CONGRESSMAN NEY PLEADS GUILTY AT FEDERAL COURT
Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) walks into U.S. District Court to plead guilty to taking bribes, in Washington on October 13, 2006. The Ohio Republican, in his sixth term, faces up to 10 years in prison in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation. (UPI Photo/Roger Wollenberg)
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Former Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, convicted in a corruption probe tied to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has been moved from a federal prison in West Virginia.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Former Rep. Bob Ney, Ohio-R, may be moved from federal prison in Morgantown, W.Va. to a halfway house, said Ney lawyer William Lawler.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. prosecutors have asked a judge in Washington for a light sentence for a former congressional staffer who helped convict former U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio.
WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- Watching Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central, OK; being interviewed on "The Colbert Report," not OK, new members of the U.S. House of Representatives were told.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A federal judge Friday sentenced former Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Ney to 30 months in prison for his role in the Jack Abramoff lobbying bribery scandal. Ney, 52, pleaded guilty Oct. 13 to accepting free trips, and thousands in cash from Abramoff and taking
SECACUS, N.J., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Former U.S. House Republican Leader Tom Delay says Republicans got a "Texas whupping" in Tuesday's midterm elections.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The new head of the FBI's criminal division said that, if necessary, agents would run a sting operation to catch crooked politicians.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Embattled U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, who has already pleaded guilty in the congressional lobbying scandal, resigned from the House Friday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Public trust in the U.S. Congress has fallen to new lows, a CNN poll released Thursday found.
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