Wednesday, November 15, 2006

abramoff to prison

abramoff to prisonfrom reuters/yahoo: Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, at the center of a political corruption scandal that contributed to the Republican loss of Congress in last week's elections, began serving his prison sentence on Wednesday.

The federal Bureau of Prisons said Abramoff, who has been cooperating in the government's influence-peddling investigation, arrived at about 6:30 a.m. at a minimum security federal prison camp in Cumberland, Maryland, 130 miles west of Washington.
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