Today has got to be a little unsettling if you are a powerful republican in DC. The glue that holds their house of cards together was indicted yesterday in Fort Lauderdale. Abramoff is looking at up to thirty years in prison for his role in the purchase of Sun Cruz Casinos, a Florida based company that operates a fleet of casino boats. The deal soured with previous Sun Cruz owner Gus Boulis claiming fellow Abramoff indictee Adam Kidan was mobbed up. Kidan's business mentor was a known associate of the Gambino crime family. Boulis took three in the chest for his troubles.
Abramoff is still facing future charges from his dealings with Indian casinos with substantial jail time from those dealings.
That's a lot of time at the graybar hotel, but Abramoff has two get out of jail free cards. One of the keys that can free him is the key to the closet where all the skeletons are hidden. Who has skeleton hidden in that closet? Tom Delay, Bob Ney, Ralph Reed, Grover Norquist, and Michael Scanlan just to name a few.
Abramoff could probably spring himself by dishing the dirt on those five and probably some others.
The second path to freedom does involve some jail time. Abramoff could keep his mouth shut and hope for a presidential pardon three and a half years from now. Then again, Bush may very well throw him over the boat. Unlike most, I see loyalty to Bush as a one way street. Pretty risky way to go. Abramoff could still use the skeleton key if not pardoned, but who knows if it will still hold any value?
Abramoff walked the walk, will he now talk the talk?
Update: I forgot to include Conrad Burns in the Abramoff dish list. I also read at TPM that Abramoff might have already tried to cut a deal, but it was rejected.
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