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A Guide to the Abramoff and DeLay Investigations

NXIETY in the halls of the Capitol undoubtedly rose with KEY the announcement that the well-connected lobbyist Jack Abramoff had pleaded guilty to conspiracy, fraud and INDICTED OR tax evasion. The agreement with prosecutors means PLEADED GUILTY that Mr. Abramoff may be a witness against former associatesA and political allies; at least a dozen are being UNDER Lay’s investigated for corruption. o De INVESTIGATION ns t ittees A separate plea deal in Florida, for a case involving fraud in the tio omm ribu n c es. House purchase of a cruise ship line, is also in the works. nt ctio is aid Co l a y h Republicans, with this year’s midterm elections on their minds, MONEY FLOWS tica d b oli age continue to worry about the effects of several investigations aimed p an Corporations m at some of Washington’s most powerful figures. There is much to keep track of: in the investigation of Mr. TRIPS TAKEN DeLay sought contributions. House Abramoff, accusations of influence peddling and improper dealings Ethics TO SCOTLAND, with Indian tribes, among other things; in the money-laundering WITH WHAT JOHN D. Committee and conspiracy charges against Representative Tom DeLay, MAY OR MAY COLYANDRO questions about the funneling of corporate money to Republican NOT BE candidates; in the C.I.A. leak case, the special counsel’s scrutiny of LAUNDERED conversations between White House officials and journalists. MONEY DELAY AIDE INDICTED Aside from Mr. Abramoff and his partners Michael Scanlon and Adam R. Kidan, the key figures in the investigations have denied WARREN Two wrongdoing. M. ROBOLD Legal ethics Here is a guide to the investigations’ constellation of characters and connections that include chums in the group College defense committee DELAY AIDE INDICTED Republicans — in the case of Mr. Abramoff and the conservative fund members In 2004, DeLay was activists Ralph Reed and Grover G. Norquist — and those in the REBUKED THREE TIMES and at least by ethics committee. highest ranks of government. Follow the arrows (which represent 78 other House money changing hands) and text for links between individuals. legislators have given JAMES Raised at least $151,500 BILL MARSH W. through Sept. and raised to the fund. DELAY AIDE INDICTED ELLIS $439,000 in 2004.

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u r n a t TOM DELAY d e e r m e INDICTED Rep. d o n f Robert Ralph o e y . r n W. Ney Ney accepted campaign money, meals s t Scanlon is DeLay’s ex-spokesman. ig Reed t h a and a trip to Scotland from Abramoff a e p and lent support to his SunCruz deal; te p m a he now says Abramoff misled him. R ro c e s ’s p e y u cu e b to N Grover G. Political lic r o DeLay: Abramoff is “one of my closest and dearest friends.” a s t n s d 0 Norquist action c ay e 0 a t 0 n a , committees di n 2 da o 3 Former tes d $ lobbying . h partners ic h w , e ib tr

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l MICHAEL l i TRIBAL MONEY b SCANLON a Tom DeLay Business partners; shared d GUILTY e The former House majority leader r Ex-lobbying partners; Safavian o Childhood friends is accused of laundering corporate s ARRESTED, ACCUSED OF LYING n contributions and using them to finance o MILLIONS about contacts with Abramoff p

s state Republican candidates in Texas. concerning a federal land deal. y DeLay and his aides deny the charges. e N

Flanigan hired Abramoff to lobby for Tyco. In October, Flanigan withdrew Jack Abramoff his nomination for the second- Hired by Scanlon and Abramoff highest post in the Justice MORE THAN $80 MILLION The lobbyist and Republican fundraiser has David to run a shadow think tank from Department, in part because JACK ABRAMOFF entered a plea deal on charges of conspiracy, Grosh a beach house. Got scared, quit. of questions about Abramoff. fraud and tax evasion. His entanglements fall Indian PLEADED GUILTY into five general groups, shown at right: tribes Timothy E. Flanigan in INDIAN TRIBES He and a partner are accused of laundering millions from tribes for political

efforts and personal enrichment. a senior lawyer other PossiblyAbramoff diverted groups.$1.5 MILLION to Flanigan is

for Tyco. LOBBYISTS Tribes say their money went to Boulis sold Abramoff and Kidan groups run by the Republican activists Ralph his SunCruz Casino shipping Reed and Grover G. Norquist; Reed says he business, then quarrelled KON- bitterly with them. was unaware of the money’s origins, and STANTINOS ACCUSED OF FRAUD Flaniganmisled says him Abramoff and Tyco. Norquist has denied that payments influenced BOULIS his lobbying. Another former lobbying partner Sun- Abramoff and partner Kidan (SLAIN) Cruz both has been arrested and charged with lying the SunCruz deal with Boulis. sale Kidan has pleaded guilty. Grassroots Tyco about a federal land deal while he worked for $2 MILLION Interactive Int’l the General Services Administration, the ADAM R. federal property-management agency. KIDAN

CHARGED WITH MURDER $250,000 GUILTY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS He has connections to JAMES Lobbying firm said DeLay and Rep. Robert W. Ney of Ohio and FIORILLO to be controlled by numerous other legislators and their staffers. Abramoff.

CHARGED WITH MURDER SHIP DEAL Abramoff and a partner have been

indicted on charges of fraud; the seller was ANTHONY CHARGED WITH MURDER later killed. MOSCA- TIELLO Abramoff and Kidan are not accused of involvement in the murder TYCO Abramoff is accused of laundering ANTHONY FERRARI of Boulis. Before the shipping line sale and the subsequent murder, money the troubled firm paid him for lobbying. Kidan had paid two of the accused for management of the fleet.

Sources: New York Times archives, Judicial Watch, Project on Governement Oversight, PoliticalMoneyLine, The Washington Post (Ney), news reports The New York Times