Delay sought for Abramoff sentencing in Florida fraud case

[johnfunk]

You can practically swim in the GOP flop sweat...

Delay sought for Abramoff sentencing in Florida fraud case
By CURT ANDERSON
AP Legal Affairs Writer

February 17. 2006 3:18PM /AP/ The U.S. Justice Department and defense lawyers asked a federal judge Friday to delay the scheduled March sentencing of lobbyist Jack Abramoff in a Florida fraud case to allow him more time to cooperate in a broader government corruption investigation.

Abbe Lowell, Abramoff's lawyer in Washington, D.C., said in a telephone conference with U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck that if sentencing went forward as scheduled on March 16 it would be "upsetting to what's happening behind the scenes."

"It's based solely on the sensitivities of cooperation," Lowell said of the request.

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[central scrutinizer]

1. damn, I thought it meant Tom Delay was sought

I like the idea of that cockroach being chased around

[TomInTib]

3. At first glance that was my take as well. nt

[TomInTib]

2. "Upsetting to what's happening behind the scenes" .....

Hell, yes. Like the "scenes" at the White House.

[wordpix]

4. don't sentence him yet, he might clam up