STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD (11/04/05)

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STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD (11/04/05)

Your Weekly 'Republican Corruption and Scandal' Update
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Alabama
Investigation: Sen. Richard Shelby
Disposition: received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Gov. Robert Riley
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.
Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Republican Legislative Committee(very sleazy)
Disposition: financing of a Republican flier that accused a Democratic candidate of supporting same-sex marriage because she failed to sign a pledge against it. Republican committee did not file a report five days before the election showing who paid for the ad, as required by state law.
READ THIS: "Ala. Dems seek investigation into financing of anti-gay flier"
http://www.washblade.com/2005/2-25/news/legislative/
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Alaska
Investigation: Senate President Ben Stevens (son of US Senate Pro Tem President Ted Stevens)
Disposition: Probed for accepting consulting fees from oil services firm Veco. Subject to a recall petition.

Investigation: Sen. Ted Stevens
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.
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Arkansas
Investigation: Arkansas Republican Party
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Arkansas - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Joshua Dickens, Republican Constable of Faulkner County.
Disposition: Severly beat, burned, handcuffed and kidnapped woman he was in a relationship with. Sentenced 5 yrs, could be released within 1 year. After the trial, a 16-year-old girl, also made accusations to the police that she had been sexually assaulted by the young man. http://www.arkansasleader.com/2005/10/editorial-good-words-for-criminals.html
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Arizona
Investigation: Rep. J. D. Hayworth
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

Investigation: Gov. Evan Mecham
Disposition: impeached, in 1988, after he was convicted of obstructing an investigation into a death threat allegedly made by an aide. He also failed to report a $350,000 from a contributor to his campaign for Governor as required by campaign laws; loaned himself $80,000 of public money to help his failing car dealership; allegations of covering up a death threat by one of his appointees to a government employee. Was the first US Governor to face removal from office by three means simultaneously: impeachment by the legislature, a scheduled recall election, and a criminal indictment.
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Evan_Mecham
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050624/NEWS24/50624002

Investigation: Governor Fife Symington
Disposition: Resigned after being convicted of bank fraud charges. Conviction overturned due to improper dismissal of a juror during deliberations. Pardoned by Clinton, probably so he would stop wasting the Federal government's time and money investigating him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife_Symington_III
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#RI91AA6OL

Investigation: Nathan Sproul, of
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California
Investigation: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Disposition: Ethics probe for accepting salary from two men’s fitness magazines while governor, possible kickback from American Media publisher to Schwarzenegger charity and silence money to a woman who had an extramarital affair with Schwarzenegger. This probe may go criminal.

Investigation: Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham
Disposition: Probed for bribery regarding financial ties with and favors for defense firm MZM

Investigation: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
Disposition: Tied to Abramoff scandal on loan papers. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Doug Ose
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

Investigation: Rep. Richard Pombo
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/report.aspx?aid=753

Investigation: Rep. John Doolittle
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

Investigation: Rep. Ed Royce
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

Investigation: Katrina Leung, who helped raise money and contributed to several other Republican campaigns.
Disposition: arrested in April 2003, on charges of working covertly for the Chinese government(CODENAME: Parlor Maid). Leung was alleged to have copied U.S. secrets with intent of providing them to Chinese intelligence services.
http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/leung.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54571-2005Jan6.html

Investigation: Retired FBI agent James J. Smith
Disposition: pleaded guilty to lying about the affair, with Katrina Leung, during an FBI background review and agreed to cooperate with the government's investigation of Leung in exchange for the dropping of more serious charges of mail fraud and mishandling of classified documents. He was sentenced three months' home confinement.
http://www.cicentre.com/Documents/DOC_Smith_James_J_Case.htm
http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/smith.html
http://www.newsgd.com/news/World1/200507190030.htm

California - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Nicholas Elizondo(Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation) Bakersfield, CA
Disposition: molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Nicholas_Elizondo.htm

Investigation: Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline
Disposition: placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00914F93A550C718CDDAA0894DA404482

Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger "told a magazine in 1977 that he had a stripper girlfriend, hung out with prostitutes and engaged in group sex. Then in October 2003, the Los Angeles Times reported that several women said he had forced himself on them, grabbing them and trying to pull off clothing. Schwarzenegger didn't admit anything specific, but he didn't exactly proclaim his innocence, either. "Wherever there is smoke, there is fire," he said. "I have behaved badly sometimes."
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Colorado
Investigation: Colorado Republican Party
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Scott McInnis, former US Rep of Colorado
Disposition: at the end of his term, left the House with more than $1 million in his campaign bank account from Aramoff
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aBiarD4WDkww&refer=us

Colorado - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Larry D Floyd (R-Denton County Constable)
Disposition: Arrested charged with one count of soliciting for child prostitution, three counts of enticement of a child and three counts of attempted sexual assault on a child.
http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa050916_am_constable.63c90142.html

Investigation: Larry Jack Schwarz, Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative.
Disposition: fired after child pornography was found in his possession
http://www.armchairsubversive.com/schwarz.htm

Investigation: Colorado Republican Party activist Randal David Ankeney
Disposition: charged in a second sexual-assault incident, following his July arrest involving a Disposition: 14-year-old girl he had met in an Internet chat room. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/1130885/detail.html
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Connecticut
Investigation: Gov. John Rowland
Disposition: Convicted, racketeering enterprise, imprisoned 2004

Investigation: Peter N. Ellef, Mr. Rowland's co-chief of staff.
Disposition: pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/nyregion/26plea.html

