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FRIDAY FLASHBACK AP: Blunt, DeLay shared connections to lobbyist Abramoff
For Immediate Release: January 15, 2010 Contact: Ryan Hobart (573) 636-5241 Ext. 125 FRIDAY FLASHBACK AP: Blunt, DeLay shared connections to lobbyist Abramoff Jefferson City, Mo. In January of 2006, the Associated Press wrote a story detailing the many connections Congressman Roy Blunt and Majority Leader Tom DeLay have with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Here are some excerpts from the article: Blunt, R-Mo., wrote at least three letters helpful to Abramoff clients while collecting money from them. He swapped donations between his and DeLay's political groups, ultimately enriching the Missouri political campaign of his son Matt. Blunt and DeLay and their aides frequently met with Abramoff's lobbying team and even jointly signed a letter supportive of an Indian tribe client at the heart of the Abramoff criminal investigation. In spring 2000, an Abramoff client accused of running a sweatshop garment factory in the Northern Mariana Islands donated $3,000 to Blunt's political organization. The Manufacturing, paid a $9 million penalty to the U.S. government in the 1990s for failing to pay workers overtime. The company was visited by DeLay. Here is a link to the full 2006 AP article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-11-blunt-delay_x.htm --30--
