Abramoff pleads guilty to three charges
{{date|January  3, 2006}}
[[Jack Abramoff]] pled guilty today to charges of mail fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy charges stemming from the [[w:Jack Abramoff#Indian tribes grand jury investigations|Indian Tribes]] investigation.

Abramoff, founder and former chairman of the [[w:International Freedom Foundation|International Freedom Foundation]] and former member of the Board of Directors of the [[w:National Center for Public Policy Research|National Center for Public Policy Research]], reportedly agreed to cooperate in the prosecutor's case against Abramoff's former business partners, who are subjects of the [[w:Jack Abramoff#SunCruz Casinos fraud indictment|SunCruz Casinos fraud]] investigation.  Part of the three-count indictment charged Abramoff with influence-peddling a [[US House of Representatives|House Representative]]'s [[Scotland]] golf trip with US$50,000.  The money in question was solicited from an Indian Tribe in Texas by Abramoff, and is rumoured to have gone to Representative [[w:Bob Ney|Bob Ney]] ([[w:Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Ohio|OH]]).

In exchange for his testimony, Mr. Abramoff is expected to be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years imprisonment, and will be allowed to serve sentences concurrently.  He is due in a [[Florida]] court on Wednesday in regards to the [[w:Jack Abramoff#SunCruz Casinos fraud indictment|SunCruz]] case.
== Sources ==
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*{{source|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5080882|title= Lobbyist Abramoff Reaches Deal with Prosecutors |author=[[Associated Press|AP]]|pub=National Public Radio|date=January 03, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://nytimes.com/2006/01/03/politics/03cnd-abramoff.html|title=G.O.P. Lobbyist Pleads Guilty in Deal With Prosecutors|author=Anne E. Kornblut|pub=New York Times|date=January 03, 2006}}
*United States District Court for the District of Columbia Court Filing
:{{source|url=http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20060103_ABRAMOFF_DOC.pdf|title=U.S. v. Ambramoff|author=|pub=New York Times|date=January 03,2006}}
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Jack Abramoff pled guilty today to charges of mail fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy charges stemming from the Indian Tribes investigation.

Abramoff, founder and former chairman of the International Freedom Foundation and former member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Public Policy Research, reportedly agreed to cooperate in the prosecutor's case against Abramoff's former business partners, who are subjects of the SunCruz Casinos fraud investigation.  Part of the three-count indictment charged Abramoff with influence-peddling a House Representative's Scotland golf trip with US$50,000.  The money in question was solicited from an Indian Tribe in Texas by Abramoff, and is rumoured to have gone to Representative Bob Ney (R-OH).

In exchange for his testimony, Mr. Abramoff is expected to be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years imprisonment, and will be allowed to serve sentences concurrently.  He is due in a Florida court on Wednesday in regards to the SunCruz case.
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