Prosecutors in the Jack Abramoff case (remember him?) want their man where they can reach him without too much of a hassle, so they’ve asked the judge to postpone the date he was due to enter prison by 90 days. In late March, Abramoff was sentenced by a federal court in Florida to almost six years in prison for fraud charges relating to his purchase of SunCruz. But prosecutors in D.C. want Abramoff around to help with their bribery cases. So Abramoff will be free at least until late September.
And Roll Call reports that Abramoff might get a number of such extentions - the more he gives, the longer he puts off prison:
Several sources close to the case believe Abramoff may not be required to begin his prison sentence in the Florida case until next year, depending on how the Washington corruption probe is progressing.