AP: Ex-Aide Could Be Liability For Lawmaker (Doolittle)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Ex-Aide Could Be Liability For Lawmaker
Once A Loyal Aide, Kevin Ring Now A Potential Liability
For Rep. John Doolittle

WASHINGTON, May. 4, 2007

(AP) As California GOP Rep. John Doolittle awaits prosecutors' next move
in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal, his future is tied to that
of a former aide who also worked with Abramoff.

Kevin Ring, Doolittle's one-time legislative director, quit his lobbying job
last month, the same day FBI agents raided Doolittle's Virginia home. They
had a search warrant for a fundraising business run there by Doolittle's wife,
Julie, that had done work for Abramoff's firm.

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Ring, a 36-year-old married father of two, figures prominently in his former
boss' connections to Abramoff, a friend of Doolittle's who gave the
congressman campaign cash and use of his sports box. Doolittle, who has
denied wrongdoing, tried to advance the agendas of Abramoff's clients both
in Congress and with the Bush administration.

What Ring tells prosecutors could determine Doolittle's fate.

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As a lobbyist, Ring was a principal contact between Abramoff's firm and
Doolittle, who came close to losing re-election to a ninth term last year
amid questions about his ethics.

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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/04/ap/politics/main2760890.shtml

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The article goes on to describe in detail Ring's relationship
with Rep. Doolittle and Jack Abramoff.

[Robbien]

1. Poor Doolittle

He would be in the free and clear if it weren't for his nasty wife being raided and his nasty chief of staff be raided. And of course his best friend Abramoff being in prison.

Poor Doolittle