Jack Abramoff: April 2009

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Jack Abramoff: April 2009

Lila Shapiro | April 30, 2009, 9:02AM

As Zack Roth reported on Monday, Kevin Spacey has signed on to play Jack Abramoff in the upcoming "modern day GoodFellas" type thriller Casino Jack.

As devoted mappers of Abramoff's twisted world, we wanted to give TPM readers a chance to share their dream cast lists. So we've put together a gallery of some of the key players. Leave your notes in the comments. The best suggestions will be incorporated into a glamorous Casino Jack: TPM Photo Feature.

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Jack Abramoff

Two Thumbs Up! Kevin Spacey To Play Abramoff in Casino Jack

Zachary Roth | April 27, 2009, 3:08PM

Get ready for Jack Abramoff: The Movie.

The well-sourced Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke reported Friday that Kevin Spacey and director George Hickenlooper were visiting the disgraced former lobbyist in prison -- as part of their research for Casino Jack, which will start filming next month, with the man who once played Keyser Soze in the lead role. (Variety had reported last August on plans for the project, then known as Bagman.)

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Topics: Jack Abramoff, Karl Rove, Lobbyists, Tom DeLay

Jack Abramoff

Sweeney To Enter Rehab, Says Lawyer

Zachary Roth | April 14, 2009, 5:41PM

Eagle-eyed reader B.K. passes along this tidbit which we missed from late last week.

As we told you, former New York GOP congressman -- and Jack Abramoff buddy -- John Sweeney last week was charged with a felony DUI after he told officers who stopped his car that he was in "big trouble" and refused to take a roadside sobriety test. But later in the week, a local New York news channel reported that Sweeney's court appearance, scheduled for last Friday, had been postponed.

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Topics: Jack Abramoff, John Sweeney

Bob Ney

Ney's New Role? Right-Wing Radio Talk Show Host

Zachary Roth | April 13, 2009, 5:25PM

A second act for our old friend Bob Ney.

Starting today, the former Ohio GOP congressman will be hosting a midday chat show on a right-wing West Virginia radio station, WVLY AM 1370, according to the station's web site.

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Topics: Bob Ney, Jack Abramoff, Lobbyists, Media

Karl Rove

J. Edgar Rove? Bush's Brain Claims He Kept Loyalty File On GOP Rep

Zachary Roth | April 10, 2009, 12:46PM

Did Karl Rove compile a "loyalty file" on former GOP congressman Tom Feeney? That's what Rove himself has reportedly claimed.

Politico reports on a chance encounter at Charlie Palmer's Steak last night between Bush's brain and Jason Roe, a former chief of staff to Feeney, the Florida congressman who was defeated for reelection last fall*.