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Gist of Abramoff Scandal
Former DeLay staffer
Tom DeLay
Ralph Reed
Casino is closed
4.2 million to close down the Tiguas casino
Jack Abramoff
Convinced the tribe to hire him to persuade
Congress to pass legislation re-opening the
casino
Tigua
Agua Caliente
10 million

Coushatta
Six tribes paid Abramoff and Scanlon a total of
82 million between 2001 and 2004
32 million
Mike Scanlon

Neil Volz
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Abramoff and Bob Ney
Neil Volz contacts Neys office
Former DeLay staffer
Ney sponsored the legislation sought by the tribe
Tigua contributed 32,000 to Ney in 2002
Neys staff was trying to persuade Chris Dodds
staff toinclude the provision in an election
reform bill
Unable to convince Dodd to go along with this
plan, Ney told the tribe that Dodd had gone back
on his word, and had stripped out the gaming
provision from the election reform bill
Tom DeLay
Bob Ney
Former Ney Chief of Staff
Dodd knew nothing about the alleged agreement
Jack Abramoff
Tigua
Still subject to one year lobbying ban

Mike Scanlon

Neil Volz
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Sky Boxes
Former DeLay staffer
Tom DeLay
Bob Ney
J.D. Hayworth
John Doolittle
Several Members of Congress availed themselves of
the opportunity to use the sky boxes without
reporting to the FEC the contribution of the use
of the boxes
Fundraisers in boxes at MCI Center and at FedEx
Field
Ney used an MCI box on 3/15/01 without reporting
it
J.D. Hayworth apparently used the boxes 5 times
Abramoff listed John Doolittle as using the boxes
5 times
Jack Abramoff
Agua Caliente
300,000

Several tribes gave Abramoff money to maintain
sky boxes at Washington area arenas
Mike Scanlon

Neil Volz
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Abramoff and Tom DeLay
DeLay once referred to Abramoff as
one of his closest and dearest friends
DeLays PACs
From May 25, June 3, 2000, Abramoff accompanied
DeLay and his wife on a trip to England and
Scotland, sponsored by conservative think tank
National Center for Public Policy
Research Abramoff filed his expense reports with
his firm, he billed the costs to the Mississippi
Choctaw. Abramoff requested reimbursement for
the DeLays hotel bill in the amount of
4,285.35.House rules prohibit Members from
accepting travel expenses from lobbyists.
Tom DeLay
and wife
40,000
Jack Abramoff
Tigua
Abramoff convinced DeLay to oppose a proposal
taxing Indian casinos, explaining that tribes
could become Republican allies
Agua Caliente
Abramoff persuaded DeLay to organize a letter,
co-signed by Speaker Hastert, Whip Roy Blunt and
Deputy Whip Eric Cantor to endorse a view of
gambling law benefiting the Coushatta Tribes aim
of blocking gambling competition by the Choctaw
tribe
Coushatta
Choctaw
Saginaw Chippewa
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Capital Athletic Foundation
DeLayFoundation for Kids(DeLay charity)
Bob Ney
Ralph Reed
Jack Abramoff
Paid 120,000 in August 2002 for Abramoff, Ney,
Ralph Reed and then-General Services
Administration Chief of Staff David Safavian to
St. Andrews to play golf with a stop in London on
way back. Ney later claimed that the trips
purpose was to raise money for a foundation, but
there were no fundraising events during the
course of the trip.
Tigua
Donated 25,000
Agua Caliente
Coushatta
1 million to the Capital Athletic Foundation
(2001)
CapitalAthleticFoundation (Abramoff charity)
Choctaw
Saginaw Chippewa
25,000 to the Capital Athletic Foundation (2002)
2.56 million from 9 donors including 3 tribes
(2002)
501(c)(3) organization started in 2000 with only
12,850
2.15 million from tribes, Scanlon, Internet
Casino client (2003)
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Abramoff Campaign Contributions
Heather Wilson 1,000John Doolittle 7,000Jack
Kingston 1,000Dennis Hastert 2,500Frank
LoBiondo 1,000Marilyn Musgrave 1,000Charles
Pickering 1,000Mike Simpson 1,000Robert
Simmons 2,000Curt Weldon 1,000Saxby
Chambliss 1,000Conrad Burns 5,000Richard
Shelby 1,000Kit Bond 1,500Charles
Taylor 2,000Charles Grassley 7,000Gordon
Smith 2,000Thad Cochran 1,000James
Inhofe 2,000Jim Talent 1,000Phil
Gingrey 500Ernest Istook 1,000John
Ensign 8,000Tom DeLay 17,000Bob
Ney 3,500Ralph Regula 1,000Butch
Otter 1,500Ric Keller 1,000Michael
Oxley 2,000Doug Ose 1,000Roy
Blunt 1,000Dennis Rehberg 1,000Chris
Cannon 2,000Eric Cantor 7,000Randy
Forbes 1,000Mike Ferguson 1,000Johnny
Isakson 4,000Richard Pombo 7,000Melissa
Hart 5,000Jim Bunning 1,000Dana
Rohrbacher 1,000Arlen Specter 4,000Tom
Feeney 1,000Mark Foley 2,000
Jack Abramoff
In the last two election cycles, the following
members and/or PACs associated with these members
received contributions from Abramoff or his wife,
Pam.