Norton Posed for Photo With Abramoff

[Judi Lynn]

Jan 27, 11:35 PM EST
Norton Posed for Photo With Abramoff

By JENNIFER TALHELM
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Interior Secretary Gale Norton posed for a photograph with Jack Abramoff in her second encounter with the lobbyist, a brief face-to-face session in her office in 2002.

The photo, made public Friday evening by Interior officials in response to media requests, shows Norton, Abramoff, an unnamed man, Chief Phillip Martin of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and the tribe's outside counsel, C. Bryant Rogers.

Norton did not speak with Abramoff and the Choctaw chief when they met for the photo, Interior spokeswoman Tina Kreisher said Friday. The men waited while Norton finished a meeting, then posed with her for an official department photo in front of the large fireplace in her office and left, Kreisher said.

Abramoff, who recently pleaded guilty to federal felony charges related to congressional influence peddling, counted among his clients six Indian tribes with casinos. The Interior Department oversees Indian affairs.

In e-mail exchanges that have been made public, he mentioned having an inside track in Norton's Interior Department. He sought congressional help several times to lobby Norton for tribes, and his clients donated heavily to an environmental group Norton founded.
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[CornField]

1. Yup, I often bring my clients to other's offices... just for a photo

Do they really expect us to believe this shit?

[Hekate]

2. Posed photos must be a useful device to support a claim of influence...

...whether or not it is true. And since Abramoff was/is a master of spinning webs of lies and influence, who's to say?

Lots of people are going to be slimed before this is through -- I'm just praying that enough Repub pols go to jail to form their very own chain gang.

Hekate

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2070781