Jack Abramoff Picture Show ~ A Political Tale of Murder, Corruption and Intrigue

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The Jack Abramoff Picture Show

Hollywood-turned-Washington mogul Jack Abramoff

Born the son of a Diner's Club president, Jack Abramoff went to Hollywood High and grew up to produce B-movies like Red Scorpion, but his love of conservative politics drove him to leave Hollywood behind to become the most powerful lobbyist in Washington in a tale that involves murder, the Mob, exotic islands, gambling, and a tangled web of corruption leading straight to the White House.

This is Miami Subs sandwich king Gus Boulis, before and after he was assassinated 2001. A few months earlier, he sold a fleet of gambling boats to Jack Abramoff

Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis, Miami Sub king murdered

and Adam Kidan (below). Abramoff and Kidan were indicted in August for faking a wire transfer for $23 million that they were pretending was the down payment on the SunCruz casinos.
Two of the three men charged in Gus Boulis's killing were paid consultants of Adam Kidan

Adam Kidan and one of his New Boats

Once they had the ships, Abramoff and Kidan decided to float one of the casinos in the U. S. Territory of the Northern
Marianas. Even before that, Abramoff was working for the local government, and he and Tom Delay were able to stop a worker reform bill that would have ended the abusive sweatshop conditions existing on the islands, and which would also let them avoid paying U.S. minimum wages to their casino workers.

	Fox News anchor Tony Snow was listed as master of ceremonies for a $1000-a-plate fundraiser for Jack Abramoff's Capitol Athletic Foundation, which promised to enrich sports
programs in schools, but which was really only a front to enrich Abramoff's lavish lifestyle.

Golfing with Abramoff
Abramoff illegally paid for expensive golfing trips and other goodies for members of Congress and other government officials.

	This is David Safavian, the man George Bush chose to be our nation's top procurement officer. He had to quit that job when he was arrested for lying about a golf trip to Scotland as well as for
getting sweetheart Federal deals for Abramoff.

Tom Delay enjoyed golf trips in Russia and Scotland, as well as other exotic getaways paid for by Abramoff and the corporations he represented.

A week after claiming that Jack Abramoff misled him, Ohio Congressman Bob Ney went with him on a golf trip to Scotland, courtesy of the lobbyist.

When Ralph Reed went on a grass-roots anti-gambling campaign in Texas, preaching the evils of gambling, nobody knew that he was being paid $4.2 million
from a casino in Louisiana that wanted to kill the Texas competition. He enjoyed a golf trip to Scotland on Abramoff, too.

Signature's DC ~ Free upscale dining for Capitol Hill's movers and shakers compliments of lobbyist Jack Abramoff

Abramoff's Signatures restaurant in Washington D.C. boasts that it is "Home to many of Washington's most recognizable political figures..." Several of them enjoyed free meals at this upscale hot-spot, in spite of the Congressional ban on accepting meals from lobbyists.

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Abramoff was known as "Casino Jack" because of the many Native American tribes that hired him to lobby on behalf of their casino interests.

The Tigua Indian tribe is the last Pueblo tribe in Texas. They hired Jack Abramoff to help them get their casino reopened after the state of Texas shut it down, not knowing that he was the one who worked to get it shut down in the first place. He took $4.2 million for his services but was unable to get their casino reopened.

Michael Scanlon was Tom Delay's press secretary before he started his own public relations firm, working for Indian tribes whose business Jack Abramoff steered his way. Part of the work Scanlon did was to set up
bogus Christian anti-gambling groups to try to whip up opposition to the casinos owned by rival tribes. Together, Scanlon and Abramoff were able to walk away with $66 million dollars from the Native Americans.

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Snake Eyes for Casino Jack U. S. News and World Report, August 29, 2005	Casino Ship Founder Killed St. Petersburg Times, February 8, 2001
Controversial Lobbyist had Close Contact with Bush Team USA Today, May 6, 2005	Retain Our Michael Jordan Saipan Times, January 14, 2001
Tribal Docs Show Maneuvering on Delay PACs Fox News, June 21, 2005	Reed Campaign Marred by Gambling Interests Fox News, June 19, 2005
Ethics Panel Chief Also Tied to Abramoff Fox News	Probe to Include GOP Donations Washington Post May 17, 2004
Golf Trip Raises Doubt (re: Ralph Reed) Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 19, 2005	Foreigner May Have Paid for Delay Trip MSNBC, April 29, 2005
3 charged in killing of Florida Businessman Washington Post, September 28, 2005	Delay Airfare Charged to Abramoff's Credit Card Washington Post, April 24, 2005
Bush Official Arrested in Corruption Probe Washington Post, September 19, 2005	Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe November 17, 2004
Indian Affairs Hearings Real Player November 17, 2004	Delay's Lavish Island Getaway ABC News April 6, 2005
Politician in SunCruz's Hot Water (Bob Ney) Miami Herald	Indian Political Donations Missing Arizona Republic
Abramhoff Indictment May Aid DC Inquiry Washington Post, August 12, 2005	Gaming Scandal Threatens Conservatives The Economist, July 17, 2005
A Lobbyist's Progress Weekly Standard, December 20, 2004	Foundations Funds Diverted from Mission Washington Post, September 25, 2004
Ex Lobbyist's Assets Frozen Washington Post, November 13, 2004	Lawmaker's Abramoff Ties Investigated Washington Post, October 18, 2005