RawStory: DeLay Defender Says 3 Abramoff Fundraisers Went Unreported

[Hissyspit]

Cotton Bear gets credit for drawing my attention to this new Raw Story headline, but I haven't seen it posted, so am posting now:

http://www.rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/tiahrt_fundraisers_delay_abramoff_510.htm

PAYING THE TAB
Congressman Who Defended DeLay Says Three Fundraisers With Abramoff Associates Went Unreported
By John Byrne | RAW STORY Editor

A stalwart congressional supporter of embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) has confirmed to RAW STORY that in-kind donations for several fundraisers held at skyboxes believed managed by fallen lobbyist Jack Abramoff were not reported until this year.

The congressman, Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), amended his campaign finance filings in February and April, listing three in-kind donations from the Greenberg Traurig political action committee, a fund managed by Abramoff’s former firm. The events dated from 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Tiahrt press secretary Chuck Knapp called the amendments “a campaign staff oversight.”

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The confusion over who held the fundraisers adds a new twist to an already tangled story concerning a powerful lobbyist now under investigation by four separate entities—including a Senate committee and the FBI—regarding his lobbying work. Previous newspaper reports assert that Abramoff billed tribal clients through a company he set up called Sports Suites LLC.

MORE AT LINK

[whistle]

1. Oops, must have slipped through the cracks -- Abramoff

[dogday]

2. Duh! I Forgot!

[aquart]

3. What link?

[Hissyspit]

4. Here. Sorry.

http://www.rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/tiahrt_fundraisers_delay_abramoff_510.htm

[rocktivity]

5. Yet they're picking on Hillary Clinton about ONE fundraiser?

:mad:
rocknation

[tanyev]

6. The best defense is a good offense.

Or something like that.

[CottonBear]

7. Thanks for posting this in LBN Hissyspit.

There was no story to which to link earlier in the day.

Isn't it just amazing that nothing is sticking to DeLay and the Republicans? He must be Teflon coated.

With every new story about DeLay and Abramoff, I keep thinking that it may be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Unfortunately, the whole sorry story is below the radar of most Americans.