds raised by the casino consultant, who was a close associate of the duo. Yesterday, President Bush announced plans to give back only $6,000 of that sum- the $6,000 that his aides have determined was contributed by Abramoff more or less directly.
The Bush administration has decided to return only $6,000 of the Abramoff- tainted contributions because, as a senior spokesperson put it, “At this point, there is nothing to indicate that contributions from [the rest of the donors] represents anything other than enthusiastic support for the (Bush-Cheney) 04 re-election campaign.â€
DeLay announced that he will give an unspecified portion of the campaign contributions he received from casino consultant to charity. Blunt will also return funds; he will give all of the $8,500 he received from Abramoff over a period of four years to charity.
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