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<blockquote data-quote="susiedriver" data-source="post: 72654" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/politics/20lobby.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/politics/20lobby.html</a></p><p></p><p>WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 - The Justice Department has signaled for the first time in recent weeks that prominent members of Congress could be swept up in the corruption investigation of Jack Abramoff, the former Republican superlobbyist who diverted some of his tens of millions of dollars in fees to provide lavish travel, meals and campaign contributions to the lawmakers whose help he needed most. </p><p>The investigation by a federal grand jury, which began more than a year ago, has created alarm on Capitol Hill, especially with the announcement Friday of criminal charges against Michael Scanlon, Mr. Abramoff's former lobbying partner and a former top House aide to <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/tom_delay/index.html?inline=nyt-per" target="_blank">Representative Tom DeLay</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiedriver, post: 72654, member: 1848"] [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/politics/20lobby.html"]http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/politics/20lobby.html[/URL] WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 - The Justice Department has signaled for the first time in recent weeks that prominent members of Congress could be swept up in the corruption investigation of Jack Abramoff, the former Republican superlobbyist who diverted some of his tens of millions of dollars in fees to provide lavish travel, meals and campaign contributions to the lawmakers whose help he needed most. The investigation by a federal grand jury, which began more than a year ago, has created alarm on Capitol Hill, especially with the announcement Friday of criminal charges against Michael Scanlon, Mr. Abramoff's former lobbying partner and a former top House aide to [URL="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/tom_delay/index.html?inline=nyt-per"]Representative Tom DeLay[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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