Investigation: William A. Tomasso, Mr. Ellef's close friend, whose family's companies won more than $100 million in contracts under Mr. Rowland's administration.
Disposition: pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/nyregion/26plea.html

Investigation: Rep. Rob Simmons
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Connecticut - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Larry Giordano (R- former Mayor of Waterbury)
Disposition: Sexually abused 2 girls. Sentenced to 37 years
http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Giordano.htm

Investigation: Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1913548
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Delaware
Investigation: Attorney General Jane Brady
Disposition: Accused of helping MBNA Bank of Wilmington skirt campaign finance laws.
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Washington DC
Investigation: Jack Abramoff, GOP lobbyist
Disposition: Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy

Investigation: Adam Kidan, DC Dial-a-Mattress franchise in DC and Abramoff associate
Disposition: Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy

Investigation: Michael Scanlon, former chief of staff to Tom DeLay
Disposition: Being probed for involvement in Indian casino scandal with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay

Investigation: Italia Federicie, a Republican environmentalist ordered to appear in front of Senate Panel Ambramoff Investigation.
Disposition: expected witness, Ms. Federicie did not show up for questioning by McCain's Senate panel. McCain said he willl send a Federal Marshall out to find her.

Investigation: Michael Rosetti, former Interior Department Counsel, appeared in front of Senate Panel Ambramoff Investigation.
Disposition: Questioned by Senate Panel, rejected testimony made by J. Steven Giles
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abramoff3nov03,0,7870424.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines

Investigation: J. Steven Griles, a former deputy Interior secretary, appeared in front of Senate Panel Ambramoff Investigation
Disposition: possible perjury charges in the making....hearing focused on whether Abramoff, when working for the Coushatta tribe of Louisiana, relied on Griles to influence the Interior Department to block a rival tribe from opening a casino that would compete with the Coushattas' gaming business. Griles said he rejected the offer and reported it to ethics officials.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abramoff3nov03,0,7870424.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines

Investigation: Steve Rosen, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information

Investigation: Keith Weismann, AIPAC
Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information

Investigation: Larry Franklin, Colonel, USAF Reserves, Dept. of Defense
Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information

Investigation: Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President;s Chief of Staff
Disposition: (5 Count)Indictment: obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury in the investigation into the leak of a covert CIA agent’s name.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9837835/

Investigation: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove
Disposition: Continued investigation by Grand Jury. Probed for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9837835/

Investigation: David Safavian, Chief of Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget
Disposition: Arrested, Safavian is charged with making false statements to a General Services Administration ethics officer and the GSA inspector general's office. Safavian served as chief of staff at GSA before moving to OMB. Arrested Sept 19 2005 on charges of lying to investigators and obstructing a federal inquiry involving Jack Abramof

Investigation: Timothy E. Flanigan, Flanigan was nominated in May 2005, to be the No. 2 official at the Justice Department - Gonzales' top deputy. But the nomination has been held up over questions about his connection to Abramoff. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5329154,00.html

Investigation: John Hannah, a key aide to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the architects of the Iraq war,
Disposition: cooperating with Fitzgerald after being told that he was identified by witnesses as a co-conspirator in the leak. Sources said Hannah was not given immunity, but was likely offered a “deal” in exchange for information that could result in indictments of key White House officials. http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Second_Cheney_aide_cooperating_in_leak_1019.html

Investigation: a second Cheney aide, David Wurmser, has agreed to provide the prosecution with evidence that the leak was a coordinated effort by Cheney’s office to discredit the agent's husband. Her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, was one of the most vocal critics of the Iraq war. http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Second_Cheney_aide_cooperating_in_leak_1019.html

Investigation????: Michael Brown, former Director of FEMA.
Disposition: LIED on his resume. LIED repeatedly under oath to the House investigative panel.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092700709.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/10/21/MNG3OFC26S1.DTL

Investigation: Lester M. Crawford, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner
Disposition: The GAO and Senate Health committee will be investigating the circumstances of Crawford's resignation, including his financial disclosures. He was also accused before his confirmation of having an improper relationship with a female colleague -- a charge that independent investigators said both parties denied. The final report did note, however, significant discrepancies between Crawford's testimony and that of others in the commissioner's office.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Crawford
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501544.html
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9533793/
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=31466

Washington DC - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Mark Grethen, a longtime GOP activist and fundraiser. He was to be honored in Washington D.C. as “Republican of the Year” – an honor bestowed upon him by Representative Tom Davis of Virginia.
Disposition: convicted of six sex crimes involving raping children. He’s scheduled to be in the Deep Meadow Correctional Facility until September 25, 2024. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html

Investigation: Richard Delgaudio, served as president of the Republican-affiliated Legal Affairs Council, raising money for Oliver North’s defense during the Iran-Contra scandal, and for former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger’s defense fund (back in the pre-Ashcroft/Gonzales days when Republican criminals were actually sometimes tried for their crimes). He also raised money for such Republican notables as Ronald Reagan and Jesse Helms.
Disposition: he pled guilty to charges of producing child pornography after getting caught paying two teenage girls to pose for his camera in a Baltimore hotel. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html

John Bolton: Corroborated allegations that Mr. Bolton’s first wife, Christina Bolton, was forced to engage in group sex have not been refuted by the State Department despite inquires posed by Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt concerning the allegations. http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/larry_flynt_bolton_511

History of Washington DC Pedophilia - http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/conspiracyofsilence2.wmv Video
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1570946.php Bush Sr White House Scandal 1989

Investigation: Donald Rumsfeld (R-Defense Secretary)
Disposition: authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate

Report 1 http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/abughraib/151108.pdf Full Report
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Florida
Investigation: Rep Katherine Harris, US Senate candidate
Disposition: Probed for campaign donations from MZM, Inc. (related to Duke Cunningham probe)

Investigation: US Rep Tom Feeney
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. Probed for corporate ties to Yang Enterprises, involved in over billing state of Florida. Feeney was Jeb Bush’s 1994 running mate for Lt. Gov.

