DEMOCRATS CALL FOR ABRAMOFF INVESTIGATION
Ken Salazar, D-CO, calls for a Special Council to investigate matters surrounding the Jack Abramoff lobying scandal during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 26, 2006. Salazar wants the Special Council to take over from the Justice Department to ensure against even the appearance of conflicts of interest or impropriety. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- An aide to former U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., inflated the worth of freebies to protect himself, the lawyer for a lobbyist on trial for corruption said.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The first case to feature key players in a Capitol Hill staff lobbying scandal is scheduled to begin this week, a citizens' watchdog said.
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WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- A former U.S. House employee was indicted Friday on corruption charges as part of a probe of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the Justice Department said.
