UPDATE: Isikoff Confirms Abramoff Shopped Bush Photos

[kpete]

UPDATE: Isikoff Confirms Abramoff Shopped Bush Photos

Over the weekend, Time magazine and the Washingtonian both reported on five photos of President Bush with Jack Abramoff, but neither publication revealed its source.

Yesterday, ThinkProgress laid out the case for why the source for the photos was likely Abramoff himself. Last night, our hunch was confirmed.

Appearing on MSNBC, Newsweek correspondent Michael Isikoff reported that it was indeed Abramoff who floated the photographs to Washingtonian. Watch the video:


Full transcript below:

ISIKOFF: As a general rule, if you’re the president … you don’t like pictures out there of you with convicted felons. It sounds like … there’s at least one picture of him with at least one convicted felon and another indicted, so it’s probably not a picture the White House is eager to have out there. The other interesting aspect of this is, while the White House hasn’t put these out, Jack Abramoff has clearly shown them to people. I don’t know anything about Time sources, but I do know that he showed them to Washingtonian magazine, which suggests he may be playing a little bit of a game here. He has, of course, pled guilty already to the Justice Department. But it does raise a question in my mind at least as to whether Abramoff is maybe sort of sending some sort of signal out here: “Hey, I’ve got this stuff.” Maybe he wants something from somebody at the White House, or he wants someone at the White House not to do something, and just sort of subtly playing with people here.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/24/update-isikoff-confirms-abramoff-shopped-bush-photos/

[jsamuel]

1. ooooooooooooooo

[sabra]

2. How long till we see Gannon/Guckert's name back in the news?

[gkhouston]

4. just as long as it's ONLY his name.

No more pictures, please! x(

[mmonk]

3. Did anyone expect "honor among thieves"?

[yourout]

5. I think he is trying to prevent his "suicide".

Or trying to protect his family. He knows full well what the assholes are capable of.

[Horse with no Name]

6. These people make a living off of whoring to the highest bidder

There is no difference at this juncture if they are whoring for money or for their freedom.
Their only loyalty is to themselves.

[Burried News]

7. Oh for the day when the WH advisor is a convicted felon...

[gratuitous]

8. "Maybe he wants something from somebody at the White House"

Gee, that wouldn't be like, you know, one of those pardon thingies, would it? The Bush family does have a history of letting their accomplices off the hook when it comes time to face justice. Just ask Caspar Weinberger. Or Eliot Abrams.

[f-bush]

9. All Right, lets plater that picture all over the place!

Bush and felons, go together!

[Lefty48197]

10. Isikoff proved what a slimeball he was by teaming up with Linda Tripp

during the Monica era.

[MoJoWorkin]

11. When you say "shopped"--- I think photoshopped---that makes

it sound like they were phonies. It would be much better to say "floated" as was stated in the transcript. We don't want people to think the pics are "photoshopped."