Investigation: US Rep Tom Feeney
Disposition: alleged 'vote rigging', investigation pending by US House of Reps.
VIDEO of Hearing: http://www.iwilltryit.com/fixed1.htm
Computer programmer Clinton Curtis testified at the December 13th, 2004 Congressional hearing in Columbus, Ohio naming Republican Congressman Tom Feeney as the person who hired him to prepare vote-rigging software.
The programmer claims that he designed and built a "vote rigging" software program at the behest of then Florida Congressman, now U.S. Congressman, Republican Tom Feeney of Florida's 24th Congressional District.
...Curtis says that Feeney "was very specific in the design and specifications required for this program."
"He detailed, in his own words, that; (a) the program needed to be touch-screen capable (b) the user should be able to trigger the program without any additional equipment (c) the programming to accomplish this needed to stay hidden even if the source code was inspected."
Though there was no problem with the first two requirements, Curtis explained to the Congressman that it would be "virtually impossible to hide such code written to change the voting results if anyone is able to review the uncompiled source code"
Nonetheless, he was asked at the meeting by Mrs. Yang to build the prototype anyway.
http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3674

Florida GOP won't return money tied to DeLay fundraising
Eleven House Republicans from Florida who received cash from Tom DeLay's PAC said they will keep it.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12907989.htm

Investigation: Rep. Ric Keller
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. John Isakson
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.

Investigation: Rush Limbaugh, a conservative talk show host. Allegedly 'doctor shopped' for pills. He claims he was being blackmailed by his housekeeper about his addiction to pain killers.
Disposition: ongoing investigation.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/news/limbaugh/120503_limbaugh.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/22/limbaugh.hearing/
http://biz.yahoo.com/law/050929/9ea2aa07599d179eafca9738389fb210.html?.v=1

Investigation: Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele
Disposition: indicted on 26 counts of fraud and money laundering (suicide)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12241082.htm

Investigation: Brian H. Darling, 39, legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) and former lobbyist for the Alexander Strategy admitted yesterday that he was the author of a memo citing the political advantage to Republicans of intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo, the senator said in an interview last night.
Disposition: offered his resignation and it was immediately accepted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32554-2005Apr6.html

Investigation: Chris Hill, a Florida businessman, to whom the National Republican Congress Committee, or NRCC, awarded a “Republican of the Year Award”
Disposition: accepted a plea bargain, agreeing to 14 months in a minimum security prison camp at Elin Air Force Base in Florida, plus five years probation. Hill also suffered a $500,000 fine, along with the loss of his warehouse building and manufacturing equipment.
The NRCC rescinded the award after learning that Hill was facing federal charges related to drug paraphernalia. The NRCC then awarded Mark Grethen, a Virginia businessman, who couldnt show up for his awards dinner because he was serving time for multiple sex crimes against children.
http://www.anchoragepress.com/archives-2005/coverstoryvol14ed36.shtml
http://redmorals.com/

Florida - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican anti-abortion activist, John Allen Burt.
Disposition: charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15 year old girl.
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=7849

Investigation: Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was Disposition: charged with four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a juvenile and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
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Georgia
Investigation: Ralph Reed, candidate for Lt. Gov.
Disposition: Probed for involvement in Abramoff, Kidan, DeLay Indian casino money laundering.

Investigation: Sen. John Isakson
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Phil Gingrey
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Jack Kingston
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Richard Leonard, former manager of Linda Schrenko Campaign
Disposition: Pleads guilty on attempted witness tamering http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/gan/press/12-21-04.html

Investigation: Linda Schrenko, Georgia School Superintendent
Disposition: indicted on federal charges of stealing taxpayer money
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/1104/10schrenkotime.html
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/1104/11schrenko.html
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/1104/12schrenko.html http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/04/11/edi04086.html

Investigation: Governor Sonny Perdue
Disposition: Fined for Ethics Violations, the first time a sitting governor has ever been fined since the commission was created in the 1970s. http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=64813

Investigation: state Rep. David Graves of Macon
Disposition: will drop his legal claim that his status as a legislator should shield him from DUI charges.
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/12788935.htm
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Guam
Investigation: Gov. Felix Camacho
Disposition: Probed for ties to Abramoff and demoting Acting US Attorney for Guam Frederick Black
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Hawaii
Investigation: New Hawaii PAC and House GOP PAC
Disposition: Campaign violations filed against a number of GOP candidates for the state legislature and US House for skirting spending limits.

