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 Tuesday, January 03, 2006 |
BREAKING NEWS ~ Abramoff pleads guilty to conspiracy, fraud charges
Jeannie Shawl at 12:50 PM ET
[JURIST] AP is reporting that, as anticipated [JURIST report], Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff [JURIST news archive] has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, tax evasion and mail fraud charges. The US Department filed a criminal information [PDF text; press release] Tuesday morning in federal court in Washington, DC and a hearing in front of Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle followed.
1:22 PM ET - In addition to the guilty plea on the new charges [AP summary], Abramoff will also plead guilty to two charges pending in Florida stemming from the 2000 purchase of SunCruz Casinos [corporate website] by Abramoff and partners. Abramoff initially pleaded not guilty to those charges in August, and a change of plea hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. AP has more.
2:36 PM ET - The plea agreement [PDF] is now available online, via FindLaw.
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