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Abramoff said he had agreement with White House aide just a month after Bush took office
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rawstory.com — Email noting relationship with White House came just a month after Bush took office Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff told his colleagues at his former law firm that he had an “agreement” regarding communications with a former assistant to then-Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove, perhaps ...

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Abramoff said he had agreement with Rove's assistant
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... tie between Abramoff and the White House to date. In the email, dated Feb. 27, 2001, Abramoff reprimands a colleague who asked him to use Susan Ralston – Special Assistant to the President George W. Bush and then-Bush senior adviser Karl Rove – to arrange a meeting with the President for one of his clients. In response, Abramoff writes that Ralston and he have an “agreement with her as to what we are going to ask her and when.” Full story and copy of email at the link. Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Abramoff_said_he_had_agre... Kudos to Larisa for a great piece of ...

Abramoff's White House Connection
The Latest on Air America — ... had an aide in the White House who could grease the skids when meetings were required by clients with the president.  “This is not the proper way to go about this,” Abramoff writes when a colleague suggests that he approach Ralston himself about setting up a meeting for a client and the President, through Rove. “Susan is not going to be able to do things like this, and we have an agreement with her as to what we are going to ask her and when.” You can read the whole story here. 

Connecting the Dots
Suburban Guerrilla — Link: Email noting relationship with White House came just a month after Bush took office Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff told his colleagues at his former law firm that he had an “agreement” regarding communications with a former assistant to then-Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove, perhaps the most substantial documented tie between Abramoff and the White House to date. In the email, dated Feb. 27, 2001, Abramoff reprimands a colleague who asked him to use Susan Ralston – Special Assistant to the President George W. Bush and then-Bush senior ...

Siegelman appeal today...
At-Largely — ... 2 - Siegelman's Daughter Speaks Out Part 3 - Karl Rove Running Elections from the White House Part 4 - Mississippi Prosecution, Justice Oliver Diaz Part 5 - Justice Diaz Speaks Part 6 - Break-ins plague targets of political prosecutions Part 7 - Justice for Sale Related articles: Judge who denied Paul Minor release was protoge of Karl Rove DOJ Investigating 2 US Attorneys 60 Minutes Segemant on Siegelman "dropped" in Alabama Email shows that Abramoff had agreement with Karl Rove's assistant Also see my Siegelman blog ...

Larisa Alexandrovna: What did the President know and when did he know it? Karl Rove knows...
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Jr. Part 6: Break-Ins Plague Targets of Political Prosecutions Part 7: Justice for Sale Judge who denied Paul Minor's release protoge of Karl Rove DOJ Investigating 2 US Attorneys in alleged political prosecutions 60 Minutes signal dropped in Alabama only during Siegelman portion Interview with Dana Jill Simpson on Karl Rove's alleged smears Abramoff said he had agreement with White House aid regarding communications ...

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