Investigation: Dalton Tanonaka, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 2002 and Congress in 2004,
Disposition: plead guilty to federal charges related to his campaign. To Spend 3 Months In Prison, 3 Months At Homeand must also pay a $10,000 fine.
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/4755759/detail.html
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?7f11677d-c284-4e19-9d66-c3887af78493
http://khon.com/khon/displayStory.cfm?storyID=8621

Hawaii - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Former Hawaii County Councilman Keola Childs
Disposition: pleaded guilty in Kona Circuit Court to sexual assault in the first degree for molesting a male child last year. http://starbulletin.com/2000/07/20/news/briefs.html

Investigation: Rep. Galen Fox, R-Waikiki, will step down from his position in the Hawaii State House on Dec. 1, 2005, after being
Disposition: convicted Oct. 20, 2005, of a misdemeanor sexual offense in a Los Angeles federal court, reportedly for fondling a 27-year-old female passenger.
http://kgmb9.com/kgmb/display.cfm?storyID=6296
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?7f11677d-c284-4e19-9d66-c3887af78493

Investigation: Rep. Brian Blundell, R-Maui, was convicted of sexual assault in the fourth degree for fondling an undercover male police office in a Waikiki restroom and lost his re-election in 2004 as a result.
Disposition:
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?7f11677d-c284-4e19-9d66-c3887af78493
http://shaking-the-tree.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/2/4036/97672
http://starbulletin.com/2005/11/03/news/story03.html
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Idaho
Investigation: Rep. Michael Simpson
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Butch Otter
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Illinois
Investigation Target: House Speaker Dennis Hastert
Disposition: Probed for accepting money from Turkey.

Investigation Target: former Illinois Gov. George Ryan.
Disposition: Indicted. Trial pending. Charges for handing out state contracts to friends and backers in return for campaign contributions, trips and gifts.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/ryan/cst-nws-ryan18.html
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/102605/REG_B7UQLF96.050.shtml

See "Operation Safe Road" Scandal where 66 Defendants (and "Ryan's Kitchen Cabinet")have been indicted.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osr/osrcasesummary.pdf http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=3569192
http://www.suntimes.com/output/ryan/cst-nws-ryan22.html
http://www.ipsn.org/ryan_george/indictment_targets_ryan_fund.htm
http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/68609.asp http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp
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Investigation: Larry Warner, lobbyist, co-defendent with Gov Ryan's trial. Prosecutors say Ryan steered state contracts and leases to a select group of friends, including his co-defendant in the case, lobbyist Larry Warner, and received subtle kickbacks that included gifts, vacations and other benefits. Prosecutors say Warner reaped $3 million in business under Ryan. In return, prosecutors charge, Warner financed gifts, loans, cash and vacations for Ryan.
Disposition: charged in a 22-count indictment, trial in process.

Investigation: Scott Fawell, Gov.Ryan's top aide
Disposition: convicted of racketeering, theft of Govt funds, conspiracy to obstruct justice, perjury, 2 mail fraud counts, and 3 counts of filing false tax returns. He is serving a 6 1/2-year sentence at a Yankton, S.D., prison camp. Fawell later agreed to help the government at the request of his indicted fiancee, Andrea Coutretsis.
http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/69631.asp
http://www.ipsn.org/ryan_george/indictment_targets_ryan_fund.htm
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/102605/REG_B7UQLF96.050.shtml
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/georyan12.html

Investigation: Andrea Coutretsis
Disposition: Coutretsis, a Fawell assistant who later developed a relationship with him, has pleaded guilty in two separate corruption cases and awaits sentencing. http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/102605/REG_B7UQLF96.050.shtml

Investigation: Richard Juliano, ran President Bush's Illinois campaign
Disposition: indicted in the licenses-for-bribes scandal. Pleaded guilty to Mail Fraud.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osr/osrcasesummary.pdf
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/indict/2002/fawell_et_al.pdf
http://www.ipsn.org/ryan_george/indictment_targets_ryan_fund.htm

Investigation Target: Rep. Jerry Weller
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff (Weller is married to the daughter of Guatemalan dictator and mass murderer <300,0000 Guatemalans> Efrain Rios Montt).

Investigation: Republican National Treasurer Bob Kjellander
Disposition: Under Federal probe for steering investment contracts to Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund.

Investigation: Michael Tristano, chief of staff to State Rep. Lee A. Daniels, when Daniels served as House Republican Leader and Minority Leader in the state House of Representatives -
Disposition: Indicted for diverting state employees to campaign work
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2005/pr0519_01.pdf

Illinois - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican Congressman, Dan Crane(R-IL), had sex with a minor.
http://archive.salon.com/col/cona/1998/10/05cona.html
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Indiana
Investigation: Rep. Dan Burton
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Gov. Mitch Daniels
Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)

Investigation: Thomas Sharp, INDOT Commissioner
Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)

Investigation: Jim Kittle, GOP state chairman
Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)

Investigation: Bradley R. Hiller, Ex-GOP insider
Disposition: pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felonies in connection with spending he could not account for while running the Senate Republicans' fundraising committee. Judge Stoner sentenced him to one year in prison. Initially, Hiller was charged with writing eight fraudulent checks to himself valued at $24,890.39, but he agreed to repay the committee $146,775 for expense checks he wrote to himself that could not be documented. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050923/NEWS02/509230507

Indiana - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling confessed to molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/kimmerling.htm
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Iowa
Investigation: Sen. Charles Grassley
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: US Rep. Jim Nussle and GOP gubernatorial candidate.
Disposition: Received $15,000 contributions Tom DeLay’s PAC
http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2005/09/29/news/state/doc433b63fdf2f13496976908.txt
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Kansas
Investigation: Rep. Jim Ryun
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Sam Brownback
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Adam Taff
Disposition: 2004 congressional candidate (KS-3), indicted for campaign violations amnd wire fraud.
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Kentucky
Investigation: Gov. Ernie Fletcher
Disposition: Criminal probe in a state employees’ merit system scandal. Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff.

Investigation: Transportation Commissioner Dan Druen
Disposition: Merit system scandal, witness tampering. Indicted.

Investigation: Deputy Personnel Secretary Bob Wilson
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: GDarrell Brock, Chairman of Kentucky GOP
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted.

