Jack Abramoff

Abramoff's Partner Doesn't Want to Cough Up Ill-Gotten Millions

Susan Crabtree | March 16, 2011, 10:03AM

Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff's partner in crime, doesn't want to pony up the ill-gotten millions he owes to Abramoff's former lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig, and he doesn't think he has to, his attorneys said Tuesday in a court filing.

Scanlon, who worked hand-in-glove with Abramoff, pleaded guilty to defrauding a group of Native American tribes out of tens of millions of dollars and last monthwas sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay Greenberg for its losses. Greenberg has settled a series of actual and threatened lawsuits from the tribes that Scanlon and Abramoff defrauded, and now the K Street giant is demanding that Scanlon make good on the court-ordered compensation payments and pay the firm more than $17 million.

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Topics: Greenberg Traurig, Jack Abramoff, Justice Department, K Street, Lobbyists, Michael Scanlon, Native Americans

Jack Abramoff

Scanlon Could Be Ordered To Pay $20 Million to Tribes and K Street Firm

Susan Crabtree | February 11, 2011, 9:39AM

A U.S. district court judge is poised to order Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff's partner in a wide-ranging lobbying sandal, to cough up more than $20 million to compensate several Indian tribes, as well as Abramoff's former lobbying firm, for his role in defrauding them.

Scanlon faces sentencing Friday morning, and in the weeks leading up to it, former congressional aides and lobbyists stung by the scandal have griped about the tens of millions of dollars Scanlon has amassed and sunk into extensive real estate holdings in Dewey Beach, Del. and D.C. His attorneys have argued that Scanlon should not have to pay the full $19 million he had agreed to when he pled guilty five years ago because of the extensive damage the scandal has done to his earning potential and his role as a father of two boys.

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Topics: Corruption, Greenberg Traurig, Jack Abramoff, Lobbyists, Michael Scanlon, Native Americans

Michael Scanlon

Abramoff Whistleblower Wants Stiffer Sentence for Scanlon Than Feds Requested

Susan Crabtree and Ryan J. Reilly | February 9, 2011, 8:00AM

Native American lobbyist Tom Rodgers, the main whistleblower in the Jack Abramoff scandal, isn't satisfied with the government's request for two years in jail for Michael Scanlon.

Scanlon, a central figure in the Abramoff lobbying scandal, faces sentencing Friday, and Rodgers wants the judge to hand down at least the same amount of prison time Abramoff received.

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Topics: Coushatta, Jack Abramoff, Justice Department, Louisiana, Michael Scanlon, Native Americans, Texas, Tom Rodgers, Whistleblower, Whistleblowers

Tucson Shootings

Critic Of Native American Prayer In Trouble With His Native American-Defending Law Firm

Jillian Rayfield | January 28, 2011, 8:58AM

A right-wing blogger who criticized the Native American opening prayer at the Tucson memorial service as "ugly" has gotten in trouble at his day job -- working for a law firm that also defends Native American rights.

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Topics: Native Americans, Paul Mirengoff, Power Line, Tucson Shootings

Barack Obama

Latest Right-Wing Freak-Out: Obama Wants To Give Manhattan Back To Native Americans

Jillian Rayfield | December 28, 2010, 1:55PM

The good news is that the right-wing isn't talking about President Obama being a secret Muslim right now. The bad news is that they're now concerned that he's going to use his honorary status as a Crow Tribe Indian to return the United States to Native Americans.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Bryan Fischer, Manhattan, New York, Native Americans, World Net Daily