Bush Official Sentenced to Prison in Abramoff Probe

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By Justin Blum

Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- David H. Safavian, the U.S. government’s top procurement official in President George W. Bush’s administration, was sentenced today to a year in prison for lying about his ties to lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington sentenced Safavian on charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements, according to a Justice Department statement. In addition to the prison term, Safavian was sentenced to two years of supervised release. snip

Safavian left the General Services Administration in 2004 after Bush appointed him to the Office of Management and Budget. He served as the government’s top procurement officer until September 2005, when he resigned several days before his arrest.