Investigation: Gov. Personnel Adviser Basil Turbyfill
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Transportation Secretary ill Nighbert
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Dick Murgatroyd, Gov. Deputy Chief of Staff
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Jim Adams, Deputy Transportation Secretary
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Cory Meadows, Executive Director, Transportation Dept.
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Environmental Protection Commissioner Lloyd Cress
Disposition: Probed in merit system scandal

Investigation: Sen. Jim Bunning
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Lt. Gov. Stephen Pence
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Kenneth Day, a convicted felon and Republican county election commissioner
Disposition: pleaded guilty to heading the drug ring from his Clay County pawnshop.
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/sports/horse_racing/kentucky_derby/12993197.htm

Investigation: Jennings B. White, a former county clerk
Disposition: pleads guilty to drug charges to eight federal counts of marijuana trafficking and money laundering in connection with a ring that authorities say sold millions of dollars in drugs.
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/sports/horse_racing/kentucky_derby/12993197.htm

Kentucky - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Bobby Stumbo, Former Floyd County republican leader
Disposition: Charged with sexually abusing a five year old boy
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3943230&nav=4CAL
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Louisiana
Investigation: Sen. David Vitter
Disposition: Linked to Abramoff in a case involving a Louisiana Indian tribe.
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Maine
Investigation: Maine Republican Party
Disposition: Received contributions from DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Maine - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Merrill Robert Barter(R-County Commissioner)
Disposition: pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
http://boothbayregister.maine.com/1999-04-15/barter_pleads_guilty.html

Republican Senate candidate, John Hathaway, was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/hathaway1.htm
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Maryland
Investigation: Joseph Steffen, aide to Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Disposition: Resigned for starting a rumor campaign against Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley.

Investigation: Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Massachusetts
Investigation: Gov. Mitt Romney’s Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Disposition: Under ethics cloud for awarding a $10,000 contract to conservative Boston Herald columnist to write columns supportive of Romney’s policies.

Investigation: Lawrence Novak, Atty, vice chairman state Republican Party
Disposition: Indicted, money-laundering charges accusing him of offering to ``cleanse'' drug proceeds for a legal client(Scott Holyoke).
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Michigan
Investigation: Rep. Dave Camp
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff
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Minnesota
Investigation: Rep. Gil Gutknecht
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Minnesota - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Jon Grunseth(former Republican candidate for Governor)
Disposition: withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
http://www.armchairsubversive.com/grunseth.htm
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Missouri
Investigation: Sen. Christopher Bond
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Jim Talent
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Gov. Matt Blunt
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Congressman Roy Blunt, temporary House Majority Leader. Received contributions from DeLay’s ARMPAC
Disposition: The records for Blunt's non-federal PAC could be of interest to the House Ethics Committee. There is a federal ban on officials using their office to benefit "friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a non-governmental capacity."
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w051003&s=judis100805
http://www.cleanupcongress.org/press

Investigation: Ronnie Gene DeShon, 50, of Gallatin, Mo., superintendent of the Pattonsburg, Missouri R-II School District
Disposition: pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $844,000 from the school district. The court released DeShon on his own recognizance. http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/mow/news2005/deshon.ple.pdf
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Mississippi
Investigation: Rep. Charles Pickering
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Roger Wicker
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Thad Cochran
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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Montana
Investigation: former Gov. Marc Racicot, presently acting as confidante and high-end lobbyist, chaired the RNC back in 2002 when the corporate money supposedly was laundered.
Disposition: probed for his relationship to Tom Delay and ARMPAC while acting as RNC Chairman.
http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=5225

Investigation: Sen. Conrad Burns
Disposition: Probed for links to Abramoff
http://www.montanademocrats.org/CultureOfCorruption.html

Investigation: Rep. Dennis Rehberg
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff, took $21,000 in campaign contributions from Abramoff and the tribes he represented.
http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=5225

Investigation: Max Baucus
Disposition: Probed for $5,000 in contributions from the Abramoff
http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=5225

Montana - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Richard A. Dasen Sr., Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups
Disposition: found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dansen, 62, told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/mtregional/news07.txt
http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Richard_Dasen.htm
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Nebraska
Investigation: Former Rep. Jon Christensen
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Lawrence E. "Larry" King, Jr. ran the Franklin Community Credit Union of Omaha, Nebraska and was a prominent fundraiser for the GOP.
Disposition: pleaded guilty of embezzlement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_King
http://www.politicalsoundoff.com/home/the-franklin-coverup.html

Nebraska - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Lawrence E. "Larry" King, Jr.
Disposition: alleged to have been involved in, or the leader of, a child-sex group in Nebraska in the 1990s. 80 children initially came forward to testify, including orphans from 'Boys Town', against Lararence E. King, Jr. and several prominenet citizens of Omaha. Many of these children recanted their testimony under duress.

Discovery Channel was pressured to not air the documentary called, "Conspiracy of Silence".
In February, 1999, a U.S. District Court awarded a plaintiff, Paul A. Bonacci, $800,000 in damages against King for various tort claims, including physical, mental, and sexual abuse. The award followed a default judgment.
See Discovery Channel's documentary, "Conspiracy of Silence"
http://www.ctrl.org/silence/webConspiracy%20of%20Silence.mov

Source Links:
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/gundersonreportchildsexualabuse.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_A._Bonacci
http://www.tedgunderson.com/Investigations/Russell%20Nelson.htm
http://www.nationalvanguard.org/printer.php?id=4711
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Nevada
Investigation: Sen. John Ensign
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

Nevada - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican Assembly candidate Richard Gardner(forced to withdraw from race.)
Disposition: sexually abused his daughter, who was about 12 when the crime was committed in May 1982. Child molestation in 1983 against another daughter under the age of 14 in California.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Oct-30-Wed-2002/news/19951668.html
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New Hampshire
Investigation: Sen. John Sununu
Disposition: Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC

Investigation: Rep. Jeb Bradley
Disposition: Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC

Investigation: House Speaker Gene Chandler
Disposition: Campaign contributions violations

New Hampshire Republican Party
Despite a zero-tolerance policy on tampering with voters, the Republican Party has quietly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide private defense lawyers for a former Bush campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats from voting in New Hampshire.
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050811113209990029 See Tobin, Raymond, and McGee.

