Political Cortex: Oops--Scanlon Pleads Guilty

Oops--Scanlon Pleads Guilty

By btyarbro
11/21/2005 06:45:27 PM EST

Ex-DeLay aide Michael Scanlon pleaded guilty today in the Indian tribes fraud case.

WaPo put the story out a few minutes ago. Here's the link and the opening graf:

Michael Scanlon, a former partner to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to bribe public officials, a charge growing out of the government investigation of attempts to defraud Indian tribes and corrupt a member of Congress.
Scanlon, a former aide to Rep. Tom DeLay, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle and agreed to pay restitution totaling more than $19 million to the tribes.

According to his attorney, Scanlon is "regretful for what happened to the tribes."

This won't help Tom in his attempt to distance himself from anything unethical, illegal, or "reprehensible."

: Tom DeLay, Scanlon, Fraud

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Oops--Scanlon Pleads Guilty | 3 comments (3 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

And Ney, too (none / 0)

He's in there, cooperating. Good for him, hope he gets the message that Rule of Law exists for ALL citizens, and no one is above it. I'll have to call his local office downtown and tell them how shocked and disappointed I am in him. ;-) lol

by Margot on 11/21/2005 07:44:53 PM EST

A whole lot of drinking going on ... (none / 0)

in certain circles tonight over this one, is my guess.

Man, you pull this one thread hard enough and a lot of unravelling is going to begin.

by SusanG on 11/21/2005 08:06:41 PM EST

Scanlon knows (none / 0)

everything (IMHO), and can sink Abramoff, DeLay, Ney, Reed, and the whole bunch of them.

He's young enough to want to do it, too. He needed a deal.

Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. FDR

by btyarbro on 11/21/2005 08:43:32 PM EST

Oops--Scanlon Pleads Guilty | 3 comments (3 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)