Investigation: James Tobin, a former Bush campaign official
Disposition: indicted on charges of orchestrating a low-tech version of a denial-of-service attack.
Tobin's legal bills -- $700,000 and counting -- are being paid by the Republican National Committee. And he wasn't working for the Republican National Committee. He was working for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. http://news.com.com/Former+Bush+campaign+official+indicted/2100-1028_3-5473524.html

Investigation: Allen Raymond , Former GOP Consultant
Disposition: Va. Man Pleaded Guilty to Making Harassing Phone Calls to N.H. Democrats, sentenced to five months in prison. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9149-2005Feb8.html

Investigation: Chuck McGee, former executive director of the Republican state committee.
Disposition: indicted in Republican phone-jamming scheme
and been sentenced to seven months in federal prison.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/04/04/fourth_man_indicted_in_republican_phone_jamming_scheme/

New Hampshire - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Raymond Burton, Executive Councilor
Disposition: U.S. Sen. John Sununu is calling for the resignation Raymond Burton, a fellow Republican, for having hired an aide, Mark Seidensticker, with an extensive criminal record. Mark Seidensticker, 45, of Concord and Ogunquit, Maine, was arrested last month in Concord, accused of inappropriate contact with teenage boys. Based on that arrest, Burton said last week he no longer will employ Seidensticker, who is being held on $50,000 bail at the Merrimack County jail. http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2005/09/26/sununu_calls_for_burtons_resignation/
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New Jersey
Investigation: GOP State Chairman Tim Wilson
Disposition: Probed for his firm receiving $2.7 million from the Burlington County Bridge Commission

Investigation: Rep. Jim Saxton
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Mike Ferguson
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

New Jersey - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
And then there’s anti-abortion crusader Nicholas Morency, who recently pled guilty to offering a $1.5 million contract to anyone who would murder an abortion provider. In the course of the investigation, authorities also turned up a computer packed with child pornography. Morency’s perception of reality seems all screwed up – with him thinking zygotes are children, and children are sexual beings without the right to childhood.
http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html http://www.armchairsubversive.com/morency2.htm

Investigation: John J. Collins, 20-year Republican councilman, a popular music teacher at Memorial School, has been officially suspended with pay from his teaching position of 35 years.
Disposition: charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree offense, and two counts of child endangerment, a second-degree offense, for the alleged incidents
http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2005/0323/Front_Page/001.html

Investigation: Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti
Disposition: arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
http://www.armchairsubversive.com/jeffrey_patti.htm
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New Mexico
Investigation: Rep. Heather Wilson
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff
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New York
Investigation: Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro and US Senate candidate
Disposition: Probed for campaign donations from mobsters. Her husband served a year in prison for tax evasion.

Investigation: Russell Harding(R-former top Giuliani administration official)
Disposition: sentenced 62 months, embezzled $400,000 NYC revenue

New York - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Mayor John Gosek, Oswego, NY
Disposition: placed under house arrest. Charge of using his city-issued cell phone to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce minors to engage in sexual acts.

Investigation: Russell Harding(R-former top Giuliani administration official)
Disposition: sentenced 62 months, possessing child pornography
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-russ0722,0,695757.story?coll=nyc-moreny-headlines
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Northern Marianas
Investigation: Gov. Froilan Tenorio
Disposition: Grand Jury probe, ties to Abramoff
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North Carolina
Investigation: Rep. Charles Taylor
Disposition: Probed for ownership of shady Russian bank – whose other major investor is a former KGB general. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Hayes Martin, Taylor Campaign Treasurer
Disposition: Indicted, fraud and money laundering

Investigation: Rep. Walter Jones
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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North Dakota
Investigation: Richard Clayburgh, House candidate
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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Ohio
Investigation: Gov. Bob Taft, Misuse of state funds/ethics violations
Disposition: Convicted, four first degree misdemeanors, pleaded no contest (admission of guilt). $4000 fine and public apology, two Federal Grand Juries, one state Grand Jury still investigating Taft.

Investigation: Thomas Noe, Bush-Cheney 04 campaign chair, NW Ohio; Turnpike Commissioner; University Regent
Disposition: federal indictment, charged with illegally funneling $45,400 to the president's re-election bid through two dozen friends and associates. Individual contributions are limited by law to $2,000.
State investigation: under investigation over an ill-fated $50 million investment in rare coins he managed for the Ohio workers' compensation fund.
He has acknowledged that up to $13 million is missing, and Ohio's attorney general has accused him of stealing as much as $6 million. No charges have been filed in that case, though state officials say they plan to do so.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/10/28/build/nation/85-gop-contributions.inc

Investigation: Bernadette Noe, Thomas Noe’s wife; chair Lucas County GOP; chair Lucas Co. Board of Elections
Disposition: Misuse of state funds

Investigation: Brian Hicks, Taft chief of staff, member Ohio University Board of Trustees
Disposition: Convicted

Investigation: Cherie Carroll, Taft Chief of Staff Executive Secretary
Disposition: Convicted

Investigation: Rep. Bob Ney
Disposition: Being probed for involvement with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay, Indian casino money laundering. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.

Investigation: Rep. Jean Schmidt
Disposition: Probe of financial ties to Games, Inc., and proposal to put Ohio State Lottery on the Internet. Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Ralph Regula
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Douglas Moormann, former high-ranking aide to Gov. Bob Taft
Disposition: charges for accepting a loan and free meals from GOP fund-raiser Tom Noe.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051103/NEWS24/51103018

Ohio- Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation Target: David Swartz (R-Richland County Commissioner)
Disposition: Swartz pleads guilty in court to felony sex charges involving a teenage, girl whose assault lasted 10 yrs. He faces up to 10 years in prison at an upcoming sentencing. 2nd investigation involving another child has not gone to trial, yet.
http://www.armchairsubversive.com/David_Swartz.htm

Investigated: Republican Congressman, Donald "Buz" Lukens
Disposition: convicted of having sex with a minor
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1101890213-151183,00.html

"Naked Photographer" Released From Jail
Investigation: Stephen Linnen is a former lawyer for the Ohio House Republican caucus
Disposition: ambushed women in the nude and took photos of their shocked expressions. He was sentenced last year to 18 months ordered Linnen not to possess any cameras, video equipment or recording device of any kind.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/10/15/naked_photog.html

Investigation: Michael K. Allen, a lawyer active in Ohio Republican politics. From 1999 to 2005, he served as Prosecuting Attorney for Hamilton County, Ohio.
Disposition: Allen announced he had a three and a half year adulterous affair with a lawyer on his staff, Rebecca Collins, one day before she filed a federal lawsuit charging sexual harassment. Allen is under investigation by the Ohio Attorney General and the Hamilton County Commissioners. Amid the scandal, Allen resigned his post as Southwest Ohio chairman of George W. Bush's re-election campaign. In September, he withdrew from the November ballot--he had been running unopposed--but did not resign his office.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_K._Allen
http://www.cincinnati.com/news/mikeallen/
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Oklahoma
Investigation: Ernest Istook
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. James Inhofe
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Tom Coburn
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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Oregon
Investigation: Sen. Gordon Smith
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: state Rep. Dan Doyle, a Salem Republican, resigned after starting his third term in the Oregon House because of widening investigations into irregularities on his campaign finance reports.
Disposition: Doyle pleaded guilty to 11 felony counts of lying on his reports and was sentenced to 10 months in jail Thursday for filing false election campaign finance.

Investigation: state Rep. Dan Doyle, a Salem Republican, resigned after starting his third term in the Oregon House because of widening investigations into irregularities on his campaign finance reports.
Disposition: Doyle pleaded guilty to 11 felony counts of lying on his reports and was sentenced to 10 months in jail Thursday for filing false election campaign finance reports.
http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051001/OPINION/510010309/1048
http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=80563

Oregon - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Louis Beres, 70, denied any criminal conduct in a statement posted Monday on www.coalition.org. Beres said he will pursue "the Biblical response" and do all within his power "to reconcile with that person." http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/112902849697030.xml&coll=7
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Pennsylvania
Investigation: Sen. Arlen Specter
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Don Sherwood
Disposition: Investigated by DC police for assaulting and choking a 29-year old Maryland woman

Investigation: Rep. Curt Weldon
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Joe Pitts
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Pennsylvania - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Judge Mark Pazuhanich(R-Monroe County)
Disposition: Pleaded 'No Contest' for indecent assault, corrupting a minor and endangering the welfare of a child.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E6DE1331F935A35752C0A9629C8B63

Investigation: Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. (R-City Councilman)
Disposition: pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/4176008/detail.html

Investigation: Republican preacher, Stephen White
Disposition: arrested after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy to perform oral sex on him.
http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=23709

Investigation: Michael Dructor‚ Republican candidate for North Wales Borough Mayor‚ Pennsylvania.
Disposition: accused of hitting and choking a woman at his Montgomery Township...The woman accused Dructor of hitting her in the head‚ arms and waist‚ ripping her clothing off and choking her after an argument that began around midnight‚ according to the affidavit of probable cause filed in district court. http://www.thereporteronline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15378339&BRD=2275&PAG=461&dept_id=466404&rfi=6
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Puerto Rico
Investigation: Puerto Rican New Progressive Party (GOP affiliate party)
Disposition: Paid Abramoff $400,000 for lobbying for 1998 statehood referendum

Puerto Rico - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Edison Misla Aldarondo(R-Speaker of the State House of Reps)
Disposition: sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Edison_Misla_Aldarondo.htm
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Rhode Island
Investigation: Former House candidate (2002) Mike Battles
Disposition: Firm, Custer Battles, disbarred from Iraq contracts after allegations of over charging and money laundering

Investigation: Providence Mayor Vince Cianci
Disposition: Imprisoned in 2002 for 5 years.
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South Carolina
Investigation: Rep. Joe Wilson
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Gresham Barrett
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Henry Brown
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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South Dakota
Investigation: Sen. John Thune
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Bill Janklow
Disposition: Guilty, second degree manslaughter, imprisoned 100 days. Received contributions from Abramoff. Presently facing civil suit.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A40107-2004Jan22¬Found=true
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2004/01/22/news/local/top/news01.txt
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Tennessee
Investigation: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn
Disposition: 2 investigations by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Securities and Exchange Commission into his stock sales.

Investigation: Rep. Van Hilleary
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Michael Hooks, Sr, chairman Shelby County Commission
Disposition: Indicted. Charged with taking more than $24,000 in bribes to help a company called E-Cycle Management - a sham company set up by the FBI - win business contracts with Shelby County government.(Tennessee Waltz corruption investigation. )

Investigation: state Rep. Chris Newton
Disposition: bribery and conspiracy
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Texas
Investigation: Rep. Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader
Disposition: INDICTED Twice, Money Laundering. Laundering conspiracy. Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff/Kidan, Saipan sweat shops. Grand Jury, Travis County prosecutor, and House Ethics Committee probing DeLay Received contributions from Abramoff.
Election law violation.

Investigation: Jim Ellis, Director Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC) PAC tied to DeLay and Abramoff
Disposition: Indicted, 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution, money laundering charges stem from $190,000 in corporate funds that were sent to the Republican National Party

Investigation: US Rep. Roy Blunt(MO), Temporary House Majority Leader
Disposition: Money Laundering. Laundering conspiracy. Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff/Kidan, Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: John Colyandro, Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), DeLay associate
Disposition: Indicted, 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution, money laundering charges stem from $190,000 in corporate funds that were sent to the Republican National Party

Contributing Companies to Delay's TRMPAC: http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-10-01/pols_feature3.htm

Questerra Corp., Va. 2 counts, illegal contribution ($50,000) Third-degree felony
Westar Energy, Kan. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
Diversified Collection Services, Calif. Illegal contribution ($50,000) Third-degree felony
Sears, Roebuck, Ill. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
The Williams Companies, Okla. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
Bacardi U.S.A., Fla. Illegal contribution ($20,000) Third-degree felony
Cracker Barrel, Tenn. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care Illegal contribution ($100,000) Third-degree felony

Investigation: House Speaker Tom Craddick
Disposition: Probed for campaign violations involving TRMPAC and DeLay

Investigation: Warren RoBold, Lobbyist and DeLay associate
Disposition: Indicted

Investigation: Jim Turner, a Former Representatives of Texas
Disposition: at the end of his term, left the House with more than $1 million in his campaign bank account from Aramoff
"It has enabled me to help some of my former colleagues and friends,'' Turner said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aBiarD4WDkww&refer=us

Investigation: U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady
Disposition: arrested on DUI charges.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/5082784/detail.html

Texas - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography, Scandal
Investigation: Sam Walls, candidate for Texas House
Disposition: Photos of him wearing women’s clothes surfaced in the 2004 runoff campaign

Investigation: Larry Dale Floyd, a 62-year-old Republican constable from The Colony.
Disposition: arrested on suspicion of soliciting to have sex with an 8-year-old child and was charged with seven related crimes, Cañon City police said. http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_07_24_atrios_archive.html#112276560043299378

Investigation: Republican talk show host Jon Matthews of Houston
Disposition: indicted for indecency with a child, including exposing his genitals to a girl under the age of 17.
http://radio.about.com/b/a/042911.htm

Investigation: Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer
Disposition: charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial. http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=7544&Section=Local
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Utah
Investigation: Rep. Chris Cannon
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Vermont
Investigation: Gov. Jim Douglas
Disposition: Opposition to universal health care in Vermont tied to huge contributions from insurance industry.
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Virginia
Investigation: Rep. Virgil Goode
Disposition: Probed for contributions from MZM, Inc.
(related to Duke Cunningham probe)

Investigation: Jerry Kilgore, gubernatorial candidate
Disposition: Received $5000 from MZM, Inc.

Investigation: Edmund Matricardi III, former executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia
Disposition: guilty in 2003 to a single federal count of intercepting a wire communication, a week before he was to go on trial for eavesdropping on Democratic conference calls...charged with five counts stemming from his listening to and taping two different conference calls in which Democrats discussed strategy in their lawsuit against the new legislative districts Republicans drew in 2001. http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2003/042003/04022003/931147/index_html
http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/003249.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/17/gop.eavesdropping.ap/
http://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/east/2005/08/22/features/59465.htm

Investigation: Claudia Tucker, chief of staff to former state House Speaker S. Vance Wilkins Jr. listened in on 1, of the 5, Democratic Party Conference calls with Edmund Matricardi III.
Disposition: pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/17/gop.eavesdropping.ap/

Investigation: Rep. Eric Cantor
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Randy Forbes
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. George Allen
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Tom Davis
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.

Virginia - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Robin Vanderwall (R- Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate)
Disposition: convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Vanderwall.htm

Investigation: Parker J. Bena, a Republican activist and presidential electors for Virginia
Disposition: pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

Investigation: Richard A. Delgaudio, (pictured, right), of Burke, Va., who is a nationally-known Republican party fund-raiser.
Disposition: facing child porn charges.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2153721/detail.html

Investigation: Mark Grethen, a Virginia businessman, too whom the National Republican Congress Committee, or NRCC, awarded the “Republican of the Year Award”. Grethen had been invited to accept the award at a luncheon of the NRCC’s Business Advisory Council, which raises money to elect GOP candidates to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was then chaired by U.S. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va.
Disposition: The NRCC rescinded the award after learning that Grethen was unavailable to attend the awards dinner because he was serving time for multiple sex crimes against children. Grethen was convicted in 2001 of six sex crimes involving children - two counts each of forcible sodomy, aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties, and was in jail at the time of his invitation to accept the GOP award.
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Investigation: Rep. George Nethercutt
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Doc Hastings
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

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